Twins Baptism - 7/10/2011

Today was a special day.  Brian and I, along with two other aunts and uncles, were chosen to be sponsors of our twin nephews, sons of Laurie and Seth. They were baptized today at Trinity Lutheran Church in McPherson. The boys were so good today. It was warm in the church and we got there early to do a rehearsal of the ceremony, but even after all of that, they were champs - and cute at that.

Then we went over to Laurie and Seth's for a nice lunch and celebration.

We are so honored to be a part of their God driven life.  Love you two sweet boys, Brandon Martin and Tyler Thomas!

And here are two video's that took place during the children's sermon.  Never mind the crying baby that you hear.....the faces are the best part anyway!

Beau lost another tooth......

On the top row.........but that's not the best part of the story.  The story really is in the note he wrote to the Tooth Fairy. Sweet, sweet boy.

100,000 miles - we made it!!

So the day came.  The day my loyal, trusted, dependable little car rolled over 100,000 miles.  I knew today would be the day so I had Brian snap this picture of me and my girl.

She rolled over the big mark at 13th and Ridge. I toasted her with my coffee, rubbed the dashboard, and thanked her for getting me through many rough spots, being so dependable, and for keeping me and my family safe. Tear.

I know, I know.....it's silly that I am so attached to  - of all things - a 7 year old car. But I can't help it.  She has been nothing but good to me.  So she got cleaned out this weekend by Brian and I'm hoping to get her in the shop tomorrow to just make sure she is good to go for the next 100,000 miles!

Thank you little black car for being so good to me!

Happy 4th!

No excitement here. Just a lazy day, enjoying the AC.  Although, the way our firecracker looked as she feel asleep watching TV, you would have thought we had a rip roar of a day!  No such luck - two kids that don't like loud noises.....so much for Brian re-living his "blow up" days, cause right now, Beau is just not interested.  Suppose that might change some day.....

Great Wolf Lodge

So I admit it, I don't have it in me for long family vacations, but what I do love......short, fun, long weekends with the family.  This trip was no different. We set off for Kansas City and the Great Wolf Lodge this past holiday weekend.  Had to stop off at Legends first to get some awesome shopping in!  The kids were so great and well behaved. They enjoyed themselves at Dave & Busters, Brenley liked all the fountains, and we all LOVED the water park.

As per usual, if Brenley went down the frog slide once, she went 1000 times! And Beau was running around having a blast! It was a really fun trip that I think everyone needed.

Beau's Last Baseball Game of Spring 2011 Season

.......and Mama had to miss it for work of all things!  But Brian managed to video it ( too many good ones to choose from!), and the Tigers managed to win. Beau ended the season with a double and two singles.....and he got the final out to end the game!  Fly ball to center field and he almost bobbled it, but came up with it with his bare hand.......and fists in the air when he realized it. Whoo Hoo! Great feeling all around. So proud of him this year.  He made great strides in fielding and hitting. Getting to be so strong. He has a great swing.

He will also play baseball this Fall - kid pitch, and we are excited for what is in store after this!

And then after the game, they were treated with ice cream at Braum's.......oh these boys......!!!

Father's Day and a little ball played

Beau, Brenley and Brian celebrated Donuts with Dad at Northridge on Friday. Not sure who was more excited for the time.  The kids had precious cards waiting for him and enjoyed every minute of having their dad share part of their day with them. Beau got to go into Bren's room to eat with her. Another excitement for all of them.

And now we are wrapping up Father's Day weekend, with a little extra sun and some tired eyes and bodies.  It was a great, albeit busy weekend.  Beau began a weekend tournament Friday night at 5:30.  That game produced a win so we played again Saturday at 12:30.  So after swim lessons for Bren at 8:30 and a protein breakfast, we headed out.

I would say Bren was prepared for the heat, and looking might cute to boot!

Saturday's game produced a tie ballgame (which they allow in pool play) so we took our tie game and headed home, pretty confident that we were first in our pool, which meant our first actual bracket play started Sunday again at 12:30.

So we went home and decided the neighborhood swimming pool was in our future. We spent some time there and ended with a pizza party at home.

Sunday morning came and it brought Father's Day with it!  Yeah.  We love our Daddy. So we opened gifts, ate breakfast, and headed to the ball field......again.  It was mighty hot, but our #1 Tiger fan was there again in her glory, and the boys were ready to play.

 It was a very close game, but we won, which meant we were in the championship game. About 30 minutes later we began play, only to get defeated in extra innings.

Beau Grant played an AWESOME couple games with big hits, and only feet away from hitting a homer.    So proud of our big boy.  And here are some pictures of our Daddy and his Tigers.  

Happy Father's Day to our Daddy, and my Daddy (who is so terrific!) and all the other wonderful father's out there!