Matthew's 10th Birthday

Summer with Cousins

Over the fourth of July all of the Russell siblings were in town, except the Hubbles but we got home Sunday just in time to spend a few days with everyone. It is always so nice to get together with family,it was great to see Nathan and Brooke and all their children, we don't see them enough! It is time to wind down and enjoy the last month of summer, we are hoping to make it over to the beach for a few days before high school volleyball starts, Whitney is in Utah with Kyla for this week and Whitney & Sydney go to girls camp next week. It should be exciting for Syd her first experience at Big Meadow ( sorry sweetie, serious camping no showers,no beds, no bathrooms,no mess hall, no hot running water, just tents and dirt- but you will have fun:) I hope!)Matthew is doing football camp right now and loving every minute, he is a stud and he knows it :) haha

Busy Month

We started the month of June with a trip to Utah. We spent a day at Lagoon with Mckay,Christian & Kayla Feil & Kyla and her cute kids. we had lots of fun!! Then Josh and I spent 5 fabulous days at the St Regis in Laguna Niguel,we celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary! It was the most amazing hotel we have ever seen or experienced we enjoyed massages, relaxation, shopping and lots of yummy food! Sydney spent a week in Utah and then went soccer camp for a week. Then it was off to Dallas for Volleyball,so the month just seemed to fly by.

Dallas Trip for Junior Olympics

We had a fabulous time in Dallas, Texas and it wasn't even that hot, which was surprisingly nice. Whitney and her team played great, the first 2 days the team had a mini meltdown and we lost 4 out of the 6 matches, but the last two days we beat everyone we played. We ended up getting 13th in the nation which is awesome by anyones standards,we are so proud of her and she played awesome. What a learning experience it was! The top 3 teams are teams we had beaten either throughout the club year or at the tournament,the team just didn't "bring it" those 1st 2 days but I am proud of them anyways! We had a blast!! But I am definitely enjoying the break from volleyball. Soccer is getting ready to kick up a notch, we have a tournament next weekend in Newport Beach!