Chasing Callie!

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8.20.2011

Opewation Wabbit Wescue and the Weaky Window Well!

We find all kinds of things in out basement window wells. This time it was a tiny baby rabbit.

Trent loves any reason to climb around in there.Most recently we've had soooo much rain the ground has been saturated and now our basement is leaking. The window well spung a leak and filled up to the base of the window!

We spent an hour bailing water out of it! That was a panic! So glad we were home to notice it happening! I would much rather find frogs in the window well than water!

8.17.2011

Gettin' Caught-Up

Well, it's been a month since we went up to the cabin. Time to get "caught-up" on all the fun! We caught lots of fish.We really killed em! The mosquito's that is!!! Check out the swarm by the door.Trent caught me in go-cart racing and Callie and I got caught stranded on the course. I was in the lead for mini-golf until my ball kept getting caught in the water hazard - 4 times!!! We caught up on our sleep.We caught feathers at the Indian Pow-Wow. We caught swimmers itch and a sunburn at Leech Beach.I must have been distracted by getting caught in the rain the first couple of days, or the statment Callie made, "I'm Dad's daughter, and HEeee doesn't WANnnnt me to wear sunscreen!" We got caught on film for our annual family picture.And, We caught another great bunch of memories.

7.17.2011

BaseBall Summer 2 Continued....

It wouldn't be baseball summer without mentioning ALL the baseball-y things we did.
Callie played on her first T-Ball team. And I helped coach! Quite entertaining those little 5 and 6 yr olds!


7.10.2011

4th of July

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
We had to pick-up some last minute items at the store and the reciept total came to $17.76. The cashier didn't get it. Kids these days!
The weather couldn't have been better. Each night the sunsets were amazing.Two dilema's with our family fireworks. I missed the memo on what day they were happening and was not prepared with the camera. Of course I HAD my camera, but the battery was running REALLY low and my card was full after Marshall's Africa trip. I had resigned myself to not taking any fireworks pics this year. It might be fun to just watch them anyway. Luckily Kim's Cousin Mark saved the day. He is a professional and also shoots with Canon. I couldn't believe it, but his battery fit my camera!We heard rumors that there wasn't going to be a parade this year, but it was back in full force! Owen one-up'd the extend-o-net from last year.Love that. Can't wait to see what we come up with next year. I keep expecting all the kids across the street to show up with nets or something, but they never do, and all the candy just keeps flying our way! The people love us!What do you get when you add Red, White, Blue and Orange?Walking Taco's on the 4th of July that's what! What's more American than that? Well, maybe Baseball! Great time playing in the field, complete with picnic table backstopCallie has gotten most adventure-some!The Supra just doesn't go fast enough for this girl. Too fast for Jack though!With a lot of encouragement and a final go-or-get-off ultimatium, she jumped off the high-dive all by herself.Trent had some high-flying fun!I know Trent was there for the week long celebration, but I didn't see him much. He was very busy in the paddleboat with his turtle net. I think the grand total was 9 turtles. Plus several dragonflies and a couple frogs and toads. We all had an amazing week. It's hard to fathom how unbelieveably lucky we are to make these memories together.

6.30.2011

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!

6.19.2011

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.

6.15.2011

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!