We went to Gardner village one day when all the babysitting kids went home early. We haven't had much fun this summer. Here is Jason petting a baby goat.

Jason and Ashley rode the ponies. Jason loved it. Ashley was a little nervous. She does not like to be "up" off the ground.

Jarin in the dug out trying to stay cool. It was 101 degrees that day. We lost our first game by four. I think(and others agreed) that it was due to a few coaching errors. But even coaches can make mistakes. We won the second game 11-1. If we lose one more we are out. And the schedule is tuff now that we are in the losers bracket.

Catching a fly-ball.

Here is Jarin practicing his great swing that earned him a home run in the first game and an almost home run in the second, and several rbis.

I think they look so cute sitting on the bench all together. We have so enjoyed this allstar season. We will be happy no matter how long it lasts.

baseball update

Our West Jordan Allstars took first in district. Now it is off to the state tournament in Kaysville.

The fourth of July

Jarin on the allstar float. The most fun part of being on the float is to squirt everyone with waterguns. It is a tradition and a lot of people get hoses and water guns to shoot back at them. This year about halfway through the parade people were complaining so they made them stop. It was sad. We were near the end of the parade and were waiting for Jarin to squirt us and he could not. They look a little sad don't they. They still had fun. They got drenched and had a big water gun fight at the end with each other.

The rest of the kids watching.

Daytime fireworks. These are my kids' favorites. They love to catch the parachutes.

Here is Evan in a life jacket. This is for you mom. His smiles are few and far between unless you are making him laugh.

Take me out to the ball game

Here is one for all you sports fans out there. At the end of two innings the opposing team is up 10-0. Jarin got hit in the back and got a walk to first. He ended up getting home, saving us from losing because of the ten run rule. The other team scores one more run. During the next inning our team scored ten runs to tie the game( including a monster hit by Jarin). We then go into extra innings--two before our team finally scores the winning run. It doesn't sound near as fun as it was. But it was a great game, especially since it was raining during the last two innings! It is always fun to win games like that. It is also sad to lose them.(we know. We've been there). We are now hoarse and too hyper to sleep.

Random pictures

I keep forgetting my camera at the games. Here is an at home picture in his all star uniform. Maybe more action packed ones to come later.

This picture turned out way dark on the computer. It does not look like this on my camera? This is Jason head gear for his sparing equipment for karate.

Jason and his broken arm. The cast is now off and he has a brace.

Jarin "posing" on his birthday

These are the pajama pants Allison and her friend made.

Here is Jason eating crab legs on his birthday

So today is a big day in our family. First I finished my first class on the way to getting my new endorsement. It was a semester class in a week! Lots of work. I have two more papers to write but I did it!! I even think I can survive being a Ute. Maybe?

Even bigger news in our family is something we all have been waiting for for a very long time. Jarin made the baseball allstar team. Yeah. That means a summer full of baseball.(which is a good thing for us) Although with all the rain Utah has been having it may never really be summer. Congratulations Jarin.

We had our "big recital" this weekend. I must be getting used to them because they used to really stress me out. I felt no stress. Everything went great and the girls were beautiful. This is Ashley in her ballet costume. They danced to Happy Little Working Song from the movie Enchanted. They had feather dusters, rags, and even washed dishes. Its was so cute.

This is tap. She danced to Crazy Little Thing Called Love. It was her first year to actually move around the stage. Every year before they just stood in a line and tapped. She did so good. Here she only has one tooth gone, at the recital they were both gone. So cute.

Here is Allison in her tap outfit. No one else liked these costumes but I thought they were really cute.