Kate and her friends taking a break from watching the games!
Jumpin' Dalton!

Go Ty, Go!

My good friend, Pam, and her family came into town over the 24th of July holiday to visit with family and friends. Her sister's boy plays ball with Ty, so we get to hang out all together! We were so lucky to spend a few fun days with them. All the girls went to lunch one day, then that night Pam's girls babysat Kate and Ellie while all the little boys and all the adults went to dinner and the Raptors game. We had a great time. Kate loved it too because they had a little "girl" party that we decorated for!

Then, we all headed up to Heber City for the boys to play in the Tournament of Champions. We won't go further into that, because we did not do well at all! Anyway, we stayed in Park City with the Browns and the Clarks and had a great time. Everyone did the Alpine Slide, swam and the little girls did some fun rides.

Our family vacations revolve around ball tournaments, so it was fun we could combine some friend/family time with baseball!

Bear Lake...finally!

I have been so excited to get up to Bear Lake and this past weekend we finally made it. It took so long for summer to come, then even longer for us to have a day off from baseball. I actually got Dalton to come (despite his hatred for Bear Lake since the whole "tick" incident) and he had a good time. Dalton brought his friend Mason and Cody and his girls were there too. Kate was so excited to go to the beach. We had a lot of fun! Just a note: Ty is not in any pics because he went to Lava with Grandma and Grandpa Wilson for a chance to go fishing with Grandpa.

I think this fourth of July was the best one yet! There are sooo many reasons! The weather was great - below 100 for the first time in recent memory! The boys are old enough I don't have to worry about them getting lost. All the kids were in the parade. Ty rode on the Weber County Fair truck, Dalton rode behind them and Kate was with her dance group. For the first time EVER, Greg lasted through all the activities including fireworks and had fun! (Most of you know he's done before the fireworks go off!) We had a great seat for the fireworks and you only have to show up five minutes before the parade starts to get your seat! Actually, our old neighbor always sets out seats for us so we're really spoiled.

Plain City seemed to have more activities this year that kept the kids interested. Only in Plain City could you come home from the festivities with a live fish caught by hand, a real life chicken caught with your hands and dripping with mud from playing mud volleyball in the middle of the horse arena! You gotta love that! I just realized I am not in any pics, but I was there! We are so lucky to have lived in Plain City and have such great friends in our community!

River Bottom Boys Baseball

Dalton's team had a fun end of year party. The coach planned a parents vs. players game (I even hit), pizza, and awards. He gave each player a new ball with a case and had each of their teammates sign it. It was really cool! They didn't have a "winning" season but I think they had a lot of fun and learned a lot!

Shock Baseball Girls

The little sisters of the Shock Baseball team have become such good friends. They are all such good sports - going to soo many games and cheering on their brothers. Recently, we got shirts and shorts for them so they would look official! They looked so cute I had to share.

Swim, Swim, Swim

Kate started swimming lessons in June with her friend Payton. They went to Miss Anne, who both Dalton and Ty have taken from. I was really nervous about Kate, you never know if she will try something or not. She surprised me! She loved swimming lessons. She would just wait all day to go! Her and Payton were lucky enough to be in a class with only one other person. They learned so much and did not want lessons to end!

love this pic....some friendly competition!

Wiffle Ball

Last month we had a wild game of Wiffle Ball at Chad's house. I love when all the cousins can play together - they have such a good time with each other! Grandpa is the designated pitcher for both teams and the little ones bat when they feel like it. Kate was mostly playing with the toys. Ty tries his best to remember it's just a game. haha

MAY 2010

JUNE 2010

School's Out - Vacation's On!

School let out early on Friday before Memorial Day. We went straight from school to the baseball tournament, came home for one day then left to St. George with my Mom. Grandpa Oborn went out of town for work, so Grandma wanted her own vacation. I took all the kids and their cousin Austin came too!

After a very cold May, this was the perfect trip to start the summer. The kids swam three times a day and loved it. The weather was great! We visited an old Ghost Town, the Brigham Young house and saw the movie "Babies".

On Thursday, we left Kate with Grandma and went to see Las Vegas. Austin came with us and we had such a good time. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory, saw Pete Rose, rode the roller coaster at NY NY, did taste testing at the Coke factory and played around at the M&M factory. The boys were in awe of the hotels as well as the weird people! We stayed in a nice place and swam some more!

We left the next day, picked up Kate in St. George (swam again) and headed home. We were home about ten hours when we left for another baseball tournament in Idaho Falls. It was just for the day, but we were able to visit with our friends who live up there and play two games! What a start to summer!