The Oakey Family: January 2012

Coaching, Coaching, Coaching......

I wanted to make sure I put a few pictures of our latest adventure on here. I want to have our blog printed off and I know that we will want this included in it for years down the road when I think back and wonder, what was I thinking?!?

Many of you know that I am the Head Basketball Coach at Mountain View High School. I love it and have really enjoyed everything about it so far. It is a lot of work but it really is rewarding. Our kids call Mountain View "The Bruin," and it is really like a second home to them. Halle has a play-pen in my office and takes naps during practice and Ryan knows exactly how to get to the main office of the school so he can get a treat from the head secretary. The staff at MV has treated us like family and they have really made this a dream job for me.

In addition to great staff, I have some of the best parents on our team. The parents that I am working with make my job so much easier and they take amazing pictures. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the season so far.

There are some more pictures on Facebook that I will have to transfer onto the blog later.

Lastly, this has become a family affair. My mom and dad are at every game as my dad is our official score keeper and Matt is Mr. Mom in the stands. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful support system around me so I can do what I love.

Our Sunbeam!

Ryan started the year off as a Sunbeam and he was so excited! He has done awesome and loves to tell us about all the new songs he has learned. It was so weird to walk a kid to actual Primary. He looked so nervous when I took him in, but he just sat in his chair like he knew exactly what he was doing.

Here are a few shots of our little man all ready to be an official Sunbeam!

Christmas Catch-up

So I have been out of memory on my blog and have procrastinated purchasing new memory for $5. I totally missed a Christmas post as well as a New Years post. Be prepared for a little picture overload....I missed a lot of great moments with my camera so the pictures don't do our Christmas justice.

We had a really great Christmas as all of my family was together. Yes, all of us! That hasn't happened since Drew's wedding so it was quite the weekend. Bret and Jan flew in with their two kids and Drew was planning on coming up on the 23rd. We were not planning on seeing Adam and Noelle at all but we were wrong. On the morning of the 23rd they showed up at my house!!! Yeah totally surprised, they caught me cleaning before I had even showered. We were shocked. We then surprised my parents and everyone else. It was a GREAT surprise.

Needless to say, our Christmas weekend was incredibly busy with all 6 grand kids running around. We were able to have some family pictures taken, spent some time playing games, eating WAY too much food, and just chatting with each other. It was awesome to have all of my brothers here. I miss seeing them!!

Matt and I did Santa at our house and the kids were soooo excited.

We then went to church with my family and went to my mom and dad's house to open presents.

Because we live so close to Matt's family too, we saw his parents Christmas afternoon as well. Our kids were absolutely exhausted at the end of the day but they were spoiled rotten (as you can see by their piles of stuff!).

I have to remember a couple things about our Christmas...
Ryan was completely obsessed with getting his "Batman castle" and was absolutely ecstatic when he saw that Santa actually brought it.
By the end of the day, Halle was super excited when she saw a present. She loved opening each one to see what was inside.
Halle loves to sing and dance while she plays on her new piano....so cute!
All the kids got homemade superhero capes (that I made) and they loved them.
Whenever we would talk about Jesus, Ryan would say that "Jofes" is his dad. He couldn't say it right and it was hillarious!
Ryan was really upset Christmas night and said, "I don't want to go to sleep, then Christmas will be over!"
He was ALL smiles the entire day!