Summer Time fun!

Last week Grandpa took Buggie, Andrew and Malachi to a Rainer's game!

 It rained on them a little, but they still had a really good time, and you know Grandpa spoiled them with TONS of fun snacks!

 Andrew had a really good time, and when he practiced baseball later that week he had some new moves he had learned by watching the "Pros".

 I know this picture is really blurry but Andrew was super excited to meet the Moose- but he always says "actually it's a guy in a moose costume!" (such a smart kid)

 Mallory started Ballet last week and swimming lessons this week- Don't tell her I said this but she is pretty much a Klutz as a ballerina- however she actually is Amazingly graceful in the water. She was not afraid at all to put her head under and was almost swimming without help after her first session!

I love her teacher! And I love that we are doing private lessons- they were the only ones in the pool and she didn't have to wait for the teacher to help with all the other kids! By the end of the summer you can just call her Dory (I would say Nemo, but lets face it she's Valerie's granddaughter, Dory is more accurate!)

I am way excited for all of our stuff coming up in July!!! We are going to be VERY busy...I will TRY to remember to bring my camera along and take a few pictures!

Schools ALMOST over!!

We have been having so much fun the last few weeks... but my picture taking is kinda hit and miss, so here is what I got!

 Here is Andrew at his "end of the year" choir concert! They sang all weather songs- he wasn't too sure about wearing "church" clothes to school but he felt much better after he got there and saw lots of his friends were dressed up too!

 We also went to a really fun birthday party at Odessy 1! It was for 3 of our friends...we got to play, eat pizza and cake and the kids played the arcade games and won tickets- Lucky ducks!

 On memorial day we went to downtown Tacoma and rode a REAL-LIFE trolley (well kinda) the kids thought it was AMAZING!

 Then we went over to the Glass museum- Mallory said this looked like and Ice cream cone

 While we were there we made REALLY cute hats!

 PS. The glass museum was not very fun and even though we had a coupon it was still expensive.

 This is a shot from one day walking in Wal-Mart- Malachi was making Spencer Giggle...it was SUPER cute!

 While we were at a baseball game someone decided they wanted stuff out of my van- so they smashed my window...the bummer part was that they really didn't get anything, but replacing the window was just as expensive--- maybe I should just leave my doors unlocked?

 This is Andrew with his two T-ball coaches. They play on a REAL team so we went to watch their game...can you tell Andrew is a little bit excited here!!!!

 Since Andrew is WAY into baseball right now we wanted him to be able to go to baseball camp- but it's pretty expensive. So as a teaching tool we decided he needs to earn some of the money. He did a Lemonade stand at our garage sale. He still has a long way to go so if you can think of a job that a 6 year old can do for 25-50 cents let me know and we can set it up!

 It's So funny what Andrew picks up from watching the big boys...after watching his coaches play he had some new moves at his next T-ball game. He was diving for balls and sliding into bases, it's so fun to watch his love for the game grow.

Last, but not least, he is one of Malachi's father's day cards- I think that pretty much sums it up!

Enjoying the good weather!

The Weather had not been too bad latley...

 So Andrew has been playing LOTS of baseball...his regular practices but also we've been going to the park to practice extra too!

 Last week we had a friend over and went for a walk in the woods

 The kids loved to throw rocks in the river and find bugs...

 We had a good time and got some exersize too

 Andrew is a little more brave then I'd like him to be sometimes...I would tell him, "we only do that when Daddy's here because I have Spencer and I cannot jump into the water to save you if you fall!"

I cannot wait until summer when it will be nice all the time and we can play outside all day!

New Paint, before and after!

This is what our house looked like when we first moved in....pealing paint, old windows, and crappy carport!

Since then we've replaced the windows, added a food storage room, walled in 2 doors and a window, put more siding, torn down two sheds and built one,  encased the carport into a garage and added a roofing piece to the faceboard- our house was a mixture of untreaded wood, primer, new paint, old paint, chipped paint and just a mess all over! FINNALY we found somone to paint it for a reasonable price... I LOVE how it turned out! I think it looks 100% better!

Not to mention I love our Toyota Sienna TONS better then the two GHETTO cars we had when we moved in!!!

Take a Break....It's Spring!

The kids were on Spring break this week so we wanted to get out and enjoy their time off...

 I serriously love spending time with my children...Yes, somtimes they drive me crazy, but most of the time they are great to hang out with!

We went on the "Trolly" and saw all the Animals!

It was fun to bring along a few friends- We've been to NW trek Lots, but it's new and interesting when you bring somone who has never been before!

All the kids had a great time together and wore themselves out!

And we had Lunch, luckily it stayed dry for us the whole time!

On another day we went to the Tacoma Children's Musuem...I love this place!

This is a really great Musem, I like how it's "Pay as you will" and they always have lots of helpers around cleaning up all the messes the kids are making!

 

I just got to sit back, feed Spencer and watch them play!

They are also doing a "Eric Carrl" Theme... because I guess the Tacoma Art Musem is doing one too, I kind of want to go check out the Art Musem now!

On Saturday we went to the Daffodil Parade... we bundled up because we new it was probubly going to rain on us a bit....

But oh man it rained and poured and the WIND... we left early- I think we had enough fun!

Andrew boy lost his other tooth- Now he has a big Hole in his face!!!

I am kind of looking forward to the kids going back to school...now I can stay home, fold some laundry and clean my kitchen!

Zoo, tooth, fridge...

In between holding baby Spencer we've had lots of other stuff going on.... We had a really fun St. Patrick's day and Easter---- And I apparently took NO pictures, OOPS!

 However last week Mallory, Spencer and I took some friends to the Zoo, and that was really fun

 And she of course wanted to ride the Carousel, and hey for a $1 that sounds great!

 Andrew lost his front tooth and the other one is REALLY wiggly! He is growing SO FAST!!!!

 He also started T- ball this week- He LOVES IT!!! I forget how good he is, and I am trying to "coach" him, when we all know that I would not be able to throw the ball half as far as he can! When I get the Game schedule I will let people know when his games are because he would LOVE it for you guys to come see him play!

 This is a picture of Mallory "coloring"...mostly I was entertaining her trying to kill time!

 The calender says it's spring so Malachi put up the Trampoline that we bought last black Friday- it's been sitting in the box in our garage for 6 months and he just couldn't wait any longer! Who cares if it's 50 degrees and raining- lets go jump on the trampoline!

 Two weeks ago we have a Appliance explosion at our house- out fridge went out so we had to buy a new one. I like our old fridge better but this one actually keeps the milk cold, and it has water in the door so the kids LOVE it!

 ... while we were there we found a super good deal on a Washer/dryer set and decided that we wanted to have a dryer that actually dried our clothes, and since the delivery truck was coming anyway we decided to kill two birds with one stone!

While I was taking the picture of the Fridge the kids were doing puzzles in the kitchen and wanted a picture of them---- Cute kids huh?

This week is Spring break for us...It's really fun to have the kids home so we can spend time together, more pictures to come!