School is out!!

I am excited (at least for right now) that school is out. I like not having to have a routine all the time and having to get kids out the door on time. We have some fun things planned for the summer. We are going to swim, go to the library, go to the movies, and the mountains a couple of times. I also plan on going to the gym a few times a week and the kids will get to play. I am hoping that they won't have time to get bored.

First day of school


Last day of school

Oh, the many ways to wear a baseball cap!

As I mentioned earlier, Riley played T-ball this spring. It seemed like there were many times that he seemed bored while in the outfield. He seemed to be wearing his hat a different way everytime he was in the outfield. As you can see below he is modeling several different ways of how you can wear a baseball cap.

First of all is the usual way.


Then there is the popular way of wearing it backwards.


Then, did you know that you could fold the hat in half and wear it backwards?


You can keep it folded in half but wear it to where the brim of the cap is pointing up. (It might be a little hard to tell)


You can also wear the cap backwards, but put the adjuster strap under your nose. I guess if the cap doesn't stay on too well wearing it the normal way backwards you can try this way.


If you need to shade your face or keep bugs from flying in your eyes or mouth you can wear it over your face. If the cap is mesh like his then you can still see what you are doing.


He also had fun playing around with the baseball helmet.


There was another time that he turned his hat inside out and wore it, but I don't think I had my camera that day.

I think that about covers it on ways to wear a baseball cap!

Having a little family fun

I was going to wait to post these pictures because we were going to go bowling today and I was going to post these pictures and the bowling pictures all at once, but Carson got sick so we won't be going bowling today. I am hoping we will get to go next week. We have never taken the kids bowling yet.

Anyways, last week we took the kids to Fun Indoor (A.K.A. - Jeepers, or Jungle Jim's). They had never been there either. They had a lot of fun! I will have to admit that I had fun going on some rides too (and Stefan also). :) I didn't realize that the kids had to have socks if they were going to play in the tubes. I had Stefan stop and buy a pack of socks for all the kids to wear. He bought a pack that would fit the older kids. They were really long on Garrett, but it worked.

Let's play ball!

Riley started his 2nd year of T-ball in April. He loves to play baseball. He was glad to be playing on the same team as his best friend. I think he does a good job.

Have your cake and decorate it too

Also in March I took a cake decorating class. I have always wanted to take one and I finally did it. It was pretty fun, but I had to make A LOT of frosting. I was able to learn some new things, even how to make a rose. Please don't look at them too closely. You will see all my flaws. :)

Riley's Birthday

At the end of March, Riley had his 7th birthday. I can't believe how fast my kids are growing. Riley is such a sweet boy. He is a good helper around the house. I love his smile and laugh! He loves to build with K'nex and Legos, so I made him a Lego cake.

A swingin' good time

A couple months ago, Garrett learned how to get on the swing himself. He would get on and walk backwards and then pick his feet up and go. He didn't go very high, but that is how he likes it. Swinging is one of his favorite things now. It is so cute to watch him swing. One day he went out to swing and he looked so cute swinging. I took a ton of pictures of him. Here are just a few. :)