Family Time

Last Monday I had the day off, and since Chase was home, we decided to surprise the kids and take them out of school at lunch time. We headed to Disneyland (along with tons of other people who must have had the same idea) for some family fun. Since it was so crowded, we explored some of the things we hadn't done before, including the canoes and Tom Sawyer's island. It was great!

One of these days I'm going to make an entire album of merry-go-round pictures.

Self-portrait on Dumbo!

Okay, I love this picture!! Love, love, love it! Sarah did not want to wear the life jacket that was required for her to go on the canoes, but we put it on her anyway. After a bit of crying, she finally stopped and attempted to enjoy the ride. I held up the camera and told her to smile. This is what I got!

Disneyland does a great job of fall decorating. Can't wait 'till Christmas!

And we can't forget Maggie the cow!

Sarah's 1st field trip

During the summer, Sarah went to Miss Heidi's class. It was great, and I am glad that she's finally got something for her. Now that it's fall, she gets to go again, and part of the class included a field trip to the Fullerton Arboretum at CSUF. I love that place, in fact, it's where Chase and I got married. So last week, Chase got the opportunity to take Sarah to visit a place that we both love. And she was so excited!

I talked to her on the phone after she got home that day, and she told me about the "shishiesh" (fishies) in the bird's mouth, the "puckins", and the ducks & turtles.

Baseball

So, Caleb is now playing in his fifth season of baseball. He started out in Pony ball when he was just five, still in preschool! Then he played in kindergarten, and liked it so much that he did fall ball in first grade. Then came spring ball again, and every season he's gotten better and better, but we wanted to make sure he tried out more than just baseball. So Chase had convinced him to give flag football a try, which he agreed to. After the first practice, though, the whole thing was cancelled (lack of $$) so he managed to squeeze back into baseball. And I'm so glad he did!

Although it takes up a good portion of each Saturday, I love to watch those games. I don't mean to brag, but he's great out there...and that boy can throw a ball! He's an awesome pitcher, mostly getting 3 strikeouts every inning. And the faces he makes...priceless.

And the past two weeks have been awesome, a home run each game!

Look at that running!

Those are Chase's legs, right in front of the daring slide into home. (I always ask Chase to move over, but this is what I end up with!)

Now I know that the chances of succeeding in the Big Leagues are slim, and the odds are always against you, but I would not be the least bit surprised if someday, Chase and I sat up in the stands of some stadium and watched our boy play ball!

Time to Catch Up

Well, if you've been wondering why I haven't posted much lately, it's due to the ongoing battle between my computer and me. This summer, I attempted to "clean up" things on it so it would run faster. That plan backfired. It seems that it's dying a slow death, near it's last breaths. So I spent all yesterday afternoon backing up all my photos (thankfully, I had done that earlier in the summer, so there weren't too, too many) and preparing, just in case. And I managed to get some of my more current pics onto my flash drive, so I can post via my work laptop...yay! So here goes!

Emma's birthday

Our family came over the night before for some cake and presents.

MMMM yummy!

Emma decided last Christmas that she wanted to go to Disneyland for her birthday this year. So that's just what we did, and we had a great day. I truly find it amazing that she's already six years old. At the same time, she seems so much more grown up than that! She is quite the reader now, only two months into first grade. She loves to draw pictures and write stories. And she loves Disneyland...


To top it all off, we had dinner and her (and my) favorite restaurant, The Old Spaghetti Factory, and even Grandma & Grandpa came!

What a great day!