winter piano recital

the kids had their piano recital tonight....they have been practicing hard and all the hard work paid off, they did really well.  they played two duets songs together (good king wenceslas and jingle bells).  and then riley played a couple solos (the first was his improve of carol of the bells and the second was rocking around the christmas tree).   hopefully the link below works for the video so you can enjoy the performance, but just in case i added a few pictures as well....enjoy!!                 http://youtu.be/-V9LPaUZsXM  (duet)   http://youtu.be/txiYRuPNZyg  (riley's solo)  

we were pretty proud parents tonight. 

the most wonderful (and busy) time of the year

the holiday season has been as usual very very full.  here are some of the highlights.   early snow (right before thanksgiving technically but who's keeping track really) with some fun sledding...

     ....the hood river tree lighting (and first santa sighting)

      .....breakfast with santa

     .....tree decorating

  ....cookie making and decorating

     so far so wonderful...and of course there is more to come!!

soccer

it's now december and i realized i never got around to posting a few pictures of the fall soccer season.  riley played on the travel team this year.  he had a great season.  historically a striker, he tried things at the opposite end and played goalie as well.  he actually did really well in both positions, sometimes saving goals and scoring goals in the same game.    the season ended mid-november and riley is already looking forward to next season...

   the boy loves this game.....it was so much fun to watch him play!!!!