Softball and Baseball Season is Over...Kind of:)

Gwyn's little softball team made it to the championship playoffs, they lost the game to a team they had already beaten twice this year...they were having an off game and the Pink Panthers were having an "on" game.  Nevertheless, Gwyn got two doubles and received a trophy that she thought was the greatest thing ever.  She was super proud, but maybe not as proud as her number 1 fans above, Jacob and Annie who were dressed in their battle red and armed with a foam #1 finger and a pom pom...Gwyn has a brother and sister who love her dearly!

 Gwyn and a few of her sweet friends:

 The team about to get their trophies:

 Me and Gwyn...love this little left handed girl:

 Yes, we were the obnoxious team of parents with their cars shoe polished!

 Jacob's team did awesome this year as well, they finished a bit too early for me, so close to winning that last game.  They made it to the gold bracket of their 8U division, and came in I guess about 8th place out of 36 teams.

 This little one was super stoked about getting to be on swim team, practices have begun.  She is doing so great and is even practicing with both the 6U and the 1/2 lappers for extra practice.  She loves being on Jacob and Gwyn's team...go Piranhas!

 Sweet Annie and her friends got to do something fun while the big kids are still in school!

 Annie and Emerson and their new friend they met in Old Navy:

 Cutest thing ever:

 Jacob and Gwyn's Spring pictures came back.  I dressed Gwyn in the exact same outfit as I did for the Fall pictures, and Jacob the same shirt just in a different color...I'm getting my money out of those outfits, ha!

 This awesome kid lost tooth #7, he pulled it himself while at school so that he could go to the nurses' office and get this tiny little box to take it home in.  He also made the 8U Select tournament team for June, so we've got another month of baseball for this boy!

 Annie always dressed and ready for swimming:

 How beautiful is this precious girl??

 Absolutely love this!  Gwyn told Annie to color in her name in the driveway as she got on the bus and went off to school.  Annie finished the whole thing, even had to switch to white chalk when the blue ran out because big sister gave her a job and she had to finish!

 I can never get enough of these!

 Jason got a homemade card from Gwyn for his birthday. Is this not the coolest card ever?

Jacob has started doing multiplication tables to 12, and I was telling the kids how I loved doing them and made it to the 5 minute club (all three tables: addition, subtraction, and multiplication), but I always got beat by David Bradford.  Annie started saying, David Bradford, we'll get him for beating Mommy and doing this crazy thing:


I sent this to David Bradford and he showed his daughter who made him take and send me a picture of his 4 minute club trophy from Garfield elementary...I said, that's so wrong, I only got a button and he got a trophy!  I never knew that!!

A video of Gwyn getting her trophy:

Funny things the kids said this week:
Brian to Jacob:  What kind of a car do you want to drive when you turn 16?
Jacob:  A limo.
Brian:  To be driven around in, or are you going to drive it.
Jacob:  I'll drive it, and pick up all my friends. (ha!)

Mother's Day is a GOOD Day!

So blessed to be the mom to these sweet kids.  Loved spending the day with them.  Can't explain how lucky I feel to be their mom.  It was what I was meant to do with my life.  Love all my hand written cards from the kids.

 Jacob made a book for me in school, they had a presentation on Friday where they selected a piece to read in front of everyone.  It is filled with lots of wonderful stuff that is no doubt the best book I have ever received!

Spent the day playing outside and swimming.  Jacob found a few frogs that he and Annie loved holding, while Gwyn and I would scream if they brought them too close!

 Gwyn's pic of me:)

 Can't get enough of this little girl!  Their 6U team made it to the championship, which is next Saturday.  I've decided to teach her every softball cheer/chant I know, so the other team won't know what hit them!

 How cute is this girl?

 We dropped by Gwyn's lunch to take her McDonald's after Annie's gymnastics, a special treat for my special girl!

 I love Gwyn's sentences.

 She had to draw the life cycle of a butterfly:)

 Yes, I'm that mom, bragging about the 6 page math test that Jacob was the only one who made a 100 on!

 Jacob's artwork, a bit creepy!

 I had Muffins with Moms at Annie's school.  We had to swipe chocolate chip muffins from another table:)

 What a good sister, cheering for her brother's team who is still hanging on in his baseball playoffs and play again tomorrow night!

 My sweet Annie had a pretty bad strawberry that she's milking for all it is worth!

 Swim team has started!

 We took the girls to see the ballet Sleeping Beauty...both of mine fell asleep!

 Gwyn's Girl Scout troop end of year party, so fun!

Trip trip to Kansas City...Annie as a Flower Girl!

We had a very quick, but fun trip to Kansas City for Brian's cousin Angie's wedding.  Annie was a flower girl, and Jacob and Gwyn had the job of guest book...a job that Gwyn was great at, but one that Jacob was not so great at, ha!  Sweet kids were sick of me taking their pictures!

Annie with Brian's cousin Brooke, Angie's sister, the Maid of Honor:

My three little pumpkins:

The twins had a rough trip as each had been sick, poor Stacy and Justin had their hands full, this was the only pic I got of the five of them.  My kiddos were so excited to see them:

After pictures and before the wedding, we got a ride in the limo...Jacob was one cool cat:

G came along for the ride:

Annie met a new friend named Sadie, so sweet:

Me and Annie at the reception:

Pre-dancing pic:

Brian got to dance with all his girls, the pics didn't come out great because of the lighting.  All the kids danced the night away, Jacob danced with me, but he wasn't having any of that slow "adult" dancing as he called it, it was the dinner-making-dancing-in-the-kitchen kind of moves we were doing!

Waiting to catch the bouquet:

These girls love their Daddy!

Gwyn with Angie:

Annie was enjoying her day in the sun:

I had to dig to find these gems from Stacy's wedding where Gwyn was a flower girl, not quite 2 and Jacob was 3:

Annie getting ready for the wedding:

Annie's favorite part?  The plane ride, if you can see from her tray, she's got two drinks, teddy grahams, pretzels, peanuts and a cookie...she was in heaven!

My little Piranha at her last swim lesson, how cute is that swim cap!

Jacob's baseball pic, he's still trying to figure out how to smile with those two big front teeth!

Sue monogrammed these cute shirts for Gwyn, she's worn them all week!

Jacob got the game ball the other night, their last regular season game.  He starts playoffs next week.  Softball and baseball is winding down, Gwyn's last regular season game was last night and she got a home run...she was super stoked!

Here is a video of a triple:


Lastly, Brian is busy at work installing his 3 1/2 year project in the Gulf of Mexico for Chevron.  He just broke their company history with an installation over 6,900 ft deep in the ocean this week.  He's the Project Manager on the project and pretty much rocking' it!  Keep up the good work:)