Take me out to the Ball Game....

Trent is no longer a one sport man. He has expanded his sports resume to include Baseball. Though at this point no one will be recruiting him based on his mad skillz. During his rise to hockey stardom we forgot to teach the kid to catch. The last time he played baseball was in '06 and '07. It was a very rough start.
Lots of this....And this....We've even played in the pouring rain. Torrential!
Yeah, its a Park n'Rec team but not everyone gets to play. The Coach is IN-T-E-N-S-E! In fact he tried to convince me to have Trent play with the 7 & 8 year olds. Umm, NO. Nice guy, way to build a kid's confidence! The good kids keep getting better and the not so good kids get left kicking sand. I could go on, but will say, it really gives me a different perspective going into this next hockey season.
Speaking of hockey, check out this Baseball Goalie."Cover your short side, stick on the ice, don't get deep." (Name the movie Luke.)
I like to see the best in people, so I can say he does have a few redeeming qualities. We'll be chalking this one up to one of those life lessons. Sometimes your leaders aren't always the best leaders but they're the one you're stuck with. Make the best of it.
In between games where he wants to quit, there are fun times. Trent had a "Major League" moment. Walking the field at the Brewer's Game.He said he felt, "so small." It happened so fast I didn't even see Trent, luckily I just kept snapping away and found him in the picture later. Nothing beats the opportunities the Admirals offer, but this was cool.When Trent was 6mo. old. We drove down to the "Field of Dreams" in Dyersville Iowa.Neat destination if you're looking for a little road trip. They have a diamond there and you can play a game. That summer we did other baseball-y things, so I nick-named it Baseball Summer. This is Baseball Summer 2. All Trent's games, plus Callie started t-ball. And, in addition, after not going to a single game the last two summers, we have been to 3 Brewer's Games in the last month.
The game with Trent's team,
Once with Marshall's FamilyOnce just us..Baseball Summer 2. Here's to surviving our rookie season!

No More Teachers, No More Books!

Schools out, Summer's Here! Yippee! We love, LOVE Summer!
It's amazing how fast you fall into that summer routine. Sleeping in, staying up late. Eating when ever. It's a good life! The kids earned a little down time. Just before school ended, they both walked into the kitchen, and in unison announced, "Look what we got!" So proud of themselves! What a pleasant surprise public school turned out to be!
The end of the school year seemed to come at just the right time for the kids. The last few weeks were dotted with fun. Fieldtrips to the Zoo, A bike rodeo, Fishing Jamborree, all school show with Art Gallery and Olympics day. Gran picked up a fine piece of Art from a budding artist named Trent.The Kindergarten had a special end of the school year show. Callie was so excited to be the cow. What a ham! Or should I say Ham-Burger!Callie's teacher put together an amazing photoshow. It was set up month to month and showcased all the special things they learned, celebrated, or did. I even made the show from the Apple Barn field trip and the Zoo. Yup, the girl who is never in any pictures, made the kindergarten slide show! I went on most of the fieldtrips Callie's class went on this year. At the Zoo, we especially liked the new Butterfly Exhibit. It was fun to see the kids reactions when a Butterfly would land on them. They really liked Callie's hat.

Chasing Time Rewind

I'm finally caught up! Check out some posts that have been long overdue!
Valentine's Day
A look at Trent's creativity.
A trip to one of my least favorite resturants.
And if you scroll down a couple posts. You'll get a great flashback to the 80's.
Enjoy!

#4 is No More!

Trent's tooth that is. But just to mention it, Brett Favre did actually retire this year.
It's about time one of Trent's teeth comes out on it's own, with very little drama! Just a little wrestling with a friend and the tooth pops out!

A Perfect 10!

The flags were waving as she slowly stepped up, not once, but twice, to the top of the podium. The gold medal winners spot. The crowd cheered as she held her hands high! It was a perfect 10!Such form!Such grace!So they all got to go on the platform and collet gold medals, so what! It was real for them! And the Parents and Grandparents in the bleachers couldn't have been more proud!Go Callie!

Fisher-Girl

"Mom can we go fishing?" How can I say no to a request like that!
Twinkle Toes - we already know they are the shoe of choice for Cheerleading, apparently they are lucky fishing shoes too.No fish off the seawall, so we hiked it up the lake trail a bit. Little mud sliding gets ya right down to the action.The girl doesn't mind "getting her feet wet, and then of course,eventually her whole body!"I wish I can go fishing all the time."

Lego Me

Meet Lego Trent and Lego Owen. Lego Candy! Thanks Gran!
Lego Land, aka. our basement table.