saturday morning lawn service

chris got the boys out front to help with the yard work on saturday.
i love when the whole family pitches in to do a job together.
they did a great job, check out these hard workers.

the little guy is always up for helping out.
especially if it means getting to use the dustpan.
there have been many a times that chris has been so patient with him letting him hold the dustpan while he sweeps into it.
and he couldn't be happier helping his daddy.

summer snapshot - week 1

so, i started taking pictures of what was going on around here last week.
i was so pleased with the things the kids were doing their first week off.
and i wanted to document it all so we could remember our summer.

the weather here was unseasonably cool at the beginning of the week and so we did a lot of entertaining on the back patio.  

dinner with family & friends

breakfast burros

playing games

fake nails

basketball games

it couldn't have been a better start to the summer...

swimming

reading

drawing

trading sports cards

playing basketball with neighbors

bike ride up to thrifty ice cream

chocolate chip pancakes

ok, so i went a little crazy taking pictures this week.

and there's still so much i didn't capture, but i did get a lot of our first week of summer.

we'll see how many pictures i take this week.

i gotta feeling...that tonight's gonna be a good night

so, after posting about christopher's baseball championship yesterday,  i realized i never posted on andrews.

last year, his team won the championship game for their level.

it was such a fun night - they played the semi-final game right before the final game.

so, it was a whole night of baseball on a beautiful evening.

i remember it was exceptionally cool and windy that night, which made it all the more fun.

one of the mom's brought an ipod for the dugout and played 'i gotta feeling' throughout the night for the boys.
they were thrilled with this - singing and dancing and just having a great time.
and they really dominated that championship game.

a night they will never forget...

we had a whole catered dinner in between games, a very nice dinner for the ball field i must say.
and i remember our next door neighbor whose boys are all college and older came to watch.
that was special too.

so, i feel better that now i finally have it documented.
and again, i'm so happy for my kids and these awesome memories they will always have of their childhood.

baseball champs

well, yes they did it.  they won the championship game.
it made for a very fun finishing touch on the last day of school.
the celebrating just went on and on all day and night and it was a very fun filled day for all of us.

 

 the 'team' picture after winning the game...

 they all threw their hats up into the air at the same time.  unfortunately my timing was a bit off...

someone brought a bottle of martinelli's to spray on the coach.

and then the kids all took turns drinking it.

the 'uncles' and dad with the  championship baseball player...

playing on the field after the game... 

 the team had a big pizza party at the ball field after the game and the kids ran around late into the night.

it is always fun being on coach tony's team.
he is intense and really makes the boys work hard.
i am grateful for high standards placed on my kids.
i want them challenged and i want them to know how good it feels to work hard and to succeed.
coach tony pushed these boys to their full potential and they worked hard to have a great season.

and i am so happy that christopher will have these awesome memories from his childhood.
he has had quite an amazing year with winning the basketball championship and now baseball too.
and we realized andrew had this exact same streak last year.
his basketball team and baseball team both won the championships too.
i am so happy for them and all they have accomplished.
what wonderful memories they will always have!