Let the games begin!

Last night was the start of baseball season for us and will keep us busy every Tuesday and Thursday night and Saturday mornings. Travis had a game at 5:30 and Carson had a game at 6:30 in Byron. We took two cars so that Christian could run Carson to his game. Travis is playing t-ball this year and as usual, it was quite entertaining! Carson is in his second year of coach pitch and is loving it! 

Carson's first at bat.

He played catcher and really like doing that!

Travis got to play catcher also and was really good about getting the ball and putting it on the tee.

Travis has quite the wind up!

Little slugger!

Last day of School!

Today was the last day of school for Carson! Carson has had a great year! According to his report card, he grew 1.5 inches and gained 5.5 pounds! We are so happy about all of his achievements and improvements this year. He was really excited to find out that he got Mrs. J. May next year and that his good friend, Jacob B., is going to be in his class!

He has changed quite a bit from the beginning of this year!

Beginning of 2nd grade.

To celebrate the end of the school year, Carson got to invite a few of his friends over for lunch and a water fight. We woke up to overcast skies and wind. I was so glad that it actually warmed up and was nice enough for the boys to play outside!

Eating some lunch. We had hot dogs, chips, watermelon, string cheese, pudding and pop for lunch.

Jacob was such a good sport and sat at the little guy table!

AFter lunch, we started out with a game where we tied a string to their ankles and attached a water balloon to the end and they tried to pop each others.

Jared was the last man standing with a balloon attached.

 Our next game was a balloon toss and they all did pretty good!

After that game, I let them have free rein on the waterballoons. It was quite the war zone!

Carson getting bombed by his friend Braxton.

Once the balloons were gone (which didn't take long), we filled up some totes with water in different spots in the yard, the boys split up into teams and they had a squirter war.

The face-off!

Landon was in heaven having so many friends around to play with!

When the totes ran out of water, we took a time out and had a popsicle break while we filled up the totes again with water and filled the rest of the water balloons.

After the popsicle break they picked up right where they left off...

Landon had a really hard time keeping his hands off the water balloons!

The group (l-r): Parker S., Rocco R., Carson, Jared M., Braxton F., Jacob B., Manning M., and Travis!

I would have to say that this was a great way to start out summer vacation!

Elementary Fun day!

Today was fun day at the Elementary school. This year, the weather was perfect for all the activities! We showed up around 9 to watch Carson and the rest of the second grade classes participate in some relay races. Their first relay was pushing a kick ball with their heads to the next person in line.

Carson's turn!

Carson cheering on his classmate.

Their second relay was to carry a water balloon under their chin and give it to the next person in line:

He made it without popping his balloon.

Their third relay looked really fun. They had to pass a series of cups with holes in them over their head to the person behind them. Lucky for them, it was hot making the cool water a welcomed thing!

Carson's class. The second graders were supposed to wear red this year. They got to tie dye white shirts in their class which was super fun!

After their relay races, they had an hour of swimming so while they were swimming the little boys and I went and ran a few errands. We got back from running our errands before the next grade had shown up to do the obstacle course, so a bunch of the kids that aren't in school yet were given the chance to try it out. They thought they were pretty cool!

Landon doing the balance beam part. He was so funny to watch. He would side step along and scream like a girl when he would fall off!

Travis and his friend Sam racing each other.

Travis taking a break under one part of the obstacle course.

After swimming, they came back and did the tug of war. This event always gets the kids in a competitive spirit. Carson was pumped that his class only lost once!

The whole second grade: boys vs girls...and the girls won...both times!

The boys would just always end up in a pile!

Just Carson's class tugging.

Landon and Travis were really good about hanging out and watching their big brother.

Victory!

 After the tug of war, they did the obstacle course. They had some really neat obstacles put up this year. Carson said he ran through it six times!

Clearing a pool noodle hurdle.

After Carson had run through the obstacle course once, the boys and I headed home. Grandma Foulger came over shortly after we got home and stayed to watch Travis and Landon so I could walk with Carson's class down to the Hyart Theatre for their final fun day activity: watching Toy Story 3. We got bottled water and skittles to enjoy with our show. It was such a good day and like I said to a friend, I'm so glad that we get to live in a community that does such great things for our kids, and allows/encourages families to be a part of it all!

Memorial Day weekend!

We love it when we get to have a long weekend with Christian at home. We took advantage of all the time we had over Memorial Day weekend this year. Friday, was the only day that week that we didn't have to be anywhere in the morning, so we pulled out the car and cleaned it out and vacuumed it all. The boys did a really good job of hosing down the car mats for me. As soon as they had their job done, they were using the hose to squirt each other and making  a mess in the mud...but were having a great time! 

Landon and Travis enjoying a popsicle at 10 in the morning while I cleaned out the car. It was a warm one that day!

Saturday, we slept in and had a late breakfast. After breakfast, we planted our garden. The boys were all really good helpers and Travis was our photographer (until he dropped the camera and it didn't work any more). This year, we extended out our garden a little bit. We planted 18 tomato plants, 8 bell pepper plants, 4 each of jalapeno and Hungarian wax plants, 2 cucumber plants, a squash, zucchini, watermelon and cantaloupe plant. He are hoping that it produces as well as it did last summer!

We had to move some dirt around before we started to level it out some.

Planting away.

Teamwork in pajamas!

 After planting the garden, we ran out to grandpa and grandma Asay's house so that Christian could spray some weeds for his mom. Michael and Emily showed up shortly after we got there, so the boys were excited to get to hang out with their cousins. We all went and checked out the sheep and goats and then hung out for a bit. On our way home, we noticed that there was a storm coming in. As I was observing, I noticed what looked like a fire and thought it was interesting that the smoke was the exact some color as the clouds. As we drove a little bit more, we finally realized that it wasn't smoke, it was a TORNADO! It was the craziest thing. We stopped to take a picture and watch it for a bit. By the time we got to town, it had dissolved, but continued to watch the storm as it moved thinking we were going to get some major rain and hail, but we never really did. We got a little rain was all.

My picture of the tornado. I'm sad all I had was my phone to snap a picture with.

That evening, after the kids had napped, we made our way over to Powell for dinner. Megan and Jabin were able to fly into Billings earlier that morning, so we partied with everyone!

Enjoying some dinner.

The boys think Jabin is pretty cool and were able to talk him into eating at the kids table with them!

Sunday, we went to church and then had our home teachers visit. After they left, Grandpa and Grandma Foulger and butts and Jabin came over for dinner. We had dinner, played some baseball, and then tried to finish off the rest of the pies we didn't eat the night before. We sent the kids to bed later so the adults could play some cards! It had been awhile since we got to do that! We had some good laughs!!

Carson enjoying the last little bit of Lemon meringue pie!

Monday, we slept in again and then did some yard work. We got ready and then headed out to Grandpa and Grandma Asay's house for a picnic lunch. It was fun for all of us to be together for the afternoon.

Part of the group eating outside.

The guys hanging out.

Landon loves riding on the bouncy horse.

The boys loved having their cousins around to play with! 

The whole gang! We are just missing Elder Asay!

After hanging out for a while, we came home and the boys ran through the sprinklers while Christian and I put togther the treadmill we just bought. It was a great weekend with all of our family!