Parade and Flowers!

Our church always has a float in the Doll and Pet Parade they have here in town, which was today. The kids and I headed down to help out and walk with the float!

After the parade, we had to get groceries and went to the greenhouse to get some flowers for the pots around the house! The kids help plant all the flowers!

After Ross got home, we headed down to Buffalo Wild Wings for supper. This is Charlie and William's favorite place to eat! They finished off a 20 piece of wings between the two of them. I think charlie counted he had 12 wings, William had 7, and Ross ate one as well!

Patiently waiting!

Tonight both boys had games, but 1/2 hr apart start times. William quickly hurried to his dougout and was waiting for his team to arrive while watching the other team warm up. Then I realized that his game didn't start for another 45 min, and Charlies game started first! So Charlie ended up being late! Oops! I didn't see much of their games since I had to work in the concession stands and Ross was working. But I saw a few of Charlies hits!

And Softball season begins!

Tonight it was Grace's turn to have her fist game of the season! It's a little different having a girl the same age as you pitch to you! Not every pitch it right down the plate, and the ups make the strike zone a little bigger!

Baseball season begins!

Back to reality and back to running the kids around. Tonight is William and Charlies first games of the season! William was so excited, he was ready to for an hour and half early and impatiently asked every 5 min if it was time to go! He really played well! Fun to watch him finally play what he has watched his siblings play for years now!

Back in WI!

We are happy to be back home with the kids. We missed them so much. I am sad however the warm weather did not follow us back! No idea what we are flying over here, I think it is the Colorado River, but not positive! It just looked neat!

Now on this picture, if you look close, you can see Sleepy Eye! It is covered a little by the clouds, but it is at the top. You can see the Sleepy Eye lake!

Goodbye Vegas, hello Phoenix!

We rented a car this morning and drove down to Phoenix! It of course did not come without complications. Our plan was to get out of Vegas around 9, but the rental car we got ended up having a nail in the tire that we found when we were almost out of town. We had to go back to the hotel, only to find out it was the last mid-sized car they had so they sent us to the airport to exchange it. We didn't start up again till about 10:30! Oh well! We decided to stop at Hoover Dam and do one of the tours they had. It is amazing what our people built in the early 1900's! To be honest, this was my favorite part of our trip. We didn't have time to go to the Grand Canyon. It was a 4 hr drive still to Phoenix and we wanted to get there before dark. But the drive down was beautiful as well. The lay of the land is so much different than in the Midwest. The cactus's, hills, rock piles, and not to mention the roads. They are very curvy roads all the way down, and people drive 80mph on these roads. I was a nervous driver to say the least! We got in to Phoenix around 5 and met Ross's college friend who lives down there for supper. It was fun to catch up!

Vegas day 3~

Our last day in Vegas. Today is the day of the big fight, so we all decided to get out of the main area and we headed down to Fremont St. It was a fun last night!

Updates from back home! Grandpa and Grandma took the kids to Carsen park for a picnic(if you look closely, you will see William is still wearing his t-ball jersey). Then after, the planted some flowers and vegetables in their own planters! Such wonderful memories they are making!