Memorial Weekend 2010

Halle kicking the summer off with a big jump off the barge.... this is her 3rd summer to jump off.. 2nd without the life jacket. Makes my daddy nervous but Jeffrey is right in the water! :)

Kalee giving her daddy some sweet sugar.... :)

Halle and Breanna tubing.... Hanging on for dear life!

Carlee and Kalee going for a boat ride while the girls tubed.

Syd jumping off the barge for the 1st time EVER... Halle jumped several times yesterday and she never asked to jump off BUT today Kaleb jumped off and when Syd saw him jump she was right behind him!!

Syd jumping off yet again..... No telling how many times she jumped off!!!!

Halle driving the boat

Carlee laying out on the air mattress

Kalee REALLY wanting to have her turn.......

And guess who won..... Kalee!

Halle tubing AGAIN

Kaleb and Syd taking their turn

And they're OUT.... LONG weekend but GOOD TIMES!!!

Let The Swimming Begin

The girls had so much fun swimming Sunday afternoon! They are all little fish. Next trip we are going to see if Syd remembers her swimming lessons from last year. ;) Looking forward to a great wonderful summer at the lake, pool, and a week in Florida! So far the oil has stayed clear of the beach we are heading too!! :)

Last Day 2nd Grade- Awards Assembly

Miss Priss on her last day of 2nd grade

Getting her awards from Mrs. Shelton

Posing in her classroom that was all ready for summer ... everything was wrapped up!!

Kennedy, Halle, and Maddi... They received mostly the same awards... Smart girls!!

Halle , Maddie, Kennedy

Halle, Maddie, Kennedy, and Payton .... As you can see they all like the camera! :)

Halle received 9 awards this year..... The Principal's Award for all A's all year, The Super Reader Award for passing over 50 book tests, The Spelling Award 100%, The Social Studies Award 100%, The Math Award 99%, Battle of the Books , Health Fitness Award, National Physical Fitness Award, and Excellence in Fitness Award!

We are so proud of her!! Not only is she smart but obviously she is athletic and physically fit! :) Her daddy told her if she would have made 1 more point in math she could have had this award all to herself.... she tied with her friends, Maddie, Maddi, and Kennedy! :)

She is excited for summer and looking forward to the 3rd grade!!

2nd Place Nashville Tourney

12:30 at night.... Tired girls after 6 games and starting the day at 9 that morning!!

They were proud of their 2nd place trophy... BUT Halle said 1st would have been better! :)

After a BIG win that put us in the finals!

Kennedy , Halle, and Maddie.... very HOT and TIRED!! I love that they all look the same... the way they feel!

Halle with her trophy and medal

Proud daddy watching Halle get her medal and trophy!!

Carlee and Kalee were exhausted after a LONG day of softball!! Syd went home earlier in the day with Jeremy to play with Landen and Kinleigh... They went swimming so she was far happier playing than with us!! Carlee and Kalee were troopers though... They were good all day!

Halle played her little heart out at the tourney!! All the coaches of the other teams were bragging on her saying she was a good little first baseman!! Of course we have always thought that but it makes you feel good hearing someone else brag on your kid!

She got a chance to reedem herself from the very first game where she struck out with a runner on third..... This time she hit the ball and scored the run to win the game!! Her daddy told her right before she hit.... "OK Halle it is like this... you hit the ball we win!" NO pressure there DAD!! LOL

She did play well in the field catching the ball at 1st getting the out then running home to get an out with the runner trying to score!! It's no wonder she knows the game so well.... That is all she and her daddy discuss these days!!

We were all soooo proud of the Sweet Sluggers.... This was our League team placing 2nd in this tourney and not our Tourney Team!! Just wish we could win a tourney... this now makes 2 2nd place finishes! We are playing in Dino Fest this weekend with our tourney team so hopefully we do well....

Mother's Day 2010

Thankful for all the mom's in my life.... So blessed to have a wonderful family!

Mother's Day 2010

Kalee, Halle, Sydney, and Carlee
On this Mother's Day I am so thankful for the 4 blessings in my life! I feel so privaledged to be the mother of 4 beautiful healthy little girls!

Chocolate Gravy Anyone?

Kalee enjoying her chocolate gravy!!

Carlee enjoying it too! Most Saturdays Nana makes us chocolate gravy. All the girls love it! Carlee and Kalee make quite the mess with it so I typically strip them down to eat it! It is much easier than trying to get chocolate out of their clothes. :)

Softball Meets Mouth

The other night Syd was playing catch with one of her great-aunts and the ball took a bad bounce and met with her mouth instead of the glove! She cried for a few minutes until I went to get her a popsickle and then she was all better....

Of course the first thing I did was to check to make sure her teeth were all nice and tight!! Once I knew all was fine with her teeth I didn't think much more about it. The next afternoon her lip was still swollen and I caught a glimpse inside. I told her to come let me see so I lifted her lip to find this..... Oh my... She couldn't stop looking at it! LOL After I assurred her that it was not blood but just a bruise she was better! It looks better today but still swollen.

Halle now owns a facemask to wear in the field and we are sticking with soft softballs for Syd so hopefully no more accidents like this!

Lots Of Helpers

So I guess you all are getting the point that our life revolves around softball these days.... We always have lots of little helpers around to entertain Carlee and Kalee! The big girls were doing so good taking turns with who got to pull the wagon.
Carlee and Kalee love it outside so they have been enjoying lots of time outside these past few days. They are talking more and more and have become quite verbal with what they want when they want it!! Kalee still rules the roost.... She never takes the first cup, bowl, cracker, cookie, food or anything. Not sure why she does this but if I try to give her something first she shakes her head and says, NO and points to Carlee. Now I know you are thinking, well she is being nice... but you must see her in action.... She is being stubborn!!! I tested her the other day and when she turned down the first cup I sat it back on the bar and thought well she will take the 2nd one but really it was the same cup I had already tried to give her... And yeap you guessed it she would not take it!! STUBBORN and smart... thinking that may be a bad combo!! :)
Kalee is also liking picking my flowers... I must watch her closely or before I know it she has picked every single bloom from one pot....
Carlee is becoming more aggressive and is not letting Kalee run all over her anymore but most of the time she is content to give Kalee what she wants and just move on... Sweet girl!
Hard to believe that next month I will have 2 yr olds!! Pretty sure terrible two's have already hit though!! Right now we must watch these 2 at all times!
Soooo looking forward to getting them potty trained.... Right now they have started realizing when they are dirty and not liking it and wanting their diaper changed so I'm thinking or hoping it won't be much longer!!! ;) If anyone would like to volunteer potty training them, I'm taking applications! :)

Syd's Last Softball Game

Posing for pictures... I was so glad to get those done before the storm!

Down and ready

Here it comes...

Halle was helping out catching

She did hit it... Syd had fun playing softball this year. Her last game was Friday so our life has become a little less hectic! We managed to fit in her game before the storm hit!

Pony Power 2010..... Harley, Sydney, Jacey, Laken, Victoria, and Haelea

Tornado Warning!!!

Thankfully I did not take this photo.... I have seen one tornado in my lifetime and that was one too many!!! Not sure exactly where in town this photo was taken but is suppose to be the tornado that hit Dierks.... Scary sight!!

Chicken house in the path of the tornado

Laundry mat in town destroyed.... This pic shows how lucky the town was.... For those of you who don't know this building is right on main street.... houses all around and fortunately this is what the tornado destroyed!!! Yes trees are down and some shingles are missing but this is truly the Hand of God protecting our little town!!!!

Some storage buildings were also destroyed but my pic wasn't very good... It lifted the buildings up and threw them up against some other storage buildings. What was strange was that the stuff that was inside the destroyed buildings was still sitting in same spot untouched.... very strange to see!

And yes this is what we were doing when the storm hit..... We were actually in Dequeen. We were playing, no lightning, no rain, no real wind to speak of, thunder off in the distance, and the next thing we know tornado sirens were going off!!! Now let me tell you on a softball field with several 8 and Under softball girls is not where you want to be when sirens are going off!!! I started yelling at Jeffrey because obviously he was really into the game and couldn't hear the sirens to get the girls off the field! Well when poor Syd heard me say tornado sirens she FREAKED OUT!!! Poor baby is still afraid ever since the tornado got close to our house last year!! I consoled her as best I could as I rounded up Carlee and Kalee, got Halle and Jeffrey off the field with most of our stuff. At that point I wasn't too concerned with chairs or Halle's equipment!! Thankfully there was a building close by where most of us huddled until the storm passed! It was a long 45 minutes or so waiting trying to comfort my kids and other little girls who were all crying along with mine!! Once the storm passed Dequeen we still couldn't head home because the storm was headed for Dierks. We stopped to get the girls something to eat to pass time.

It was a long night to say the least.... Another storm was forming once we got home so we ended up in our safe room with my dad and B before the night was over. Once the storms passed I finally convinced Halle it was over and she went to sleep on the couch beside me. Sydney finally went to sleep clinging to my arm in our bed around 11:30. She kept saying, Are you sure it is gone?" Poor thing.... Carlee and Kalee could sense something was wrong too but they feel asleep pretty quick!!

Someone please tell me spring is almost over!! :)

2nd Place- Murf Tournament

Halle playing first base... by the end of the day she was filthy!!

Syd was being a well you know and would not look at me.... Carlee and Kalee did so well all day!! It was a long day! Thankfully we were able to go to Gran and Papa Rick's for lunch and they napped before Halle played her 2nd game.

Some of the girls on the tournament team.... We combined our league teams to make 1 tournament team. The girls did so well for their first tournament and really for the first time to ever play together as a team.

The Lady Sluggers as they like to call themselves... combo between Lady Outlaws and Sweet Sluggers.. won their first game 13 to 12. Then they lost their 2nd game to the team that eventually won the tournament 15 to 8. We were winnning our 3rd game when it started storming pretty good so the game was called. Since we had beat the team we were playing earlier in the day and one team hadn't been beaten all day, it was decided that we won 2nd place! The girls won a big trophy and each girl will get medals! Due to the storm we didn't take pictures yet so those are to come.... It was a fun day! Halle played well in the field and hit every time she got up to bat and went on to score every time!! Jeffrey is really getting into this softball too... He is already talking fall ball!!!