Tball Season

Lorelei's tball season was Monday evenings in June and two weeks into July. The YMCA was the perfect place to start her first activity. She was very enthusiastic and proud of being on a team.

Lorelei's first tball game was lots of fun. She was so excited. Her dad picked out her glove all on his own and she was totally elated to get a pink one. We held our own little practice in our yard before the game which I think helped her feel less nervous. She gets quite nervous for these types of things...where does she get that!? ;) After the game she was proud she did not forget to drop the bat, which was a common problem at practices. "Mommy, I dropped the bat immediately!"

She also slept with her glove that night. :) So sweet.

A few action shots throughout the games...

Dan and Michelle came to two of Lorelei's games.
Makin loved having Michelle to keep him company and play catch in between watching Lorelei.

Team Photo...I'm thinking I could teach the Y a thing of two about photos eh? And Lorelei's take on the photo? "You should not have done my hair like that because I look like a boy." She is on the back row third from the left. :)

Her favorite part of playing tball was, "Being the pitcher and running the bases."

4th of July 2014

We had fun celebrating over several days last week.

I found some fun snack ideas on Pinterest and was thankful I got one of the last two patriotic sprinkles at Hobby Lobby! We also had some pudding in bowl cones with strawberries and blueberries.

Fork fire work paintings, with Red/White/Blue glitter! :) 

They also made patriotic foam airplanes from a kit I found.

We headed to Seward this year to enjoy "The Fourth Of July City." Brad and I spent one summer in Seward during college, but were excited to experience it with the kids. We spent the night before combing over the schedule and maps online. (Of course you know I looked at it before that too...) Thankfully I read that people put their blankets/chairs out for the parade mid-morning and we barely found an open spot at 10 AM! After the chair drop off, we headed to the airport.

We knew all along we would be going to the free air show at the airport, so the kids, especially Makin, were very much looking forward to it. 

To start out the air show, they had a man parachute out of a plane with the flag during the national anthem.

It did not disappoint as we saw amazing stunts, including landing on Midwest's Smallest Airport (suburban) and flying upside down and cutting a ribbon people were holding up. Plus many amazing more!

I heard, "That was cool" from Makin many times.

 This was his high of the day.

Quick Motorcycle Ride At The Carnival

The Parade

We had a good amount of down-time before the fire works, but they are at a park with a huge lawn so we had supper there and the kids played with other children who were also there early. We were very thankful for a shady spot! After hours of waiting, when the fire works started they were picture-perfect! However, Makin did not have a good reaction and started crying and screaming that he wanted to go to the car, so I had to take him to the car while Brad and Lorelei enjoyed the rest of the show.

Hope everyone had a happy and safe celebration!

Happy Fourth!

Monster Truck Show

If you know Makin very well, you know he is totally obsessed with all things "that go" and monster trucks are definitely high on that list. When Brad and I heard there was a show coming, we were so excited our little man would have a special night all to himself. The boys had a boys night and went to see The Mega Monster Truck Tour that was putting on a show here in Columbus. I requested the Brad send me at least one phone picture and take five pictures of the evening total. He did even more than that! I must be rubbing off. ;)  Makin talked the most about, "The trucks went up the hill (ramp) and then smashed the cars!" so I would say that was his favorite part. :)

Tail Gator Was His Favorite Truck...green and alligator mouth...why wouldn't it be?!

Our girl's night included pedicures and painting our toe nails in matching patriotic fashion.
Also fresh baked cookies and watching videos of Lorelei when she was little.

Bits Of Summer Fun

Picnic with Michelle 

Petting Zoo At Library

Pool Time In The Yard

Gobbs Of Fun!

Pretty Big Tball Fans

Grandma and Grandpa were on our side of the state for a wedding over the weekend, so they made the trip up 1 1/2 hours north (from the wedding location in Lincoln) to stop for a quick visit and get a chance to cheer Lorelei on for her tball game Monday night.

The kids loved getting some pool time in at the hotel. It was very cold, so the grown ups had to grin-and-bear-it, but we are glad they had a good time.

It meant a lot to Lorelei that they were there to cheer her on at her game. She loved hearing Grandma and Dad cheering in the stands, and Grandpa even went to the dugout and gave her a big thumbs up. Lots of smiles from our girl. :)

Grandpa and Makin played lots of catch

Ice cream treat after the game

Some other highlights of their trip would be wrestling with Grandpa 

and playing catch with Grandma and Grandpa.

Thanks for coming for a visit Grandma and Grandpa!

Mommy Makin Date and Explorit

We had Drue an extra day this week, along with Thursday morning Bible study, so we only had Tuesday morning all to ourselves for a Makin and Mommy date. :) We got coffee and hot chocolate at the church coffee shop (same church as Lor's VBS) and then headed over to the library.

We read some books just the two of us, which is a rare treat for him at the moment!

Then he enjoyed watching the Explorit presentation with lots of science experiments, including bubbles, fog and a fire ball!

Love special time with my little man!