Very 1st Soccer Game Ever in This Life

You can imagine, if you haven't seen one before, a soccer game played by four-year-olds. Overall it was a good experience and we hope it will teach them something about life. Eli chose to sit out this time around, despite much encouragement and a candy bribe by his parents.


For some reason Addi was the one who had all the confidence on game day.

Kansas City Air Show

We had an awesome Saturday at the air show. Here are just a few pics and video. After 9 years of marriage I learned something new about Clayton- His favorite airplane is the P 38 Lighting (a more correct statement would be one if his favorite airplanes)!




The Oracle Challenger was one of my favorites! The pilot get scaring me. The video is bad but you get the idea. It was really hard to film with the camera and the kids on our laps!

Parent Watch Week

Addi and Owa have been taking a 6 week "princess dance class" at the Merriam Community Center. Parents are not allowed into the classroom until the last one. It was fun to watch the girls get into it and see what they have been doing.

Leaving their mark on the world!

Eli, Olivia, and Addison are really into writing their names in all kinds of ways and places! Olivia wrote her name on her swimsuit "so we would know it was hers."

We started a motivational sticker chart that seems to be working out well. They earn stickers for cleaning up toys, dressing quickly, etc. The reward is a private trip on an errand with mom or dad!

Just the two of Us (just for the weekend)

What a FANTASTIC weekend. Friday night the kids headed to The Lake of the Ozarks with Denise and Chris, and Clayton and I have been basking in our "aloneness" ever since! We worked our tails off Saturday doing all those things around the house which just never seem to be able to get done. Clayton shampooed the carpets, changed the oil in the car, vacuumed the cars out, changed the air filter in the van (finally), mowed the front yard, built an extra shelf in our closet, and slapped a coating of mud around the ceiling he just patched. I cleaned the oven, freezer, microwave, the whole kitchen in general, organized shelves in the pantry, mowed the back yard and cleaned our room and lastly the kids room.

I know it doesn't sound like much fun but believe me if the kids were around it would have taken us at least 6 months to accomplish what we did in less than a day. We quit everything around 4:30 to clean up for the other half of our night:

Tickets for "A Dark Knight"- $4 Dollars apiece
Dinner at our favorite pizza place- Old Shawnee Pizza - $27.90
Not having to find a babysitter- PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Despite all the wonderful alone time, sleeping in, and our Sunday nap we are ready for the madness to begin again!


My beautiful flowers
Charles taught us some dance moves after Sunday Dinner
Kelly and Charles

Travel Diary

Last weekend we returned from a double wedding and a "FamilyMoon" (FamilyMoon is what Clayton dubbed the family trip) to the Oregon Coast. We had a layover in Denver on both legs of the trip. The triplets were excellent travel companions this time around. Clayton and I even sat together and left the three of them in their own row on the way home. Eli fell asleep and the girls played with their toys in their backpack. We returnd on the Fourth and could see fireworks from the plane. It was great welcome home to Kansas City!

It is hard to believe all 7 Pixton kids are now married! That is quite a feat! Congrats to Bryce and Kadra and Kyrstyn and Mathias!





"Painting pretty's on a layover in Denver
Grandpa picking us up at PDX
Misty (old old friend from 8th Grade) met us for "dinner" at Panda Express on the return layover in Denver. While there we lost Addison's back pack and then she left her crocks at the gate. Both items were recovered and we still need to go to bagage services at KCI to pick them up!

New Family Photos

In the middle of all the wedding madness, Britt took our family photos. You can check them out on her site: http://www.brittpixton.com/order. Then click on the Pixton Family Gallery link and enter in the access code below:

Access code: clayme

The family shot was hard! Getting the five of us to coperate at the same time improved impossible!