lately

So here are a few things that we have been up to lately......


Bats in the backyard.....I opened up our umbrella to get some shade with a neighbor and this is what I saw. To say that I freaked out is an understatement. We ran inside and I promptly called animal control. It took them a couple of hours to get to our house, meanwhile I had to keep the kids inside because we didn't know if they bat was rabid. The animal control worker took our umbrella out and put it on the ground. She was able to get the bat into a coffee can and take it away. It made for an eventful evening.......one that I might add, Shane was at work!
Signs of a good nap......this is what your hair looks like after a great nap. What a little cutie!
Gardening....we've been doing a lot of work in our yard, and Connor was a big help while Peyton was at school. We planted two new trees this year: a Pansy Locust Redbud and a Haruko Nakishi Willow. We also planted two new shrubs: Wagilla (not sure if I spelled that right). We got all our annuals planted: graniums, petunias, and impatience. I planted our 10 pots (I know I go a little overboard here, but I LOVE the pots in my front yard and love the color they bring to our backyard.) I also got the "garden" planted. Since our yard in wider that it is deep, we have gotten creative with our garden. We don't have a square plot dedicated to this, but we plant our garden in our flower beds in our backyard. This year we did, 2 cantaloupe, 1 watermelon, 2 trellis' of pole beans, 2 cucumbers, 1 celebrity tomato, 1 cherry tomato, 2 habenero chilis, 1 red pepper, 1 zuchinni, and 1 crookneck squash.

Ducks in the yard. Since we live pretty close to a river, our neighborhood has a lot of ducks every spring. This little bunch waddled through our backyard with 9 or 10 baby ducks. Connor and his friends loved to see them. It's fun to see new life and new little families each spring.

BASEBALL!!!!! This spring has been full of baseball! Peyton and Connor both played baseball this year and it's been busy!!! Here is a picture of Sadie at a game. The weather was weird-games were either HOT or COLD. 

Peyton up to bat. He played for the Yankees this year. It was his 1st year doing player pitch games. It made for some seriously long games. He did great this year! He had great coaches that really built up their team and taught them that teamwork was #1.
What a good lookin' dude!

Connor-after his "slide". He is So funny! Connor is way into baseball. I mean this kid loves baseball! He has been patiently waiting for 2 years to be old enough to play tee-ball. He was on the Pirates this year and has loved every minute of it.
What a cutie! Look at him, so proud at 1st base.
Connor hits the ball so hard-I'm not just saying that because I'm his mom. All of his coaches are amazed when he throws and hits the ball. Everyone asks "How old is he?" Everyone thinks he is older because of his size and his athletic ability. We love ya Connor!

So in a nutshell....that's the randomness we have been up to lately.