Saturday, July 31, 2010

just for kicks and giggles.....

Gotta love a good kids meal toy....
I knew this boy had a sense of humor....
its not always glaring......
but its in there!!!

Monday, July 26, 2010

D-backs....

We did a little mini vacation this weekend and went to the valley to do some back to school shopping
while we were there we went to a diamond backs game..
we played (and lost to) the Giants
we had seats on the visitors side as you can see from this picture of the Giants players
But we had FANTASTIC seats....
as you can see from Sawyer sporting his monkey hat and the dbacks shirt he got when they were throwing them out to the crowd
The boys.....
Austin had the time of his life! He sure loves the dbacks...win or lose!

backyard campfires....

One great advantage to living in the mountains is back yard campfires...
my family hates my attitude that I live in the mountains so why go camping!
just pitch a tent in the back yard (as you can see the kids did that this summer as well)
Brittnee and Brynlee came up to visit for a few days
we celebrated Brittnee's 24th birthday while she was here
and had smores over the campfire that night as well

Its fun to roast marshmellows over the campfire in your jammies...
Quade loves the smores....
every last bit of them......
Brynlee did too!!!!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Happy 24th Birthday....

To my very first baby!!
I love you with all my heart
and i hope you have a wonderful day!
looking forward to seeing you soon~

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Last game....

Today was our last all star game....
we ended up going undefeated in the area
but taking third in district
we had a really good game today against continental out of Flagstaff
final score was 20-13
it was a looooong game as we had a rain delay half way through

Noah had a good game....he played 2nd and 1st
we had one inning right after they put him at 1st where we had 3 outs in a row all thrown to first for the out. thank goodness he made three great catches to get us out of the inning

It was a great season boys and you did a great job!!!

Friday, July 9, 2010

All Stars update....

First game of Region play tonight against Flagstaffs Coconino
Noah Played all game....
started off playing 3rd
then played 1st
then moved to the outfield to center
then to left field

he had some mistakes but overall he did pretty good
he got a great hit but got out at second but not before getting two RBIs
not so great the second time up
we ended up losing 19-9
we are now in the looser bracket and play again tomorrow.
if we win we play again on monday for the championship of the region
if we loose we are out
can you keep a secret? we would not be too terribly upset if we loose
because.....
the state round is in YUMA!

The big news of the day.....

Someone passed their test and got their permit today.........
where does the time go....
she was just a baby like....the other day!

4th of July.....

The 4th of July is my favorite Holiday....
I love having all my kids home...
not to mention the warmth and sunshine!!!
this year Brittnee, James and Brynlee were not able to make it
it just was not the same
but we had fun anyways....
we ALWAYS go to the parade
This year we left Taylor and Natalie to save our place
if you ever go to the Show Low Parade you will know why
its important to get their early and have someone save your place
they were suppose to set us up in the wet zone but
i think they chickened out because they got us about
50 feet from the wet zone but not IN it.....
we had a good time teasing them about that.
Meghan and Hayden
Our group....
Noah on the curb
from left to right
Natalie, Sawyer, Meghan, Hayden, Quade and Rich
standing behind
Taylor and her friend Colton
Austin was down the road in the wet zone
as you can see...even in the dry zone not everyone stayed dry....
Taylor ended up taking a bath...right there on the sidewalk
Quade making the move on Hayden's girlfriend.....
love this picture!!! LOL
yes...even the dogs got to go. I don't have a picture of pepper
but here is a picture of Hayden's new puppy Railey...
now that Brittnee has snuck a peek from a facebook photo that was inadvertently posted.
We can now share him with the world..
speaking of sharing...
if anyone wants this dog please let me know because I'm about ready
to kick him out of the family
he is mischievous and has eaten half the corn plants in the garden!
look at those big puppy dog eyes...how can you resist???

Joe came to visit!

Our German Joe came to visit not long ago....
he was here for about three weeks.....
it was fun having him....
glad you could come Joe.......
Hayden and he and some friends went to the valley before he went home to catch a Dbacks game
and do some river tubing....
I did not get any pictures while he was here
so I had to steal this one from Meghans facebook page!

Hayden and his cute little girlfriend...

Hayden and Meghan

catch up....


Noah's all star team won again!
Against Show Low 13-5
 this put us in as the undefeated winners in the area.....
I dont really understand the bracketing but now we move on and play teams from places like flagstaff.
so if im understanding correctly we won our area and are now in the district????
sorry, I usually totally understand tournament bracketing but this one is really weird!

Noah played third...did not have the greatest game but im sure he will do better next time
we play again tonight so stay tooned for the update....

Saturday, July 3, 2010

A story I fogot to share.....

Several months ago Hayden bought a motorcycle.....
Quade loves the motorcycle....
Every day after school he would come home and get Hayden's Helmet
and wait for Hayden to come home....
Because he wanted a ride....
some days he would sit in this chair with the Helmet for over an hour...
just waiting....
   and waiting...
         and waiting...

and if he was really lucky......
when Hayden would get home.....
he would give him a ride around the block.....
and that is all it would take.....
to make Quade's day......


Took the kids to the Show Low Rodeo tonight.....

and we had a ton of fun......

Friday, July 2, 2010

Game two....

Blue Ridge 4  Holbrook 1

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Noah Started at 1st

Got up to bat once....got a walk


It was a good day....
Game 3...Monday
against either Show Low or Snowflake

Game One.....


Blue Ridge 9-10 year old ALL STARS
Blue Ridge wins over Round Valley 35-2

That's my little Catcher!!

Noah Played Right field and catcher tonight
he got up to bat three times
walked once, got two hits but was thrown out both times
game two tomorrow against Holbrook....