BASEBALL, BASEBALL, BASEBALL

I do believe that this is strictly what our life consists of right now. Between three practices a week and double headers on Saturday, it is all that we do. Holden is loving his traveling team. Brad and Goose are doing an amazing job with these boys. They've won 3 of their last 4 games. Holden told me last night that he almost likes baseball as much as football. If you know Holden, you know that means alot. He lives for football.

Easton just turned 12 last week and on Sunday was ordained a deacon. I can't believe how fast the time flies by. It wasn't that long ago he was going into the nursery at church and next week he will be collect fast offerings and passing the sacrament. He gets to go to Young Men's tomorrow night. The only downside is that I lose my babysitter on Tuesday nights while I am at Young Women's. It's just a small sacrafice though. He is also the official Guitar Hero champ at our house after this weekend.

Kinley is still just Kinley. Her life revolves around dressing up, making up dances and cheers and playing make-believe. After spending an hour curling her hair for church yesterday I had to turn around and spend 5 minutes curling her "best friend" Cee-Cee's hair.

When I get my pics downloaded this week, I'll add some pics of Holden's baseball.

Life on a Farm

The boys and Ted helped with the cows on Saturday. The boys' job was to make sure the calves were in the shoot at all times and to keep pushing them through to get branded, shots and castrated. Kinley and I went down in the afternoon to see the cows but Kinney was not impressed with the noise or the smell. Here are a couple of pics of the boys with their "scrotees". That night for dinner they ate rocky mountain oysters (Ted breaded them and fried them up). Kinley and I ate something else for dinner.

Quiet Time

We've had a pretty quiet couple of weeks. It's actually been nice. Holden ended up getting sick at the end of spring break and missed a whole week of school, but he's up and going and doing fine now. We are still just doing baseball practice and dancing. Kinley did tell me last night that she was going to go and live with Tyson and Caylee and be Padyn's big sister. She is convinced that Padyn is her sister and Crew is her cousin. Go figure. She will be sleeping in one of their rooms in their basement. Oh well!!

HAPPY EASTER!!

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. We spent a couple of hours at Joan's on Saturday for the Easter egg hunt and lunch and then Ted and Tyson went for a 4-wheeler ride. We spent the rest of the day watching movies and snuggling with Kin since she still didn't feel really good. She's done pretty well with having her tonsils out, but still likes to milk it.

Here are a couple of pics that I've finally remembered to download. Holden wrestling and Kinley after her tonsils.

March Happenings

I'm going to try and be better about posting what's going on with us. So far this month has been extremely busy. The boys have been doing the spring wrestling thing. At the Morgan Tournament Holden took 1st place and Easton took 2nd place. Last friday Holden went to the Grace, Idaho meet and also placed 1st there.

Easton's doing great in school. 6th grade has been a big change for him. He is definitely growing up fast. Holden's traveling baseball team just started practicing this week. So on top of wrestling 4 nights a week, we are now practicing baseball for 2 hours a night, twice a week. He's back with his football buddies so he's in heaven. Holden just found out last week that he won the science fair at his school. He was pretty excited over it. His project was to see if fat grams = taste grams. He had kids in his class taste regular food and then their fat-free version and see if there was a difference. He also just received a letter saying that he placed in the top 10% of the nation in the Iowa Test that he took in school last fall. I'm sure he gets that from me (ha-ha)!

Kinney's doing good. She loves her dance classes. All she does everyday and night is dance. She just had her tonsils out this morning and was such a big girl. She did throw up on Ted, but not the first time it's happened. She's having a hard time talking right now and all she wants to do is snuggle and watch movies.

All else is going good. Ted and I are just staying busy with work, our church jobs and the kids but we love it.

The Boys

Here are Easton & Holden. They weren't quite as excited about having their pics taken.