Family Portrait

Family Portrait
"But Mom, what if a train comes?"

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Kindergarten Graduation & Swim Lessons

Brandon graduated from Kindergarten this week. They had a music program that was pretty cute too.
He drew the one flying in the black at the top there.
After school picnic:
Cody relaxing while Ryan does all the work to get his shoes on.
The kids started swim lessons as soon as school was out. They LOVE them.

I wasn't sure how Cody was going to do because he tends to be a little attached and say, "mom, come with me," to everything. But I guess he was just excited to get in the water because he said, with his back to me as he walked down the steps into the pool, "Mom, I not scared." He never looked back.
And I had to get some pictures of my favorite thing watching my kids do:


Sunday, June 6, 2010

Kathleen Ballet Recital

Kathleen was really excited about this weed we pulled in our yard.Our pool opened last weekend and it was FREEZING out. But would that stop my crazy family? No.


Kathleen and Cody were snuggling really cute the other day.Alyssa and Clayton came to visit last weekend. It was super fun having them here. But the weather was pooey.
So we had a picnic in our garage instead of the park.
Kathleen had a report on the Stingray at school. She was so cute.

Saturday was CRAZY for us. We had baseball games starting at 8 in the morning (so we were there at 7:15) and went until 1:15. We went straight from there to Kathleen's dance recital. Kathleen is pretty sweet and very good at her ballet.



I was making lasagna and I guess the boys decided to join me in the kitchen. So they pulled up two bar stools in the most inconvenient place and played their didjs. Someone should have told them they would have been more comfortable at the bar, or on a couch, but it was just too cute.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Kathleen and Brandon Baseball

Brandon and Kathleen had baseball games on the same night and at the same time last week. So we spent a bit of time running back and forth between the two games. Brandon was pretty cute. He was so excited to get his turn to play (after patiently watching Cody play earlier in the week).


What happens when three boys chase the same ball?
And Cody was a bit of a pill the whole time. But there were moments when he cooperated while we were running back and forth.
Kathleen was pretty cute too. She was so excited, but also very nervous for her first game.


She had a couple of amazing plays and actually got a couple of kids out. She got to play 3rd base and short stop.

Here are a few random pictures that were on the camera. Here is the gift I made for the kids teachers as an end-of-year "thank you".
Brandon built a glow-in-the dark dinosaur last week. He LOVED it.
A couple of nights ago when we went to tuck Kathleen in, we found her asleep in her laundry basket. That can't be comfortable. And where is the laundry you ask? Well...simply put...all over the ground.
Here are some cute videos of the kids playing baseball for you to watch.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Skydiving II

I know I promised more skydiving stuff. Sorry it took so long. But I grabbed these photos off the video. So they aren't top notch. Just don't make too much fun of my face.






Yes, in this next picture we are upside-down. The flips make you want to barf, but are totally worth it.



Enjoy the videos: