Dissabled List Out for the Season

Last night in Tanner's baseball game his left foot got fractured-and I thought baseball was not a contact sport. He was catching and the play was at home. He had the ball when the kid was running in, and in the process mowing over the top of Tanner trying to get him to drop the ball, which he didn't. We all thought he had the tag-apparently the ump was blind because he called the kids safe. After the tag Tanner dropped to the ground in pain. He was able to get up and catch one more inning, but by the end of the game he was limping off the field. When we took of his shoe his foot was swollen and discolored. We iced it and gave him some medicine and put him to bed. This morning it wasn't any better so I took him in for an x-ray. He has a fracture in one of the bones coming up from his toe. He will be down for at least two weeks and possibly up to six depending on how well it heals. He has a pretty cool walking shoe, but this is a horrible way to start the summer. He has two things he  loves to do during the summer- baseball and swim, and right now he can't do either. I hope we both survive. Because just one day was hard enough.

Swim Team

Chloe decided she wanted to be on the swim team this year. I thought it was a great idea, because it is four mornings a week, and I thought that this would be a great way to burn off some of her energy each day, thus keeping us both sane over the summer.

Tuesday morning they had "tryouts" to see where every swimmer was at and to place them in the right groups. Chloe was quite disappointed that she was assigned to the beginning rather than the advanced group. Not that she isn't a great and strong swimmer it's just that she needs work on some of the racing fundamentals like breathing, etc. Plus she has never done anything like this before and it takes time to learn a new skill. Landon and I both had to reassure her, and now she seems okay. She did awesome today at her first day of practice. This afternoon she kept asking me if she had swim team tomorrow so I think that she is going to like it. She is also way excited for her first swim meet which happens to be on her birthday. 

Here is a picture of her in her swim uniform-complete with goggles and swim cap. 

I think she looks so cute. When we first put the swim cap on her she told me that she looked ugly-haha, awhile later she said I guess it's kind of cute.

Otter Creek Camping Trip

We went on our annual Memorial Day campout to Otter Creek. It was super windy, and I can't say that I had the most enjoyable time ever, but I guess it was still time with the family. Also the fishing was great-even though I didn't really do much of it because I didn't feel like battling the wind. Those who did were not disappointed as most of what we were reeling in were 3 pounders. Even Tanner fished for about 10 minutes-luckily he caught on quickly and then he was done for the rest of the time. The wind didn't slow Chloe down one bit, she had the time of her life. She even stayed a couple extra days with Grandpa and Grandma. Chloe is a reminder to us all to try to be happier and grateful for the things we do get to do-even if it is WINDY. 

Chloe and Grandpa with Chloe's big fish...

You can't go camping without having smores-YUMMY!

On the otter walk-the kids in an old adobe house...

 Lots of time was spent hanging out in the motor homes, trailers, and tent...
Tanner was always ready to play a card game with whoever was willing.

 Cousins are the best kind of friends to have. Grandma had lots of fun activities for the kids to do-they all made friendship bracelets.

 Our Family

 The Whole Crew

Baseball Haircut

Check out Tanner's new summer do...

 We let him do something a little bit fun for the summer. He actually has a baseball shaved into the side of his head, it looks pretty awesome! It was the first time in years we haven't had to fight him to get a haircut. It is way short for him, but he seems to like it and it should help keep him cool during the hot summer months.

Closet Renovation

Landon's latest project has been a renovation of Chloe's closet. He has added more storage including a built in shoe organizer and an extra shelf in the top of the closet. He also moved the clothes hanging bar, which used to be hanging in about the middle of the closet. I think it turned out great and should be nice to help keep things organized. I'm really glad I have a handy man to take on projects like this, even though he was threatening that we would be hiring out projects like this from now on-LOL. 

Another Baseball Post for Aiden

As those of you who know us well, know that the last few years Tanner's main thing in baseball has been pitching. That has kind of been changed the past few months. His little league coach saw something in Tanner that made him think he would make a good catcher. The thing is he was right, Tanner is pretty solid behind the plate and is getting more so as the season goes on, plus his arm is good enough to make the throw-out to second. In fact on his game on Tuesday he had two and almost a third. It was pretty sweet! His traveling ball coach has picked up on the fact that Tanner can catch and he has started doing quite a bit of catching for them as well. The only problem with him playing catcher is I don't have any shots of him from the front. It's not like I can go out on the pitching mound and snap a few, and Tanner refuses to come out or turn around to let me take his picture.

Now Aiden this video is for you-watch how Tanner chases that guy back to first base. (Brenda you'd better invest in some catching gear for Jack and Aiden now-lol)

Solar Eclipse

Sunday evening we went up to the church on Foremaster Hill to watch the solar eclipse with some of our friends and family. It was pretty cool, we all had the spiffy eclipse glasses and we stayed for about an hour watching it. We were able to see the eclispe from when it just started to when the moon was completely covering the sun making the ring of fire. The kids really thought it was neat. There is supposed to be another eclipse with Jupiter on June 5, so I guess we'll save our glasses for that, because I'm sure the kids will want to watch it.