Elissa's First Game of the Season!

GO TIGERS!

Saturday, 4-17-10, 9:45am

Elissa was excited for this T-Ball season to start. She currently does not really like soccer, but she loves T-ball. She did a GREAT job today! At one point she comes up to me and says, "Mom, I'm not going to get the ball at all this time so that some of the other children can have a turn." Crack me up!

Ok, so I have to confess that I got 1/2 the amount of pictures for Elissa......bad mom. I got caught up in catching up with Holly (a Mom of one of Elissa's preschool friends) and forgot to take pictures. Oops! :-)

Sweet girl!

A few action shots!

Hunter, Elissa and Olivia

Elissa's at bat!!








She is very happy with her batting and being on 1st base. :-)






















Great job!

Here is what Zach was doing during the game......

Wrestling with Gaige and

he was also playing with the umbrella. Never thought of it as a toy. LOL!

A great first day of games!

Zach's First T-Ball Game!

GO CUBS!

Saturday, 4-17-10, 8:45am

The little 3 & 4 year olds were SO CUTE! They have no concept of the game at all, but they all love running for the ball. :-) They would be happy just playing one or two innings. It is very clear when they are done. Zach did so good though! Their favorite part is running through the parent tunnel at the end and snacks (of course)!

Ok, so I couldn't decide on just a few pics.....so let the series begin. :-)

Zach and Brady warming up.

Zach is diving for the ball!

Brady is throwing his famous "fly ball" pitch!

Zach's up to bat!!

No sweat Dad.

Waiting to go in the field.

Both guys missed the ball! :-)

Elissa and Karisma having fun waiting for their game to start.

Yeah, the tunnel!

They went through MANY times. :-)

It was a very fun game!

Now on to Elissa's.....

She's such a climber!

Tuesday, 4-6-10

Elissa's new obsession is climbing. Climbing over the fence or in a tree just off of our deck. She is constantly asking if she can go back there and climb. She especially loves having friends over to climb with her. :-)

Today it was her best bud, Olivia. Elissa tells me that they are true friends, real friends. They will ALWAYS be friends.

I LOVE this tulip tree! I think they are so beautiful.

Easter Day

Sunday, 4-4-10

After church we had Grandma & Papa and Nana over for lunch. Of course the festivities started with some Easter baskets for the kids and after dinner we had an indoor egg hunt. :-)

 
 

 Zach was showing Papa some of his t-ball moves!










This was suppose to be a project for the kids and I, but we stayed out too late Saturday night. The kids went to bed and I decorated cupcakes. :-)

The Easter Egg Hunt!














It was hard for Elissa to let Zach find some too. When we told her to stop finding them, then she started finding them for Zach. We had to explain to her that that was no fun for Zach. :-)

Elissa made us wonderful Easter cards with help from Nana. Sweet girl!

















Happy Easter!

He is Risen........He is RISEN Indeed!

Easter Sunday, 4-4-10

Elissa was in the choir at church. I wish you could post bigger size clips, but here is a little taste of the morning. :-) In the middle she sees Nana and Grandma so she wants to go see them and I say "No" and so she mouths "mom" to me. LOL!

They did such a great job!

A Cabin, a Hot Tub and Great Friends

Friday - Tuesday, March 26-30, 2010

What a fun extended weekend!

We stayed in Roslyn Ridge (thru Roslyn and then just outside of Ronald) in a cabin with Kirstin & Kirk and their family. The kids were super excited to spend days and nights together and even more excited that there was a hot tub to play in. :-)

Kirstin, the kids and I left on Friday around 2pm all packed into the Acadia. The guys were coming later with all the food and clothes and stuff. It is nice that Roslyn is just a couple of hours drive from our house. We were there before the kids got too antsy.

It was a really nice cabin with plenty of room for 4 adults and 5 children. The kids immediately ran to the back to play in the woods and then they were in the hot tub soon after.

Kirstin and I took our turn as soon as the kids were down for the count. I think we finally got to bed around 2:30am. Wow, it was so nice to have quality time to talk and talk and talk about everything in our lives. There is something about being with your best friend and being able to just let everything out and be really real and know that you are safe. I feel blessed! I cherish the little bit of time we get to spend with each other. We are SO thankful that our husbands like to hang out too. :-)

 

 

 

The weekend was filled with so many great memories.

Saturday night the guys built a campfire for the kids. We brought no wood or paper or matches......but of course the guys figured something out. The kids loved it!

Of course we were in the hot tub every day.
I'm always trying to get Darin to buy us one. :-)

Cute P!

Sunday afternoon we took the kids to Lake Cle Elum to run around. It was beautiful there.

We had a fun time skipping rocks and finding treasures. :-)

The guys left at 5pm that evening to go back to the "rat race". In the mean time, Kirstin and I extended for one more day to leave on Tuesday instead of Monday. :-)

We had a great last couple of days relaxing. Though Sunday night we did make the mistake of taking the kids to a family restaurant in Roslyn. The kids were cranky and the food was bad and it was torture. :-) Then Monday was the craziest weather day. We maybe saw a little sun in the morning and then rain and snow mix the whole rest of the day. We took the kids into Cle Elum to play at Burger King to run off some steam. The evening was nice and relaxing and the kids just zonked out one by one.

It was a really fun and exhausting almost 5 days together!