Knock 'Em Soccer

It was Voisin cousin day at the soccer fields today.

Michael and Nathaniel are both SHARKS! They won their game 8 to 4 today with Michael making the final goal! Go Michael! Nathaniel is a natural soccer player - even with no practicing under his belt, he knew just what to do!





Huntie, #5, represented the girls as a COUGAR and, although her team didn't win, she showed significant improvement from last week. She's learning so fast!


Dyami, #13, is a Houma TORNADO. The Tornadoes didn't come off victors this week either, but man can those boys hustle. It was such a fun game to watch.


The cousins were fantastic spectators too.


Dyami helped Elle pick flowers and reminded her to stay away from traffic - now that's a man ;). Good work Amy and Marcelo.

Happy 9th Birthday to Huntie

I can't believe Huntie is NINE! Every year she gets older, I just can't believe how much she's grown. Maybe it's because she's my oldest and the first to reach these milestones. My Huntie is just such an amazing person. She is a true friend and a tender daughter. I love every minute with her and continually learn from her observations of life.

We celebrated her birthday with Angel Food Cake filled with vanilla ice cream and covered in whipped cream. Huntie is a vanilla girl - straight up. If we could have added 10 more vanilla toppings to that cake, she would have been thrilled. Alas, we stopped at a vanilla cake, with vanilla filling and vanilla icing. We broke up the monotony with fresh fruit. But Huntie was thrilled with the vanillaness of it all. Success!




Of course, you can't have cans of whipped cream at any event without SOMEONE getting creamed. Huntie was the winner here today.





Huntie's menu for our after-church-lunch celebration: ham and cheese sandwiches on white bread with mayo and iceberg lettuce, baked Lays, veggie tray and the pre-cut apple slices from Sam's (We LOVE those!), and of course, vanilla dressed Angel Food Cake (did you know those cakes take 12 egg whites to make?!!).


Uncle Greg, Aunt Jenn, Scottie and Bronson, Aunt Amy, Uncle Marcelo, Dyami and Amy's unborn baby, Aunt Sandy, Uncle Brett, Nathaniel and Roland all joined us. Plus, Janice, our friend Clarence and the Sister Missionaries made an appearance too!



All the little cousins were "Commanders," saving the world in grammy and papa's backyard all afternoon. Huntie was so happy, she had to dance for joy!

Storytime was a CIRCUS!

I've been working on routine and making fun and memorable traditions for our family lately. Now, on Tuesdays, we eat dinner at Sicily's Italian Buffet for kids eat free day and head to the library for Family Storytime. (Sometimes we even get cousins that come with us :) ) This week for Family Storytime they brought in clowns from the circus. WHAT a show!! The kids were all so engaged and loved every minute of it! They asked for ONE volunteer. Huntie was the winner. She got to stand in the middle of two juggling clowns. It was awesome!



Elle thought the clowns were fantastic, as did Huntie. Michael even giggled and cheered with the rest of them. At the end I convinced Michael to try on his clown nose after only wearing it myself for several minutes. But I couldn't for the life of me convince him to get in close enough proximity to a costumed adult to take a picture with the clowns.








But, Huntie, Elle, our neighbor Quinn, and cousins Nathaniel and Mara took the plunge and were photographed with "David" and "Sherrie," our dear clowns for the evening.

Kid's Day with Donna

We spent a fun afternoon with Aunt Sandy, aka Donna, at the Kid's Day at the Houma Civic Center. The kids played in the balls, made tubes of "Sandy Candy," learned about safety, danced with Pinocchio, eat yummy treats and more.