Easter Scramble April 23, 2011

Easter Scramble 2011 Click here to view video



Softball Has Finally Begun!!!!

This weekend was Paityn’s 1st softball tournament, finally!!! There have been 3 rainouts already, so they are starting late. I can’t believe that it is the end of April and this is their first time to “hit the field”.

This tournament was just a 1 day tournament due to Easter being on Sunday. The Silver Bullets played 3 games.

The 1st game the team came out very nervous and did not play up to their potential, they lost. They ended up winning the final 2 games and got 2nd place overall. Not bad to start off with, but they were really down with themselves for letting the first game get away from them.

1st of Many

Today my young little man lost his 1st tooth!!!!!



I know you've been a good child all year round,
For that is why I have taken your tooth as a crown,
But this is only a start, for your life lies ahead,
Be a good child and do everything your parents have said,
Study well and work hard, for that is the path to success,
This is my advice to you, till I see you again!

Last Basketball Tourney This Season

This was Paityn’s last basketball tournament this season with Newberg.

This has been a really fun season…..Kept me and her busy, she learned a new sport, and spent a lot of fun time with her friends.

We headed to Lincoln City on Friday. Paul unfortunately has to work, so it will just be me and both kids. The weather isn’t supposed to be great, so I want to drive over Friday after school and work. Plus Paityn is only able to play games on Saturday since she has a mandatory softball practice on Sunday and she will also be practicing with another team. She may be picking up with a 14U softball team for a few tournaments. She is not happy about missing the last day of the tournament, but she does understand why we have to leave.

Friday night after we arrived the kids and I went and found Mo’s. This is a local favorite and there specialty is clam chowder (yummy)!!!! Mo's Chowder

We got back to our hotel room and Maddux got his jammies on and curled up right next to me and fell asleep. He had a slight fever and wasn’t feeling his best. Paityn went and found some of the other girls on the team and visited with them. I think they were just roaming from room to room, at one time they were all in our room. Poor Maddux slept through it all.

Saturday the girls played 3 games and won all 3 of them. They played great and really worked together as a team. Between games we were able to get some lunch and go down to the beach. The kids played and relaxed. The weather was beautiful and sunny.

By winning all 3 games on Saturday that meant they only had the championship game on Sunday to play. That made Paityn even more sad, but it was at the same time that softball practice was and we couldn’t make both things.

We had dinner with the team where Joe gave out nice plaques to all the girls. He has been a great coach and has helped Paityn learn the sport of basketball. Thank you Joe!!!

The team ended up winning their game on Sunday and received trophies.

Wonderful end to a great season!!!!!

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Our Sweet Baby Boy is 5!!!

I honestly can’t believe how fast the time has gone by. My little man just turned 5 today!!!!

We woke up to a beautiful scene this morning for Maddux’s birthday. Newberg and almost the entire state of Oregon was snowed in. All Newberg schools were closed and that means that mommy doesn’t drive to work!!! I’m truly a California girl when it comes to snow, I choose not to drive in it unless my life or my kids life depends on it. So the kids and I were home with Paul. Maddux opened his present from Paul and I which was a quad. He has wanted one for the last couple of years and Paul was never for it, but something changed his mind and I’m glad it did. We got him the Peg Pergo red quad. He opened it and was super excited. I began to put it together. I would love to be able to invent something that the charger and battery would be separate and that would give you the option to pre-charge the battery. Reason being….as soon as you get the new toy built the kids are all ready to ride it, but on no….you have to charge the battery for 18 hours. So Maddux got to sit on it inside the house…









Paul had to go to work and Paityn had hitting later in the day. Before we left town I stopped by a cute new cupcake shop in town and we all got to pick out a cupcake for dessert. We took Paityn to hitting and then Maddux got to choose where he wanted to go to dinner. He wanted a cheeseburger from Lil Cooperstown. We are going to have another dinner on Sunday for Maddux so Paul can go to that one. That is one bad thing about working swings…



HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

No Change Yet!!!!

So the last couple of weeks have pretty much been the same as the rest lately.

1. School – Paityn and Maddux
2. Work – Me and Paul
3. 2 nights of Speed and Agility – Paityn
4. 2 nights of hitting practice – Paityn
5. 2 nights of basketball practice – Paityn
6. Weekends full of basketball tourney and softball practice – Paityn

I’m the lucky one driving her around to all the different things she is doing and poor Maddux just gets drug around everywhere.

Maddux’s 5th Birthday Party!!!!

Maddux's 5th Birthday Party!!!! (click to view video)

We had Maddux’s birthday party this last Sunday since his “girlfriend” Lillee was in town from Reno. We couldn’t have a lot of his friends over because of course Paityn had a basketball tournament and we had no idea when it was going to be done. We had a smaller “family and close friends” party for him and he was thrilled. He is not into his parties as much as Paityn was. I think it has a lot to do with the weather also.

Paityn played her first game on Sunday at 11:30 AM in Beaverton and won, YEA!!!! After that game was finished Maddux and I headed out. I took him to lunch, drove to Lafayette to pick up food for his party, and then home to get things set up at the house. I tried to make the rest of the day all about him, since almost every other day is about Paityn.

With tons of help as always from my mom and dad we were able to get everything done before the party started and people started to arrive. Honestly I don’t think it really matters if I have a small party or a huge party. I tend to have the same amount of food and things to prepare for and just as expensive!!!! I knew I wasn’t going to have that much time cooking and getting things ready, so I decided to have a Mexican food theme.

Appetizers
Homemade jalapeño poppers
Homemade habanera poppers
Homemade salsa/chips
7 layer dip

Dinner
Carnitas
Rice
Beans
Tortillas
Shrimp salad
Fruit

I also made his cake. I asked him what kind of cake he wanted and he told me chocolate, chocolate, and white chocolate chips. The theme for his party was a “painting theme”, I had to try to think of something that the kids could do indoors…..So I made him a 5 layer (since he was tuning 5) chocolate cake with chocolate frosting with white chocolate chips sprinkled in between each layer. Then we decorated it like a paint can…..I think the word is “TRIED” to decorate it looking like a paint can. Between my dad and I, I think we did a pretty decent job.

The “activity” for the kids was to paint a tile. I also had paper for them to paint on, but it was just way to cold to be out in the garage for that long of time and I don’t think the paint would have dried. As it is, the paint on some of the tiles are a little wet.

Overall the party was a hit and most importantly Maddux had a great party!!!!