Monday, June 27, 2011

T-ball

We signed 2 up for t-ball this year...only 1 lasted.

After Jacks stole the ball during practise,then quietly tip-toed off the field, trying to hid it from the coach; I decided we would give him another year before we actually put him in the game.

Bennett has been enjoying it, however.

He's pretty good at it also. He must take after his dad who was on the little league all-star team back in his day.




Monday, June 13, 2011

Breakable

Jemma broke her arm this weekend, poor girl.

She fell down the stairs at Grandma Julie's house.


My nephew, Ben, appropriately asked, "Why are your kids so breakable?"


Good question! As you may remember, Bennett has broken his arm 3 times.

So what do you get for breakable children?
A trampoline!

Brilliant on Matt's and my part.

They sure do love it!

I won't jinx it by saying thus far we are major injury free. (From the trampoline, of course)

Grizzly Bears, Oh My!

I was so disappointed we hadn't yet made it to Yellowstone this spring to see the bears out and about. I really wanted to.

However, little did I know all we had to do was drive over Togwotee Pass on our way to Idaho to see a mama grizzly with her cub.


It almost made the 4 hour car ride with screaming kids worth it...almost.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happiness

Matt bought a canoe.

Needless to say there couldn't be 3 happier boys in the world tonight.

Plastic Cups!

The best & cheapest toy!




Bennett and Jacks spent hours and hours stacking & knocking them down.




Plastic Cups! Who Knew!?

Easter 2011








Oddities

Jacks new favorite food is Red Raspberry Preserves. That's it. No toast to go with it. Just give him a knife and a jar and he's content. (I promise I didn't give him a knife to eat off, he did that on his own)

Jemma loves the hats. She thinks she's a fashion diva. I'll have to give her the 411 on matching her accessories to her outfits.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Wrestling Tournament

Bennett participated in pee-wee wrestling again this year. I guess it's quite the thing to do around here. He went to 2 tournaments. His first one in Lander was his learning curve. But he did really well at the Riverton tournament. He placed 4th in his weight class, and was pretty proud of the medal he recieved.





Just before one of his matches, I told Bennett to make his angry face. Unfortunetly he was in the process of eating some licorice and this picture didn't turn out as intimidating as I'd hoped.
Jacks can't wait for his turn. We bought Bennett's wrestling gear, and could not get Jacks out them.




Friday, April 8, 2011

Tea Party

Ella spent her spring break with us. Bennett was disappointed everyday he had to leave for school because he was certain he was missing all the fun.
So Ella made a surprise for him when he got home from school.
A Tea Party complete with grill-cheese sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate milk.
The party was a success, as there were smiles all around.

Jacks Dentist Visit

Jacks had a small little cavity in one of his baby molars. When I walked back, Jacks was comfortably cocooned in a flannel blanket, watching a DVD and sniffing a little laughing gas. He was in heaven. To top off his experience he was able to select a pterodactyl as his prize for not causing a fuss.