good times

Swimming at the clubhouse with Grandma Olsen and Kyleigh!

pinewood derby 2011

We all had a great time attending the 2011 pinewood derby races. Garrett was so proud of his car, it looks kind of like Lightning McQueen, but he named it Flame Rod.

It wasn't the fastest car of the races, but he won the Judge's Choice award for overall design.

baseball

It is really fun to go to Garrett's baseball games and cheer him on. His team decided to call themselves the White Knights. It is such a great time to spend with the other families and friends. Grace and Jack have lots of fun playing with all the baseball siblings in the shade. I am sure by the last game we will all be cooking in the sun, but for now it is perfect!

catching

This season Garrett has had the opportunity to try catching. It is a different experience for the kids, because they have to wear all sorts of extra gear.

He didn't hate it, but it is not his favorite thing to do in a baseball game. These pics are from practice, but he also was the catcher for one inning during the game on Saturday.

The other thing about being a catcher this time of year is the heat. When he took off his gear Garrett was super sweaty and hot!

You can see Jack is super hot too. We came prepared with lots of drinks and squirt bottles with water to keep everyone cool.

pinewood derby

This year was Garrett's first Pinewood Derby and he did a great job! He designed his car after Ramone from the Cars movie. He won 1st place in a couple of rounds and 2nd place in a couple of rounds. He also won Judges Choice for his design. We are so proud! He really worked hard on his car.

coloring easter eggs

This year we were able to color eggs out on the back patio. (Have I mentioned I love "winter" in Arizona?) Garrett decided that he would rather play with his friends that to color eggs with us, so it was just Jack and Grace. They didn't mind of course, it meant more eggs for them to color. Tomorrow they get to take the eggs to preschool for their Easter party.

camping in china

Grace's preschool class was talking about traveling, vacations and trips. They read a few stories and then the teacher asked the class if anyone had been on a trip or vacation that they wanted to talk about. Grace raised her hand and this is what she said:

"I went camping in China. We had s'mores and a campfire and it was lots of fun. I love camping in China!"

Now don't ask me how she even knows what China is, but she was quite convincing. Maybe someday!

Silly girl

It got quiet in the house and I couldn't find Grace. After a few minutes of calling her name, I found her on this chair all bundled up in a blanket. It was quite windy and she was just sitting and watching the birds in the yard. What a funny girl!