Andrew's T-Ball

Andrew is playing T-ball this year. It is the first time that he has ever done an organized sport. He loves it, and it is so much fun to watch. The kids are so cute. We especially love when some of his teammates get tired or bored and lay down in the outfield or chase ladybugs. Andrew's team is called the Red Socks. CAL Baseball is a wonderful league that stresses the fun of the game and good sportsmanship. I highly reccomend this league to anyone interested.

Malea loves to go to the games and can't wait until she can play.

Alex loves to be outside and play.

Andrew got a hit and made it to first.

Andrew with his second cousin Jason

Warming up to bat.

Yelling

The other day we were in the car and we stopped at 7 11 to get a soda. I ran in and Steve stayed with the kids in the car. While I was inside Steve changed the radio station to music that he likes. Malea was crying and saying that she did not like this music. Andrew said that it was Daddy's music because it was yelling music. Malea replied, "Mommy doesn't like yelling music, she just likes to yell at us." Guess I should really work on not yelling so much!

Snow in Riverside

A few weeks ago Steve's sister Wendie went up to Big Bear for the weekend. It snowed the whole time they were up there and so their truck bed was full of snow. They brought it down the mountain with them so that the kids could play in it. My kids have never really been in the snow and they thought it was great fun. They had a snowball fight, and we built a snowman. Thank you Uncle Richard and Aunt Wendie for the fun day!

Amy's Farm

So I know that I am way behind on my posts and that I have not updated my blog in forever, but I am starting with this post.

About a month ago I took Malea, Elyse and Alex to a place called Amy's farm. It is in Ontario and they are a farm that takes the baby cows from nearby dairy farms and care for them until they can go back to their original farms. They do a lot of school and group tours. They have a lot of great things to see and do. The kids got to feed baby cows, pet goats and pigs, hold baby chicks and learn about the farm. We all had a great time. If you ever get the chance to go, I definitely reccomend it. Just remember that it is a farm, which means it is dirty and smelly.

Merry Christmas late!

We hope that everyone had a Very Merry Christmas filled with family and love. I hope that we all remebered the true meaning of Christmas as we celebrated. I am so thankful for this time of year and the joy it brings to all of us.

We had a wonderful Christmas and here are a few pictures from that fun morning! They are in the wrong order, but I am too lazy to fix them.

Here is Steve having more fun with the toys than the kids. Steve has always loved Nerf guns.

Another of Steve with the Nerf gun. You wouldn't know that it is actually Andrew's present.

Alex eating wrapping paper. Yum!

Andrew with his new Hot Wheels set.

Malea with her Cabbage Patch kid. Lilly Paula is her name. I think she is very cute.

Alex wasn't too sure about the whole unwrapping presents thing, but he remained happy and loves his new toys.

Malea's new dollhouse. Andrew likes it as much as she does, and they have been playing with it non-stop.

Before the chaos began.

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Christmas Pictures

This morning I decided that I needed to get pictures done for our Christmas cards. It was definitely interesting. Andrew and Alex were sick all weekend, Andrew with the stomach flu and Alex with croupe. Needless to say, it was not a fun weekend and today they were both still a little bit grumpy and not feelin 100%. I got them all bathed and dressed and told them they just had to be cute for a couple of pictures. This is some of what I got. I do think they turned out pretty cute, even if they are not perfect, and of course at least one of them looks goofy in each one. That's kids for you. I've also learned that the more kids you add, the less likely you're going to get a really great shot.