Final Score: Padres Win!!!

This season was so much better than last year. All the boys actually started playing well, hitting, catching and passing to one another. The last two games were awesome and we were sad to see the season end. We are considering Fall Ball unless the games are all on Sundays. B loved playing this year and really improved a lot.

Tanner was a Team Manager again

His teeth are all finally starting to come in, although not super straight :(

He managed to hit at bat every time and never struck out. This year was Coach's pitch instead of T-ball or pitching machine.

Why I love camping!!!

ummm. . . smores! need I say more? (I might suggest you all look for the jumbo shmallows at your local grocery store. They make for a killer, messy smore like no other)

Pik-ur-Own berry patches

We decided we're all really glad we're not farm hands. Its tough work pickin berries in the heat, bending over like that, and those suckers get heavy REAL fast.

We went the first day with the whole fam, then went back again on our way home with just my family. We ended up with 30 lbs. of delicious strawberries!!! Somehow there was only about 20 lbs when we got home:)

These were HEAVEN! I ended up having to freeze about half but they'll make for some yummy fruit roll-ups, smoothies, pancake syrup, and pie filling.

Grandpa rented this golf-cart for a few days and it was the highlight of all the kids' trip. No one went anywhere unless it was on the golf cart. And could you pile a few more kids on there?

Grandpa took these two girls for their first driving lesson

I love that look. I get it all the time.

Never rides his scooter with both feet on the deck, and never ever with his tongue in his mouth

Love the messy hair, wear-whatever-you-want look with slippers. She still looks cute.

Late night bonfires. Especially when its freezing outside!

And . . . look at all those happy, very tired faces!!!

Beautiful Day

The KOA we camp at is right next to Manresa Beach in Santa Cruz and we always head over there for a day. It was PERFECT weather this weekend. Not too hot, not too cold. Everyone had a blast in the sand for a good long while. The best part for me was that my sweet hubs dug a nice round hole in the sand and I got to have a nap on my belly. It. was. heaven!!!

I love this one!

How come kids can't tell the difference between nice water and frigid water?

I love this one too

I hope we spend a lot of time at the beach this summer

Benefit for Jake's boys

This is Logan. Last fall his dad took his life and left a wife and 2 young boys behind. Logan is almost 3 and his brother just turned 1. They will never know their father. Some good friends put together a roping and silent auction to help raise some money for the family. Over $26,000 was raised that day. And the boys were surrounded all day by men who had been good friends with their dad. Tanner spent about an hour teaching Logan how to rope and playing with the boys.

This is what Hud looked like until we could snag an empty horse to put him on.

Brynn's trying to wave Tanner over to her

I like a little girl (or 2) who aren't afraid of the dirt

I love my camera!!! I was halfway down the arena and I still got a great shot!

His heelers must not have roped for a while 'cause none of them could catch worth beans

They had a bunch of pee-wee events and the dummy roping was a big hit

A little bit of cheatin'

I want you all to look at the girl in the background and tell me how much fun she's having!

Very proud of himself for roping that dummy cow! Bryson spent the whole morning practicing and as soon as people started watching he was outta there. He refuses to do ANYTHING where people might focus they're attention on him. That's why I never have pictures of him.

The "barrel racing" was pretty cute too.

You can tell she's a bit more girly than some of the other contestants.

Hudson had SOOO much fun doing these events.

There's that tongue again!

And we finished it up with face painting, which smeared in the afternoon when everyone started sweating. If they had had dirty-child olympics we would have won Gold, Silver, and Bronze. My children were FILTHY. But they had a great day.