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Eleanor and Rosie's soccer seasons ended earlier this month and they had great seasons! Eleanor scored a goal in her last game and played very well all season despite only making it to two practices. Unfortunately her practice night was on the same night this year as volleyball games so she missed them all season. She was able to make all the weekend games, though.

This was also her first year playing in the 12-15 league and she held her own against these 15 (and sometimes 16 year old!) boys. She also had the same color jersey as cousin Robert!

Way to go team Everton!

Rosie continued playing in the 7-9 year old league with her buddies for the Orange Starburst. They had an undefeated season (though tied two games).

Rosie also ended up volunteering to play goalie quite a bit this season.

Go Orange Starburst!

Overall it was a fun rec soccer season!

Rosie and Ben had a lovely birthday this year! It all started the week before... Grandma and Dave hosted a family dinner for all the November birthdays:

Then she took each kid out individually to go shopping for their birthday! This tradition initially started with Eleanor, but she loved it so much that all of the kids have begged to be able to do this for their birthdays, too.

Last pictures with our seven year olds!!

And then it was wake up time!

We did the birthday strings:

And then they got to open presents!

Chris took the twins out to Five Forks for their birthday breakfast. They got hot chocolate, bacon, and sprinkle pancakes the size of a dinner plate:

Grandma came over to wish Ben and Rosie a happy birthday!

Then we went off to church!

We came home and ate a quick lunch before kids came over for birthday parties! This year the twins asked for separate cakes. Ben wanted chocolate with oreo icing and Rosie wanted strawberry with chocolate icing.

Kids came over and they played for a bit before having cake. The boys were wild and the girls did their best to avoid them.

The girls were going to go to a DIY workshop, but it had to close last minute due to something coming up for the owners so we headed to Claire's for a shopping party.