One, Two, Three Strikes...

Drake has been doing a great job at baseball practice. He really is a good listener and is getting the hang of the hitting with the coach pitching. His first game is on Tuesday night, and at the least it will be entertaining. There is nothing like getting a bunch of 4, 5 and 6 year olds on a field and watching chaos ensue. Tonight, Gabe and Drake did a little more practicing in the backyard since many practices have been rained out lately. These pictures show a little of the action that took place.

Isn't that last face a perfect "Gabe face"- no denying whose kid he is! :)

Letter Mania

One of Hadley's favorite things to do right now is try to spell things. Mostly she just spells things "Y-E-O" because apparently those are the letters that stick out most to her. I got these fun letters at a garage sale and they have proven to be hours of entertainment! She likes for me to spell all of our names and then she will find the letters and lay them all out. She also likes finding the first letters of all of our family. The other day, she and I were looking at a book that had blocks in it. I asked her what letters were on the blocks and to my amazement, she told me correctly. So, we have been working on letters a little everyday and she's been getting pretty good at naming a lot of them. It's also really fun listening to her vocabulary and sentence structure expand a little more everyday. As the big two year old birthday (sniff..sniff) approaches she is learning more everyday!
**When we're on the last letter, she makes the comment, "other way", and it took me a few seconds to realize she was telling me that I was holding the J backwards to her- smarty pants!**

Love, Sweet Love

The video says it all...

We got to visit with both of our wonderful moms today. We are blessed by fabulous familes!

Planting

We are going to try our hand at a very small amount of planting this year. Drake really wanted to plant some sunflowers so we did plant several seeds to see what happens. I also planted just a few veggies. I am a completely inexperienced gardener, so we'll see what happens. I may enlist some help from some experienced gardeners next year...

Rain Rain Go Away

Gabe and the kids headed to the park this evening while I ran out to do a few errands. They thought it was safe since one rain storm had already blown through and the sun was out creating a beautiful rainbow. Unfortunately, shortly after they were at the park another rain cloud blew in and soaked them! So, they headed home in the pouring down rain and few hail stones. When they were about a block away, a neighbor stopped and drove them the rest of the way home, but I think most of the wetness was pretty soaked through at that point.

We are Family

This weekend we got to get together with lots of family to celebrate Joel's (our nephew's) 2nd birthday. It was a fun time with lots of yummy food. Joel had a music themed birthday and all the kids got to show off their mad skillz at Rock Band that was set up. Joel also got a drum pad for his birthday that he was super excited about. Happy Birthday Joely!