Spring Happenings

Well, we haven't done a lot of traveling (T-Ball games every Saturday) but we've kept pretty busy this spring.  One of our first jobs was cleaning out the basement and attic.  I have no idea how we accumulated so much stuff in only 8 years but it sure feels good to get rid of a lot of stuff.  We even had a yard sale at a friends and made a little money off of it.  And now...

We always enjoy the Camp Hill Memorial Day parade.  The kids love most getting the candy people throw:)

Lots of baseball pictures.  We're just having such a wonderful experience.  Nate is enjoying helping to coach and the other coaches are doing such a great job.  The improvement from the beginning of the season is just amazing.  It really is a great team and Max is really enjoying playing (though he'll tell you his favorite parts are hanging out in the dug out with his buddies and seeing what snack he'll get after the game:))

A typical game:

Last Saturday Max got the game ball.  He had 3 great hits and a nice fielding play at 3rd.  We were all proud:)

Aliyah with one of her daily set ups.

Nate built a fire pit out of an old charcoal grill early in the spring.  We've gotten a lot of use out of it and love making smores!

Can't be spring without some dirt/grass stew!

The other Friday evening the baseball association had their night at the local minor league Senators game.  Nate and Max got to go out on the field during the National Anthem.  They had a blast. I also caught a T-shirt during the game and then fell after I caught it:)

Aunt Julie was out for her birthday weekend so they enjoyed sharing some cotton candy!

Towards the end of the year they had a pre-school picnic.  They played on the playground, had a snack and did a craft.  Siblings were allowed to come too and they all had fun.

Our biggest house project this year was our new doors!! We saved the tax refund check and decided this was the thing to spend the $$ on.  The doors were original to the house (75 years old), terribly drafty and the back one the knob hasn't worked since we lived here (could only use a key on the dead bolt to unlock, sort of a fire hazard now that the kids are older and could get out).  We had our fix it guy from church come out and do an amazing job.  What he thought would take a day and a half took nearly 4 because the house is so old and uneven, but he's a perfectionist and we couldn't be happier.  Of course a new door in the kitchen lead to a whole re-paint of the whole room.  It's nice to have everything all clean and spruced up in there.

 

And a little gardening fit in there too:)