Levi

I love watching this video.

Marki's first time up of the season

She did so great. She hit the ball off the tee the first time both times!

Levi first time up to bat

He was so cute. Apparently we taught him how to hit, throw, and catch but we left out run to first base after you hit a ball. :)

Skyhawks

Marki is #12.
My first baseman. #9

Marki waiting her turn to catch a grounder.

Catching

The boys

Head coach Mark and the kids. He surprised us by getting time off of work to see and coach Lee's first game.

That's my boy. Future Mariner. :)

I love this picture of Levi

Marki hit the ball every time on her first hit. She did AWESOME!

Levi hit the ball the first time each time too. They both did great!

What do I do Daddy?

Waiting to make a play.

Waiting to make a play

Oliver wanted to play too. He had his own t on the side.

So funny

Mom! This doesn't seem right!

Levi has played ball since before he was 1. He is obsessed. He didn't like the fact that he had to wait his turn to hit the ball.

A job well done.

Levi

Marki

Oliver has his brother's obsession

Stay tune for some video's.

Excitement and Sadness for a little boy.....

Levi got some good news last Tuesday. He was informed that he could join his sisters tball team. He was beyond excited. He got all dressed in his uniform that he seemed to be made for and asked for a complete hour when it was time to go play ball. The game was at 6:30 and a horrible rain storm started about 6:15. This picture was taken when we knew the game was going to be cancelled. He was so sad as you can see.
Sweet kids. Marki was excited to show him the ropes.

A natural.

More pictures and video to come soon of their first game together.

Things we are doing with Papa and Gramma

Making bird houses with gramma
Working away

The birds in Montana are going to love these!

So cute

Playing with papa.

Rough housing.

Ice cream time

Lynn is holding up the rosary bracelet she made for me. I love it!

Swimming with Papa and Gramma

Levi and Papa.
Gramma, Oliver, and Marki

Lee's footprints

Daddy and Olli

Blowin bubbles.

Levi learned how to float on his back. He was so excited to be able to do that. I didn't bring my camera so there weren't too many pictures that I was able to capture. These are from my phone so the quality is lacking. They had a blast!

From Smallest to Tallest

That's what Marki calls this picture.

This is why mommy is in charge of teaching the kids to ride their bikes

Marki with no training wheels. There will be more video of her riding her bike like a big girl at a later time.

Oliver

Family Day at the Fire Station

Every month we have a family day at Mark's station. Mark organizes it and cooks the meal for all the firemen and their families. I love everyone Mark works with and love chatting with the wives while our children play. This month the kids got to have a bounce house in the conference room. They had a blast going from jumping to sliding down the fire pole. Marki Lyn can climb up the pole all by herself. Mark told her when she was able to do that she could go down by herself so she went and did it. Levi slides down with daddy since mommy is not comfortable. Marki is so brave to slide down on her own. I don't even want to do it! Oliver loves it when I put him up on the pole and slide him down. Trouble is he wants to do it non stop!

There was a police officer there and I asked him to come and talk to Levi about his seat belt. He likes to take it off while I am driving and I thought I'd ask him to talk to Lee about it. The officer was great and told Levi not to take it off because it was to protect him from getting hurt. He also told him it was the law and that he should make his mom and dad wore their seat belt too. It worked! Levi makes sure he is buckled and reminds me that the cop told him to be safe. I am grateful to that cop!

I can't wait til the next family day. I didn't get to take any pictures. Too bad because the bounce house was so cool! Thanks Mark for organizing this each month and for cooking such wonderful food!

(After the cop left all the kids started playing cops and robbers. One little girl was taking Marki to jail and said, "You are under arrest for drinking your mother's wine!" Her mom was super embarrassed. Oh the things kids say!)

Kindergarten, Here I Come!

Waiting in line.
Coloring.

Her application form. The teacher who interviewed her said, "Wow. She is definately ready!" Mark stared at this form for a long time and teared up.

It was pretty cute. The lady who was enrolling the kids into Hubbard had tissues for the crying mom's. I was too proud of her to cry. However, first day of Kindergarten I'll be bawling like a baby after she leaves.

Cowboy Up The better version

Here is my dad riding Skip and Collete's horse, Seabiscuit, in Arizona. So proud of my dad who hits all balloons! I did this bigger so you could actually see it.

First Fish of the Year!

Levi is quite the fisherman. The first of many for months to come.

When he got home he ran in and told me to come look at his fish. As I ran out to see I asked him if he got a whopper. "Yes mom! He is in their whopping right now!" Oh how I love him.

Hunting Eggs

Got to love the Kuna egg hunt held at the high school every year. It is always freezing cold and this particular year Levi decides not to bring a coat so he had to wear Poppy's vest and my sweatshirt. Keep in mind I told him to grab his coat when he went out the door. :)

Freezing
Getting excited to hunt some eggs.

Marki and Levi are in there somewhere.

Marki was concerned that she couldn't find Levi.

Oliver's first hunt.

I think we have more candy than we know what to do with. Dad, scroll down to see what Levi refers to as your cowboy video.