Spring Band Concert

New Windows

Birds keep flying into our new window. They aren't used to our clean windows...Here is one trying to regain his balance.

Baseball Tournament This Past Weekend

Levi's team came in second. He played well....he batted .500 and made some great plays at 2nd base.

Rained Out

Levi's tourney was cancelled today so he got to go play his flag football game instead.

He threw for a touchdown. Caught a pass for a touchdown. Caught an interception. Threw for a two point conversion. It was his last football game of the season...which is fine by me as it is an extremely cold (47 degrees) and wet spring.

Driving Grandpa's Miata

Ethan and Levi's Band Concert

Baseball Tournament Here We Come

Rain and thundershowers forecast. 45 degrees. Wet and chilly. Baseball tournament here we come. Three games today. Whew.

No drama

Levi's coaches wife told me last night that his coach really likes Levi. She said he told her "Levi's a great kid. I really appreciate that I don't get any drama from him." I think by drama he meant crying, pouting, head down, complaining, emotional outburst, etc. Some of the kids are quite dramatic.
Levi saves his drama for home. (Just kidding Levi.)

I agree. If I was a coach, I would want Levi on his team. He's a great kid.

Thursday's Game Against Mr. Hood

Levi's team played last night in the rain. I was sure the game would be cancelled but it wasn't. I left Nan, Ethan, and the little boys home which ended up being a great decision.The area around the field was a swamp. The team lost but didn't seem too upset. Levi was just glad to get back in the car and turn the heater on.

He has a tournament this Saturday. Games at 10:30, 1:00, and 6. I have an umbrella. I think I need a rain poncho for this weekend.

Triple

Levi hit a triple in the 5th inning last night. It was his best hit of the season. His team beat Centennial 10-8. It rained for the last 3 innings. I think I need to buy an umbrella.

Baseball This Week

Crazy baseball schedule this week...Practice Sunday, Game Monday, Practice Wednesday, Game Thursday, Tournament Saturday and Sunday. Next week schedule is the same. I think their coach figured they will play about 20 games in the next three weeks counting their 2 tournaments. Whew!!! I better get myself a comfortable chair and couple child harnesses.

Off to the Holy Land

Todd is off to Israel with a group of students for 3 weeks.

Phone/Internet Problem Solved

For over a month now, we have been struggling with phone and internet access. The internet cut in and out which really messed up emailing. If the phone rang, the internet stopped working if it had been working at all. We thought that Todd had messed something up with the phone line when he re-sided the back of the house. We kept trying different ways to fix it. The last 2 weeks our phones have not worked at all and with Todd going out of the country for 3 weeks, I didn't want to be without our phones or email. So we finally called Qwest. A man came over to check things out...and found the phone line toward our alley and in the neighbors backyard had been damaged. He brought the section of phone line to us and said "In my 20 years, I have never seen this." He showed us where the line had been struck by what he was guessing might have been a bullet or arrow. A hard focused impact hit the underside of the phone line and popped the wires out the other side of the plastic casing. He was able to fix it and Todd was vindicated. It wasn't his fault. And we didn't have to pay a bill for the repair. Yippee.

Rain and Baseball

This week is the beginning of the official baseball league season. So far we have had one rained out game and one rained out practice. Tonight Levi has a game scheduled for 6:00. Will it be played?

Shooting Hoops

Guess who won?

Same size feet

My kids think I am weird...especially since I made them pose for these pictures. But I wanted to document this moment...four of us have about the same size feet. Now that is weird to me. Actually I think Levi's are a little bit bigger than the rest of us and he is the youngest. Aren't feet funny looking?

Flag Football Saturday 5/24

Levi scored a touchdown on the first play. On the third play of the game he had an interception. And on the fourth play he threw a pass for a touchdown. It was a great start to a game his team ended up losing. Oh well.

Todd saves the day!

Todd is our splinter remover. I don't know why but all our boys frequently get splinters in their hands.

Chess Protegy

These photos weren't posed. Ethan has been reading a lot of chess books and working on his strategy. And Cente imitates whatever the big boys do. I heard Cente humming and talking to himself at the table and snapped these pictures of him. He started off making regular chess moves but by the end, his pieces were crashing into each other and he was making explosion noises.

Growing

Ethan has grown almost an inch in less than 2 months...