Camo-Man

Jase was very cool in his camo shirt today.

Outside with Jozi and Alek

Today was a beautiful fall day to be outside!

And Jase and his friends had so much fun playing!

It might not be the smartest thing to let them play on, but they love playing on the big electric box in the front yard. They either whack it and pretend it is a drum, or they stand on it and pretend it is a stage.

Jozi's Aunt Skylar came over and helped Jase transform into "SUPERJASE!"

These two are just too precious!

The National Zoo in DC

Today we had a wonderful family outing at the National Zoo in DC. Between the gorgeous weather and the the great company (Karen and Sonny) the day was perfect! (Minus the drive there and home, but we won't talk about that!)

We knew the day was gonna be great when the very first animal we saw was...

Some turtles!!!

Looking at all the animals.

Jase was wanting to take his picture with every statue.

He even waited in line to get a picture with this bear.

When we wanted him to take a picture with us, though, he wasn't as cooperative! LOL

Jase had just as much fun reading the map as he did looking at the animals.

He started off the day asking Rob to help him with the map.

But after getting lost a couple times he decided to get help from the more experienced map reader.

He loved this big kimono dragon.

And tried to imitate it! LOL

He loved all the interactive things the zoo had to offer, too.

He used the binoculars to try to find the elephants that were hiding.

He was more interested in the video of the wild cat than the actual cat.

And we was tickled to death every time Karen would turn the dial and a new picture would show up in the view finder of this slide show.

The coolest part of the day was actually at the very end. We were about to skip over the bird house cause we were all getting tired, but we are so glad we toughed it out.

They had two different areas were you could walk openly with the birds

With Karen and Mommy in the bird house.

And with the guys in the bird house.

Jase had such a good time! (And we did too!)

Game 5

First half of game 5

Coach Ellen set the kids up so that Amy would throw the ball into Jase, who would pass it to Billy, who would kick it into the goal. The ball took a bad bounce, though, and hit Jase right in the face, hitting his glasses and causing him to fall...

...into the splits!!!

He had a little trouble getting up from that position, but once he did, he kept right on going to the ball.

This time at half-time....

Tessah and Jace were quite embarrassed when they found out them and their parents would be doing the chicken dance...but Jase seemed to like the idea and started dancing away!!!

Pictures from the second half.

On the side lines taking a little break.

After the game Coach Ellen was handing out the game stars.

Jase got "Most Christ Like" for his good sportsmanship after taking the ball to the face.

Jase was very excited about getting to pass out the snacks today.

Getting big good job hugs from Daddy.

We are so proud of our little soccer player.

Also, thank you Karen and Sonny for coming to watch the game!