A Few More Things

Here are some pictures from some of T's games.  He is playing great and his team is doing great.  Probably because they have a great coach!  Their great coach has a couple of assistant coaches that are great also.  I think everyone is having a really fun season. 

And this is what L lives for.....

If I tell her there is a park with swings, she is so excited to go to any baseball game.  But there has to be swings!

And since it's baseball season, we headed down to Provo to see the Cougars play.  Didn't get a win but DID get a few foul balls!  A even chased one down with Larry and found it in the bushes.  She was very excited.  That's my girl!

 Then we walked around campus since the weather was beautiful. 

We are all loving the spring sunshine!  The older kids are excited for school to finish up and summer to begin.  I am too.

Many Things

 It's been a little while since my last post so I thought I would just make one big post instead of a bunch of little ones.  So here are are few things we have been up to.

First - Larry's birthday!!!  It was actually towards the end of March and we invited his siblings over for some treats. 

Second - we of course have some baseball.  R's season has been going well.  He has had 4 regular season games and they have have won 2 of them.  R has played really great until last night he kinda struggled.  Not too bad, he was just very tired and sluggish.  Not his best game but did make a couple of really good plays.  Here are some pics from a previous game.

Third- We celebrated Easter.  The kids had fun decorating eggs.  Then we had an Easter egg hunt at Grandpa's and talked about why we celebrate Easter.  The last couple of pictures are on Sunday morning.

Fourth- We celebrated A's 6th birthday.  She started out her special day by opening some presents.



One of her presents was to go get her hair done and get some sparkles tied in.  Very hard to get a picture of them but they look really cute and her hair turned out so pretty!  She loved it and loved having it done!

Then later that night we had some family come over for cake and ice cream.

Fifth-  After a couple of weeks of practice, T had his first game tonight.  (Will post some pictures of the game next time.)

I love this time of year but to be honest, tonight I'm feeling totally overwhelmed with everything I need to get done and know some of it won't happen.  But I'm truly grateful for everything I have and won't complain :). 

Pinewood Derby

The pinewood derby for us this year 2 days after we returned from So. Utah.  That meant Larry and T cutting out his car before we left and bringing sand paper and spray paint with us on our trip.  After long days at the ball park Larry and T (and sometimes just Larry) would sit outside our hotel and sand the car.  After that they (sometimes just Larry) would take the car to the other side of the parking lot and spray paint it.  When we got home they put on the wheels and weights and R helped T put on the stickers.

And here's the finished product.

His car did really good!  In the first 4 races he took 1st place and then got to race in the "championship" races.  Over all he took 5th place and was pretty happy about that.  We prepped him before we left that it's not about winning - it's just for fun and don't get frustrated if you don't win.  I told him to be happy for his friends if they won.

He was pretty excited when his car started winning but was very humble about it and just sat in his chair and "pumped his fist" a little.  He did look very proud when he went to get his car and R reached over the flags and gave him a high five. 

I'm glad Larry was willing to put in the time and effort for this Hokie car.  Here are some other pics.  Over all a pretty fun night for T.

Home From Tournament

So we got back Sunday night from Southern Utah and somehow it has taken days to unpack and get things back in order, if that's ever really possible around here.  But we had TONS of fun while we were gone.  The tourney went "well".  I guess I should say R played really well (as always) but again, not the number of wins we wanted.  Someone said, "you must have gotten in a really tough pool."  I think they are right, they did play some of the best teams but in the end people usually just look at W's and L's.  And we had our fair share of L's.  But....... I loved seeing R back on the field!  He played 3rd base, 1st and did a great job pitching.  And he didn't strike out once!!  Very proud of him.  Here are the game pics.

T, A and L loved playing with all the other kids during the games.  L especially loved being able to follow the big kids every where.  And I loved that the weather was beautiful, in the 70's, sunny and perfect.  When we got hot or tired you could find us under our umbrella.

And after the games L was very happy to rest on the bed at the hotel and watch her favorite shows on tv.

After all the games were over we made the drive to Zion National Park.  We had fun hiking to a few different places and driving through the tunnel in the mountain several times. 

This bridge was a little scary to walk over!!!

And now we are home and 3 of us have colds and L has a terrible cough and an ear infection in both ears.  Poor girl.  But we had a great time and everyone "traveled" great.  I'm proud of R and how he played.  After the first day of games there were some tears and frustration but he got several compliments on the second day about his pitching which made him feel good.  T, A and L were great sports driving all over for this.  And as we have just received the regular season schedule we feel the craziness begin! 

March Madness Tournament

It's that time of year again.......... My favorite time of year.......... Because it means warmer weather, lots of outside time, and complete craziness at our house.  It's baseball season!  This weekend is the first tourney of the season, the one R's team has been practicing for, for the last few months.  Here are their new "throw back" uniforms.

Good Luck Havoc! Play hard, play your best, play to win!

Cheer Showcase

My girl A was very excited to attend another Cheer camp with a friend, done by our High School.  This time they learned more stunts and new cheers.  For the showcase (since there wasn't a game to cheer or perform at) they showed the stunts they learned and did the cheer.  It was fun to see her excitement!  I knew she was nervous but she did GREAT!

My camera never works so well in gyms so the pictures aren't the best but here are some of them.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl !

We can't believe that last week (I'm a little late in posting) our baby girl L turned 2 years old!  She has become a beauty just like her older sister and has a huge personality.  For months when we asked how old she was she would smile and say "almost 2!"  On her birthday I asked her so many times how old she was now, she finally stopped answering and would just shrug her shoulders.  Then the other day I asked again and she said "19" and then laughed.  And then I laughed and then she kept saying it.  Crazy girl.

In the morning, on her birthday, when she woke up I took her down stairs to see her presents piled on the table and some balloons.  She didn't even look at the presents but said, "OOOOHHHHH BALLOONS" !!!!!  And that was all she cared about all day.

(Yes, that's T in his underwear in the background)

For her birthday party we invited Grandpa and a couple cousins over for dinner and cupcakes and root beer floats. 

She had a blast playing and didn't really get the whole present thing.  Good thing the older kids were there to help with that.

We love you L!  You are such a huge part of our family and we are so lucky you are ours.  We love to see you learn and grow each day and glad you can always make us laugh.  We can't believe our baby girl is 2.  You are the best "littlest" sister there is!