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!!!