lake coolness

Last weekend while we had some time to fill between Conner's baseball playoff games, we had a picnic lunch by the lake in Estes Park.

Afterward, the kids and I waded in the water. It felt so cool and wonderful! It has been stinkin' hot this summer.

Chase found a crawdad (crayfish) and caught it.

It was a nice little break amidst all the busyness.

Third Day

Third Day is one of my favorite Christian bands. They were performing a FREE concert at our old church last night, so we were excited. The line was looong but I heard everyone who waited got tickets.

It was a great concert and the band is so nice. They stayed after to sign autographs. What great guys!

And soccer begins

I found a great soccer program for Brenna and Aiden. Neither of them have played before, and this is pretty non-competitive. It's put on by a church, and before each game they have a Bible verse and truth to memorize.


Brenna is enjoying it, but said after the first game that it's harder than she expected it to be.

Aiden was slow to warm up to the game, but has really gotten excited about it in the last week.

This pic was taken right after he made his first goal.

Baseball ends

Usually we have 2 or 3 of our kids in summer baseball, but this year it was only Conner. It's his first year at the senior level which meant travelling to nearby cities for some of the games. A couple of them were not so nearby.

They finished the season with only 2 losses and went on to the playoffs which were held this weekend. Saturday his game was at 1:30 in Lyons -- an hour away. They won, which meant they'd played again Sunday. At 8 a.m. Again, an hour away. Ugh. So that meant a very early morning for us all. They also won that game and went on the the final game at 2 p.m.

The team played great and came out victorious! They took 1st place. Way to go Conner and the Angels!!

my boys are back

and they had a great time!

And now Brenna is off to camp. This is her first time and she was a bit nervous. But she has her good friend Anna with her and I know she'll do great. =)