Rain, rain, go away!

Well, no soccer this Saturday b/c of the rain we had all day (and all night) Friday. So... the girls and I had a nice shopping day. We got haircuts at Snip Its, ate lunch and walked around Hobby Lobby. Emma had her first skating party for her friend Ada from school at Skate Heaven. This was Emma's first time skating, and I have to say, I was pretty impressed at how brave she was.

Emma and Ada:

The cautious skater:

Emma and Ada slowly round the rink!

Typical Carroll girl - so shy to pose:

After the party, all of us hung out with Jovi and enjoyed the awesome almost-March weather:

Emma's first soccer game!

Well, Emma has now participated in her first organized team sport, and like most 5 year olds, she spent most of her time goofing off with her teamates and wondering what the snack was for after the game! We have the unfortunate luck of being the orange team (a little too Halloween-ish for my taste), but Emma doesn't really care. I think she had a good time and spent most of her playing time running (or often skipping) around the crowd around the ball. She got to throw it in and kick it a few times. We'll see if she has that "killer instinct" for competetion by the end of the season. The weather was great, and it was nice just sitting out there. Here are a few pictures:

2nd post (I will get more creative with my titles!)

Wow! That wasn't so bad! Here is one more post, then I'll probably need to rest (tee-hee). Who knows, I may even figure out facebook this year!

We have tried to transition Katie's room from the princess thing to a kind of underwater, bubble type thing. We have been adding blue and green circles to the wall over the Mardi Gras break. I think it came out pretty good. Can you find the hidden Mickey?

My first blog!

Okay, I tried this once before, but I am going to attempt again to step into the new millenium (10 years late, but at least I'm trying!) Inspired by my good friend at Jacobsen Jambalaya, I figured this is the best way to keep my family updated without having to call for current emails and such. Hopefully I can post periodically all the many things going on in the Carroll household. I'm going to make this short so I can figure everything out on this website. I'm going to try and figure out how to add pictures now:

Emma before her first soccer practice:

Jovi's first snow: