Ethans Final Baseball Game......

Tonight was The Mountain Home AFB Braves final game!  They did such a great job this season.  Tonight, Ethan hit 2 singles and a double!! He was really blessed with  great team and coach this year!  Below are some highlights!

Heading to the field

Rachel getting some belly sugar off of Caleb :)

This is what the boys do during the game...

Ethan and some of his pals from the team...

It's a Double...YAY!

In the league here they use a pitching machine for the games...Ethan really thought that was cool! Here he is playing second base.

Getting a player out as catcher!!

Poor little Michael was so tired...

Ethan making a play as pitcher..

Getting some advice from his Daddy...

Until Next Time,

Michelle 

Wordless Wednesday...

Okay, maybe a couple of words...now that Spring is here (sort of), all these flowers started blooming in our yard.  I LOVE them...especially the tulips.  The person who lived here before must have been a big tulip fan...they are everywhere ( front, back, and sides of the house) and several colors!

MK Nature Center Field Trip....

The past couple of months, my friend Melissa and I have been trying to get our kids together once a month to do some sort of homeschooling outing.  This month we chose to go to the MK Nature Center in Boise.  Thankfully the weather was perfect and kids really enjoyed it!  Melissa had printed off scavenger hunts from the centers website for the kids to do ( each at their own level) and brought clipboards for them to use.  At first I didn't know how they would take having to do "schoolwork" while being on a field trip, but to my surprise they were thrilled to pieces to have those papers.  All the kids were so excited, especially Trey and Caleb ( our 4 year olds).  They went from one station to the next hunting down answers....it was SUPER cute seeing 7 little kids walking around with their pens and clipboards.  It was a great time and afterwards we topped it off with lunch at Sonic :).  I am truly grateful to have met Melissa while being stationed here...not only do we get along really well, but our kids do too!! I just hate our time with them was short....but like I told her the Air Force family is smaller than you think and hopefully one day we will be stationed with each other or close to each other again!!  One plus is that she does have family in NC, so we will always have that connection!

Off to answer our questions...

 Michael was telling me about something he had found...so cute :)

Melissa helping the kids with some of their questions....

Michael also wanted to "read" every sign...lol

Trey and Caleb LOVED their scavenger hunts...

Aren't they a "HOOT".. :)

Smiles,
Michelle

Happy 3rd Birthday Michael!!!

This past Saturday was Michael's 3rd birthday!  It was a bittersweet day for me.  I'm very excited that our baby is growing up, that he can now carry on a conversation with me, and that his little personality is just blossoming.  However, he is our last one, so all of the stages he finishes I know we will not go through them again and it's kind of sad....does that make any sense??

This year, we let the kids pick out what they wanted to do for their birthday and Michael wanted to go bowling.  So on Friday night, we all went to the bowling alley here on base and had a great time!!  The smile and excitement on his face were priceless....he really had a blast!!

Michael, you are the best surprise we have ever gotten and we are so thankful to be your parents.  Your smile just lights up the room and you have the funniest little personality!  We love you SO much...Happy Birthday!!