T-BALL!

It's official: the t-ball games have begun.  The boys look so stinking cute.  Saturday, March 5th was opening ceremonies.

Here is Colin getting ready

He was pretty excited about putting on his uniform

Which was good since he is NOT a fan of practices, ha!

Liam who was ready to go!

He looks so big compared to last year

My t-ball boys

Being goofy

One with Amelia of course

They love her

Colin's team, of course he walked slowly to the base, rather than run.

Coming around to touch home plate

Liam's team

He made sure to touch the base.

After opening ceremonies we went to Lowe's to get some new shrubs for the front yard.  Amelia had fun climbing into sample sinks

When we got home we opened her new girlie set from Grandma Casson.  She thought it was great.

 Chris and I helped nominate Anna for Women Making History and she won.  Sunday was the award ceremony and Megan McCoy who helped with the award presentation decided it would be fun if we had the kiddos say something about Anna.  Liam was shy and just handed her a giant Costco sized box of fruit snacks to give out after kids' boot camp.

Anna with the kiddos

We didn't bring Colin because it was right during nap time 

The kids did great sitting through the ceremony (which was not short) and enjoyed some sweets afterwards.

The boys had their first t-ball game on Monday, March 7th.  Of course it was freezing outside (despite lovely weather two days before the game and two days after) so we bundled the boys up the best we could. 

Here is Amelia bundled up with G&G Casson.

The boys played at the exact same time so we had to walk back and forth between fields to watch them.  Liam had on a long sleeve sweatshirt, his jersey, and two jackets.  Ha!  Here he is running home!

Colin did so well in the actual game situation which was a good thing, because like I said practices can be a bit rough for him regarding his willingness to participate (or lack thereof).  Here he is running home.

This gal walked all around and watched both her brothers too.

And my boys, Liam on 1st and Colin hitting the ball.  Even though it was freezing it was so fun watching my kiddos.  I just love these boys!

Jerome

Feb. 19th Tim and I had dermatologist appointments in Flagstaff, so Chris and Mollie took the day off and we all took a little weekend trip.  We stayed at Sandy and Larry's and Sandy cooked up some awesome lasagna for dinner.  That night I caught the boys sitting like so watching a show together.  It was awesome.

Amelia sat in her new baby stroller to watch the show.

That night the boys wanted Uncle Larry to read to them before bed.  I love that they are able to spend time with their Great Aunt and Uncle.

The next day we all went to Jerome.  We took 89-A and traveled through Oak Creek Canyon which is such a lovely little drive.
Amelia was rarin' to go once we got out of the car.

The gang

Some of the view

My boys

First stop was food but we had to wait a little bit so we went to a little shop and I took this picture of an old building.

Liam 

They didn't have a table all together for all of us.  So Liam, Amelia, Chris and I all ate together and Colin ate with the other adults.

Here is a hilarious picture of Amelia eating a lemon, ha!

Liam, Amelia, and Chris

Once we finished eating I took Liam and Amelia to get ice cream and let them play outside a little.  Liam was a sweet big brother and shared with his sister.

When Colin finished eating I took him to get some ice cream too.

Jerome had a little park and the kids really enjoyed it.

Swinging

Climbing

Me and my babies

Kiddos

The view

Liam was really fearful of how high everything was, which was weird for him.  I'm hoping it was just because he was tired and he isn't going to have a fear of heights.  Especially, since the kid climbs up high on just about everything!

The hubby and me

Walking back down the hill and back to the car.

We really didn't do a whole lot.  Basically we ate, parked, visited a couple of shops, and headed to Prescott.  I would like to go back again and spend some more time and have some less tired kiddos.  When we left we went to Prescott and bought everything in Costco and headed home.  It was a lot of driving but a nice little trip.

February

February has been pretty awesome so far.  First of a couple things I don't want to forget:

1.  The boys were saying what they want to do when they grow up.  Liam said "I want to be an X-ray doctor so I can work with mom"  and it was the best. He wants to work with his momma!  Colin said he wants to be a police officer.

2.  Amelia may be our first kiddo to have an attachment to a blanket.  When she wakes up in the she has to have her blanket just for a few minutes and it is the cutest.

Recently Wal-Mart was having some pretty awesome clearance on toys and one day the boys and I came home with 50 mini Thomas the trains!  They were pretty proud of putting them all together when we got home. 

Amelia is a super climber such as a few weeks ago she was caught on the table while I was helping the boys...

...later in the bathroom sink...

...and even after that she was found on the kitchen counter!  She is impossible to keep up with!!

The first week of February we bought a swing set from our neighbors across the way.  This is what is looked like in the beginning.  We had to do some sanding, primer, wood seal, and some fresh paint and now it looks awesome and the kids LOVE it!  It has swings, monkey bars, slide, house, sand box, and rock wall.  It has been great!

Here are some pictures of the kiddos helping grandpa put the monkey bars back together.

We took them off to spray paint them since they were pretty faded.

Amelia sat down and ate some snacks

We took apart quite a bit of it because it was too cold outside to put the sealant stuff on so we did it all in the garage.   It was a good 3 week project but it is complete and eventually I'll get a final picture.

Here is how this gal has been riding her bike lately

One day, while we were working on the swing set, the boys noticed the ice that formed in the water table.  So Chris took the ice out and the boys played with it in the grass.

They pretended to ice skate on it and took a few falls, ha!

The weather got pretty warm and we filled the sand box up for the kids.  They enjoyed it.

T-ball has started!  Colin didn't really want to participate at all at his first practice.

He pretty much sat like this for most of the time

Finally I convinced him to go hit the ball

He still got a little frustrated

but he did hit it and then went right back to sitting on the side lines,  Luckily it has gotten better each practice since then!

This little gal likes to sit like so on the bath tub while I get ready for my day.  She is awesome

She also decided to wear her sunglasses upside down and play outside on the swing set.  She was having a great time.

Next up our trip to Jerome!