Little E's first baseball game

Little E had his first baseball game last night. They didn't win, but they played hard and gave it their all.

Easter 2012

This Easter weekend has been crazy busy. On Saturday morning we took the kids to an Easter egg hunt in town.


Afterward J had a Girl Scout meeting where they made their own bunny Easter baskets and dyed eggs. While Little E had a baseball practice.



Then we had to head over to the ice rink to pick up Big E. He was the goalie in a drop in hockey game.


That evening we headed over to my parents house for my Mom's 80's themed birthday party.


On Sunday Grandma Jane came over to visit and we headed over to our friends house for another egg hunt, some backyard baseball and dinner.





It was an amazing weekend and it flew by so fast (as they all do).

Last Tournament of the season in Grandview

Yesterday Little E had his last wrestling tournament of the season. Unfortunately he didn't win either of his matches, but he tried so hard and we can really see a lot of improvement in his wrestling. I am so proud of him and all he has done this season!





Now on to baseball for Little E ans soccer for J. We just never stop!!

wrestling in Benton City

Today Little E had his wrestling tournament in Benton City. This was a nice change for us because this is where we live and there was no travel. It was nice to leave the house at 7am instead of 5am.

Little E won his first medal! He won third place because the other kid forfeited. Either way he won a medal!

Wrestling tourney in Granger

This last weekend we went to another wrestling tournament in Granger. Little E did so much better this time around. He didn't win either match, but he came so close in the second one. I am so proud of him!

Big E gets recognized

On Friday Big E was recognized for trying to improve his grades. There was a big assembly at the school and I was invited to attend. He was recognized for improving his GPA.

Wrestling tourney in Royal City

Yesterday we had our first wrestling tournament of the season in Royal City. There were so many people there it was crazy! The place was packed. About half an hour before the tournament started our team started warming up.



We are quite the impressive group.

Little E did so well. He didn't win either of his matches, but he tried so hard and didn't get pinned on his last match. He lost by points.




Poor J was so upset about not being able to wrestle. She did a lot of laying down and reading.



I am so excited for the new season and am hoping for big things to come.

Her first broken bone

Last week J broke her arm. She was riding her scooter before wrestling practice and fell off of it. I didn't think it was broken because she could move everything and there was no bruising or swelling. The next day when she was putting her clothes away she would cry out in pain every time she had to lift something. So I took her to the hospital. They took x-rays and it turns out it is broken.



When we were in the doctor's office to get the cast on, the doctor was feeling where the bone is broken. She didn't say one word. He even had me feel where the bone is sticking up and she said nothing. "She is one tough little girl" According to the doctor!

Scary drive

This weekend Big E and I headed over to the other side of the state. We couldn't leave until about 4:30pm when Ben came home from work. That meant that we would be going over the mountain pass at night. I wasn't thrilled about it. This is why...




It was snowing so hard that at times I couldn't even see the car in front of me. We were stopped for a while, but thankfully not too long. We did hear on the radio pass reports that they were shutting down the majority of the pass for avalanche control and that there would be 1 to 2 feet of accumulation by morning! That was a little scary.

This is what it looked like the next afternoon on our way back.



Beautiful, but the pictures do not do it justice. It was slick and still snowing. What you can't see in this picture is the huge mountain because it is covered by snow clouds!

Snow Day 2012

The last couple of days we have had snow days. Yesterday the weather cleared up long enough for us to take the kids sledding. They had such a good time!!

Happy New Year 2012

Once again we rang in the new year with our oldest and dearest friends and all of the kids!











One major bonus this year was that my cousin, Todd, from California could be there to celebrate with us.


Happy new year everyone and here's to hoping 2012 is way better than 2011.