Baby Quilt

I loved this quilt pattern so much that I decided to make it on a smaller scale as a baby quilt. My HFPE leader was having a baby shower and I wanted to do something a little extra special for her because she does soooooo much. This is how it turned out. I'm not that great at sewing the binding, but I think the rest turned out ok.

First Base Coach

Excuse the picture - it's hard when you are working with a chain link fence and a crowd of parents behind you trying to see the game.

Any of you who know Jared know that he takes baseball very seriously. We had to get him new batting gloves recently because his apparently kept coming undone. I thought maybe he was doing his Nomar impersonation every time he got up to bat. At any rate, he had to have a certain brand because that is what they use in the MLB. This picture is of Jared playing first base coach. The boys take turns doing it in the majors for the experience. I have never seen such a big smile on his face as he ran out to take his turn.

Spring has Sprung

Enough said.

Girls and Curls

Kendall is our ultra-girlie girl. She has been wanting her hair curled but doesn't love the idea of sleeping in foam curlers. Not to mention that her hair is so stick straight that it is near impossible to put in curlers and the curl generally stays in for a very short time. Well Saturday night she braved the curlers and this was the outcome. We took a picture fast before it was gone!! It is amazing how Maelen has always had ringlet tight curls even at her current long length, while Kendall's is completely straight. The most interesting thing is that Kendall wants hers curled and Maelen straightens hers!! We always want what we don't have!

Opening Day

It's baseball season again! Along with baseball comes "volunteer" positions in the little league. They say volunteer, although each family is required to do at least a couple of things throughout the season. Here is Matt serving up some sausage at the opening day breakfast. Last year he was one of the bacon "chefs" but I guess he opted for something a little less lingering on his clothes since he had to leave for his OCMCO practice.

This year although they didn't have the hairpainting booth, they managed to bring something even more exciting for the kids: a gaming truck. This truck was filled non-stop with little league players of all age playing Call of Duty. Kendall was too young to go in but didn't mind because the truck kept the bounce house and slide pretty empty so she could spend some time there.

Here is Jared getting his picture taken. This kid is by far the most photogenic of our family - he has yet to take a bad picture. I wish I could say the same for myself.