It's Been A While

Sorry its been a little longer then I had planned but here it is.  This week Robert started the SudAmericana league round 1 and we one 3 straight games!  Robert played really well in all 3 but ended great with 20pts and 7 rebounds.  It was great to see some games again and to play so well.  Yesterday (Saturday) we went to a BBQ at one of the directors of the team and his house was amazing!  There was a game room, soccer field,  tennis court and basketball court.  The kids had a fun day playing with all that stuff and swimming.  This week will be a super fun week it is finally time for the championship in the state league and Robert is on the road today and will play tomorrow and the next day in Limeira (the name of the city).  Then Thursday and Friday at home and hopefully done and we win!!  Keep Robert and his guys in your thoughts and prayers as this is a big deal and would be really great for Robert to have this championship.  Also this week Lainey has a halloween party at her school and I get to volunteer!  They have a costume contest, trick or treating, and a open house with decorations etc.  Cooper I think will get to do the trick or treating as well so that is wonderful.  Super excited for the week and can't wait to blog about it Sunday.

 Cooper was being so silly it was such a fun moment.  He would laugh at everything I said...Never felt so funny in my life.

 Sophia is so adorable!

 Breast cancer awareness month the team got new uniforms.

 Lainey knew how much I have been missing my friends and made this for me.  

She is amazing!

 Cooper and Maya.  He loves the babies.

 Robert being interviewed after the 3rd win this week.

 Cooper would not smile but his outfit was too cute not to try.

 Enough babies for all of us =).  Us two couples are done having our own babies so its nice to hold other babies.

 The team and the directors.

 My love

 Robert at an autograph signing.  

 My girl!

 Camila, Livia, Rita, and me.

We are ready for Halloween =).

It's Getting HOT in Here!!!!

Yeah its that hot here!!! I'm starting to second guess how good Bauru is for us Oregonians ;).  This has been a pretty laid back week Lainey has not had school this week and Robert hasn't had any games either.  It has been so hot here that we haven't wanted to do much.  We swim in the pool everyday and then relax in the air conditioned house.  Thank goodness we have the air conditioning in EVERY room or I would go insane.  Cooper did get his Judo Uniform last week and he is so excited to wear it.  Everyday he tries it on does some moves and says "I love my uniform".  I have been trying to grow my cooking and baking resume and I'm doing fairly well all the dinners have turned out great and same with the desserts.  I made a banana bread and had some pumpkin spice cappuccino and for 5 mins I felt like I was home.  Here are some pics of the last week hope you all enjoy.  Love you all

 Couldn't resist putting a pic of 11 month of Baby Lia.  Love you and miss you Alves family!

 Banana bread and Pumpkin spice cappuccino =) so good

 Cooper is ready to take someone down!

 BBQ with new friends

 Kids day fun at the mall.  Lainey and Cooper collected all the balloons they could.

 Cooper is jealous of all the fish Donny is catching at the property so he is going to get some fishing in how ever he can.

Well....they had a little too much fun painting haha.  Ana Livia, Lainey, and Luana

BAURU BASKETBALL ROCKS!!!

So I know the last update I left you with was that Robert was down in the series 1-2 and had to win Thursday...Well they did!!! They won by 30 points and Robert played amazing, he had 24 point!  SO game 5 was Saturday and man it was stressful, I kind of thought after the 30 point game that we had it in the bag but I was wrong and Franca came out playing super hard.  We were down at half time but managed to pull through and WIN!!! The wives were all in the stands dying, not being the one on the court or field sucks.  I have so much anxiety and when I played I never did, I just want Robert to win ever game and play good etc.  Anyway that now means we are headed for the championship round October 27- Nov 2 so be praying for 3 wins!  In other news, Lainey is loving school so much.  She is happy everyday which makes me so happy, she is super tired but we are adjusting to a new schedule no more 12am nights in this house.  Cooper is loving Judo and art classes, I'm so happy this school is letting us take him just for after school activities.  He is getting to meet some kids and he is ready for school he asks all the time "when do I get to go."  Everything is really going good and we are settling in to a good routine and flow which always make me so happy.  Alright enough words here are the pics =)

 Game Time

 Lainey made signs like this for every player! She is so amazing and thoughtful.

 Date night after the game!  So much fun celebrating the win, and Larry (one of the player) Birthday days.  This night was so much fun Robert and I had a blast.

 Lainey walked around thanking all the fans with her daddy, love this pic that a fan took along the way.

 Love these ladies, us basketball wives have to stick together ;) (Me, Rita, and Camila)

Cooper in his school uniform for his first day at Judo, this week he gets a blue uniform which he is SO excited for.

Crazy Few Day's

It's been a little over a week since I have posted and I'm trying to stay true to every week so sorry.  Things got crazy Monday morning so I got behind but first last week.  We continued with homeschooling and it has been good and a little claustrophobic the school part is good but being at home all day has been hard.  Robert had game 1 & 2 Thursday and Saturday and they won the first one by 20 and then lost the second one by 2.  Really tough loss it was at home and now they have to win at least 1 on the road to get game 5 at home.  Saturday after the game both Lainey and Cooper had a sleep over Lainey with Duda and Cooper with Jefferson and Rita.  They had some family here from Sao Paulo and they had two boys around cooper's age.  He was in heaven, the boys played for two days straight.  Sunday was a nice day for Robert and I we just hung out at home watched some football and just relaxed.  I really needed that day for the week to come.  I had no idea Monday morning when Robert talked with Lainey's school that she would be able to start Tuesday!  So Monday was so full of school meetings back to school shopping and all without Robert.  Without Natalia I would never have finished.  But she started 8am Tuesday and it was wonderful she loved it and besides us all being tired she is now in school!!!!  Then to add to our crazy days Lainey had her tooth pulled last night!  We have had a couple really early mornings and full days, but its all worth it knowing she is in an amazing school that they speak both Portuguese and English from age 3 and her friends can talk with her in both languages and they will be teaching her in to read and write in both languages!  Robert and I are super happy with the school this was the biggest concern for us was the education they would be getting but I think our prayers have been answered here.
The hardest part is that it could mean shorter summers for us as we need to get back for school that starts in August.  We will see as the time comes, right now we are just super grateful.

 Cooper and Giovanni chest bumping

 Cooper's first sleepover here

 Love them!  This was such a long day and they were troupers the whole time.

 I'm so glad I have these =) missing pumpkin lattes!

 First day of school, she loved it!

 She was so nervous, she cried once and screamed once but did really good for how big of tooth was being pulled.  She had to have her twin tooth pulled because the permanent one was growing in behind it and the baby ones would not come out.

 One stitch

 The hole, the black is the stitch and some blood

The twin teeth.  They are both baby teeth but the long one had not been worn away from the permanent one coming through yet.

PS. Quick update when I started this update Robert had not played game 3 yet and they did last night and lost! It was in Franca and it was a crazy game with a huge fight at the end!  Now we have to win Thursday to stay in it.  Let's go Bauru!!