End of the season!

We finished off the season with a busy weekend... two games and our team party at Wicked West pizza. We had lots of fun! It's so fun to watch Connor play ball and it's so special to see Mike out there as the coach. He's so amazing with the kids- and the parents have so many nice things to say about Mike. He really is an awesome coach. The kids love him and he really helps each ball player progress and grow. Madeline likes to go to the games and cheer on her brother. It's so swet to hear her yell for Connor (and Daddy!). She's made friends with all the other siblings and loves to  play with all the kids. I love that we get to spend time at the ball park and watching Connorr play is just so much fun... one of my favorite things to do!

Splash Park Fun!

We are so blessed to have this awesome park by our house! The kids love cooling off at the splash park during the summer. Maddie was a bit timid at first but got comfortable quickly. Connor ran right in and went under the big buckets and got a ton of water dumped on his head! I love hanging out with them and just watching them laugh and have a blast together!

Barbeque at the Bollengiers

We spent Sunday with the Bollengier family celebrating Baylee's 6th birthday!  We had a wonderful time cooling off in their beautiful pool, eating delicious food, and catching up with our dear friends. It was a great day!

Fun Day in SF

We had a wonderful day in San Francisco last weekend. One of the Christmas presents we got for Dave and Jill was tickets to a Giants game whcih was dedicated to "Knocking Cancer Out of the Park." We decided to go to the city early so we could take the kids to the Exploratorium. Connor loved it and could have easily spent more time there! We'll have to return soon! We finished the day at the Giants game... we had a great time, even though the Giants lost. :-(  It was fedora hat day, so we all got our own Giants fedora. The kids were amazing as always... going without a nap and staying up way past their bedtimes. They were happy and energetic the whole day. As you can see in the last photo- they crashed soon after we got in the car! That's how you know the day was filled with fun and excitement! So thankful for our family, an awesome city so close by, the SF Giants, and so much more!

Mother's Day

We had a lovely day celebrating Mother's Day this year. First, we went to Mom's home and had a lovely brunch with my family. Then we headed to Dave and Jill's for an afternoon bar-b-que. It was nice to be around family and celebrate all the wonderful, amazing moms in our families. The only negative was that Maddie was very sick, so Michael stayed at home with her... hence the last picture of her sleeping on the floor. Poor baby girl! I missed her that day, but being her mom is like having Mother's Day everyday! 

Baby girl's trip to the hospital...

Although not a happy occasion to post about, I'm doing so for documentation purposes since I seem to be so forgettful since entering motherhood! Anyhow, we had to take Maddie to the emergency room one night this month. She started wheezing really bad at Connor's baseball game (it was an especially windy night and the allergies seemed worse). The wheezing didn't stop and we called the advice nurse around 9pm, and of course, they sent us to the ER. Luckily- it was a night that Mal was home from work, so she stayed with Connor while Michael and I took her in. She was fine, but needed a couple breathing treatments. She was such a trooper that night- falling asleep during the breathing treatments and just allowing the doctor and nurses to check her out without much fuss at all. Since then, she's had a couple wheezing incidents so we're carrying her inhaler with us everywhere. She's pretty good about taking it and it helps tremendously. Poor Madeline, we passed on our allergies and asthma to her. It's a terrible feeling to have your child sick... but this experience made me so thankful for our healthy children. 

Celebrating Mommy's Birthday

Muckdogs Baseball!