What a Season!!

Aren't they so cute!!! This is two of Braedon's best friends on his team. Kaden and Mikey. It has been so much fun to have these boys together again. They played on the same team in Mustang and Mikey has been on Braedon's city team from the beginning of Mustang. We love both families and the boys!! I love this picture. The funny thing is they lined themseleves up by numbers not knowing that there pants are also in a pattern. Cute!!

Being introduced on the Chukars field!! So much energy when this was happening.

There he is my #6!!

The boys and coaches with the state banner.

Even though we didn't win it was alot of fun and some really great memories. It has been alot of fun for both the kids and the parents. It was a great oppotunity!!

Summer fun

Whew!! A lot can happen in a couple of weeks. I have posted some pics of our summer so far. There is a lot so get ready!! Braedon made the all-star baseball team for the city and has had a tournament every weekend, with this coming weekend being the State tourny in IF. GOOD LUCK boys!!

Taelor with her trophy from teeball. We had a great team this year!! If they were all that cute all the time I would coach again next year in Tiger Ball.

We had our annual 4th of July party at our house with friends and family. We went 4 wheeling during the day!!

Our friends little baby Preston!! He is so freaking adorable I had to put his picture on here!!!

Braedon and his cousin Zack on the go kart when we were wheeling.

Taelor in her retro helmet that says 'I love dirt' on the back!! True to form....she does!!

A friend in our ward was having a little dance class for 5 weeks during the summer and Taelor loved loved it!!! Thank you Kaci!!

The pool is up now that summer decided to come!! YIPPEE!!

We also went to Utah for the weekend and saw my Aunt's new Bunny...Peanut!

Then off to Sugar House to feed the ducks and pshyco seagulls!!

We have had plenty of water time, between swimming, water balloons and spraying the hose while jumping on the tramp my kids should be prunes by now!

Don't forget the broken window of my Tahoe on my birthday!!! Too bad it was my fault! Stupid weedeater just had to throw a rock!!

Taelor doing what she does in teeball!

Atta girl sis!!

Kids.......always gotta have one the gives the cheesy smile!!

Dawson and Taelor playing on the tramp, I love this picture!

Water balloon mania!

Even more!

What summer would be complete without smores!! YUM! In a couple of weeks we are going to Oregon and California!! Let the good times roll!! Happy Summer everyone!

Two Champions!!

On Saturday Braedon's team played in the Championship game for the Cal Ripken Majors division and they WON!!! They did awesome!! They had a great season and finished 3rd in the league. Then came the playoffs and the went through UNDEFEATED!! They really stepped up their game the last couple of weeks. I am so proud of them all. They never played like they deserved it only like they wanted it!! It was a great day!! Braedon high tailing it to third!! RUN!!

Dad giving him his medal. He was a great coach to all those kids and when Braedon listened to his dad ;0) things went wonderful!!

My two Champions. Shane is a great dad and husband and I am happy those two could have this memory together. To top it all off it was Father's Day weekend!!

ON ANOTHER NOTE:
Dawson's shoes ripped the other day at a baseball game and Shane and I had ordered these shoes for fun off the Internet. It just so happened that Dawson now needed new shoes.....so we let him wear these around. He got the funniest looks from people and some even asked if his feet really fit in them?!?! REALLY!? They are a size 20!! It was fun to see peoples reactions!!

Graduation time!!

Taelor graduated from kindergarten on May 25th. She was sooo nervous and sad all at the same time. She was nervous about her program and sad because she won't see her friends or teachers during the summer. She told me she was never going to 1st grade because then she would be away from me for too long and because Mrs. Haber wasn't going to be her teacher. It is so hard for kids ( at least my kids) when school gets out each year. Dawson has always had a great teacher who he is so sad about leaving. Braedon had a couple that we threw a small "yahoo! party because he survived the teacher!!" But I think Taelor will be like Dawson and be sad every year because she gets so involved with her teachers. I can't believe my baby is out of kindergarten. Life goes by way way way too fast!! Getting her scrapbook after her program

Daddy and Omah brought her flowers and she was beyond thrilled!!

Beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl!! I love you sis and I am proud of you!!

Finally DONE!!!

Since we finished the downstairs we have been working on the rooms upstairs. Dawson got our old room and Braedon stayed in his room with a lot of tweaks here and there. I really wish that I had before and after pictures to show but there are none!! So you just have to trust me that they are TOTALLY different than what they were. Dawson wanted Red with stripes across the room. Shane gave him a little 80's vibe with flicks of colors in the stripe. It looks really cool. Now he wants a desk to complete the look. Quote above the window and the stripe.

Braedon had to have LeBron James room. It is Cavs colors and it looks awesome. His was the hardest one to do. Lots of wallpaper ripping and then a whole new finish on the walls to get it to this point. Whew!! Shane sis alot of work and it looks really cool. Now we just hope LeBron doesn't trade teams because mama is done painting!! (Until I do the living room and hall!! ;0)

Quote by the man: Michael Jordan!!

It is no shock that we all love MJ in our house. He is really cute and a fantastic ball player. So a little ode to him for inspiring LeBron and Braedon.

In order to suceed you must believe

Braedon had a baseball game on Thursday night last week and he was so positive the whole game. No matter what happened he was happy. So his team is winning by 6 runs or so and Braedon is up to bat. He gets up there and hits a HOMERUN!!! A huge homerun too!! His team was all waiting for him when he reached home plate. It was so cute to see then cheering each other on and being supportive of one another. I love watching my kids when they are proud of themsleves and their accomplishments. Happy mom moment!! He also had a game on Friday night. It was the 7th inning and he was pitching. This year he does not like it when someone is on base when he is pitching. So the kid on 1st kept trying to steal and Braedon would throw it to first and try and get him out. He did this like 5 times in a row. A dad on the other team starts yelling,"JUST PITCH THE BALL!!!" So Braedon throws one more time to first. Then the guy yells the same thing again. A dad on our team yells,"KEEP GOING BRAEDON!!" Finally Braedon just decided that he would pitch three strikes and get the out and win the game. So that is what he did!! I love watching him pitch and catch. He is a good all around athlete and a joy to watch!!

My New Life

I saw this on another blog also and it very much identifies with being a mom and putting everyone else's needs before your own. It is inspiring to me to see someone who has gone through this and is still going on with a great amount of faith and determination to do the things that she was sent to earth to do. Nothing will ever seem to hard or to much anymore. If she can go through what she has been dealt I to can go through my life living and doing what I was sent here to do.