Summer with the Trio

It has been a very busy summer for us! We had a week of Vacation Bible School, 2 weeks of swimming lessons for Cole, a couple of day trips, and about 8 weeks of baseball. Now, Mommy is working really hard every night in her classroom. We are planning some day trips, but soon Cole will be back in school and starting flag football. Hard to believe that August is right around the corner. The kids are growing and changing everyday. They stay busy playing most days and amaze me with what they know. Heidi and Andy will be preparing for their last year at Grandma's house as Cole prepares to start 2nd grade. I can't believe that he will be making his First Communion this year! Regardless, I have spent sometime updating the blog for everyone. We hope your summer has been fun and injury free! Love to all our followers out there!

Allstars-2011

Cole made the Allstar baseball team this year. He was terribly excited about making the team. They played in three tournaments for 11 days straight. It was alot on the boys, but they made us proud. We didn't place at all for the Montpelier tournament, we were 4th in the Edgerton tournament, and we would have been 3rd or 4th in Hicksville's Tournament, but they didn't award anything but 1st and 2nd place trophies...bummer!

Cole is glad to be done for the year, but still talks about playing Allstars next year....he never stops!

When you are in Allstars, you become professional. You get your name on the back of your shirt and Cole decided that he needed "colored" socks. Mommy assumed that meant either Maroon or Gold socks, but Cole quickly informed me that it meant one maroon and one gold sock. He was the only player that felt the need to be different, so Grandma named him "Chief Two Socks". It was rather nice, it only took a quick moment to find out which position he was playing!

After game pow-wow...

Jason & Laura's Wedding

We attended a very special wedding in July. Our good friend, Jason got married to a very beautiful Princess named Laura. Heidi was all about the princesses (bridesmaids) and princes (groomsmen). She will be really impressed next year when Uncle Brandon and Lee Ann tie the knot! Congrats Jason & Laura!

Before we headed to the reception, we stopped at Toys-R-Us to check out the toys. Andy at the wheel....ahhhhh!

I'm not sure that Heidi at the wheel is much better!

A sign of a great day....sleeping children...

in sunglasses!

Summer Happenings

In other news, Cole took two weeks of swimming lessons this summer. He took lessons back when it was chilly...kinda hard to remember that now! He did pretty well, but we still have a long way to go until he is fully swimming. I guess next year, I put all three in!

One day, Mommy declared it puzzle day. We had a goal of doing enough puzzles that the boxes would touch the ceiling. It took us several hours and over 30 puzzles, but we managed it. Yep, my kids have this many puzzles!

My two goof balls...they had a rough summer at the ball park. We probably averaged 4 nights a week from the middle of May until the middle of July. They made friends with another set of twins and really played quite well with them. Good thing for magnetic activity books and coloring books!

Air Show

We loaded up the vehicle and headed to Battle Creek to watch an amazing air show over the July 4th weekend. The kids liked watching the planes and relaxing under the canopy. It was a long day, but well worth the time and money to see planes doing crazy things in the sky.


Daddy took no less than 1000 pictures that weekend!

It is amazing the stunts they did. For example, we watched a person stand on top of a plane flying in the air. I don't think that should be tried at home!

To end the air show, we got to see the "Blue Angels" take flight. Six jets at one time was awesome! I recommend this show to anyone...it was loud but you just cannot put into words what you saw. Cole, Heidi, and Andy got to meet some of the pilots and got there autographs, too. What a great day...

The Sprinkler

In a moment of weakness, Mommy told the kids to go run through the sprinkler. I really didn't think they would do it... I was wrong!

The boys at least took their shirts off...

Mom, I am wet and cold, but that was sure fun! They have been begging to run through it again!

Fireworks Celebration

We once again headed to Hog Hill in Hamilton to watch fireworks for the 4th of July. It was a stormy night so we actually ended up watching them from the car... way too much lightning for Mommy's liking! On the way there, we did get to see this double rainbow. It was stunning!

Daddy brought home his camera from work to capture these photos. He really thinks we need a camera like this now!

I have to admit, it does capture some really awesome pics.

Even though they shot them up fast, it was still worth it!

Let's Go Racin!

This year we took Papa & Cole to Eldora Motor Speedway for a Nascar Charity Race. It was sooo much fun that I am pretty sure it will become an every year tradition. Cole's favorite driver is Jimmie Johnson so this picture was a must. We never saw Jimmie in person because we were not close enough to the stage when they were all introduced...maybe next year!

Where are you, Jimmie? If you were lucky enough, you could catch sight of the drivers standing near their semi trailers. We did get to see Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne standing on top of their semis watching some racing on the track. Cole thought that was awesome!

Cole had never been to a race at all before so I really wish I would have captured his expression when they fired up there engines and started racing on the dirt track. Mommy is a huge fan of dirt track racing because it is just so much fun to watch them slipping and sliding all over the track. Cole just was in totally awe and said very little... hard to imagine him speechless, isn't it?

It was a hot day, but a cool night for racing. We loaded our stomachs up with concession food and got home in the wee hours of the morning. Jimmie didn't win the race, but Cole still had a great time watching him.

Until next year...