This, That, and the Other.

Ben was playing around before church last week. I told him about Men in Black so he grabbed a pen to pretend.

Marianne goofs around too.

Makayla cuddles the kitty.

Maddy marches in the Torchlight Lilac Parade with the High School Band. She is holding the flute front row, closest to us. It is hard to tell, but she is smiling. 

Maddy and three friends recieve JV awards for Softball at the sports banquet.

Mother Daughter picnic for Activity days. It rained all day, so we had it in the cultural hall. 

Waiting for school to start on Thursday.

Happy Sweet Mother's Day!

This week was the end of Maddy's 9th grade softball season. She did well and improved in her sport. She played on the JV team, but when the number of players dwindled at the end of the season, the final two JV games were cancelled and the coach invited three JV players to join the Varsity for the final games of the year. Maddy was one of the three he chose! Go Maddy! Varsity as a freshman!

Ben gets buried in the sand pile. They take turns burying each other. They like it because the sand under the ground is cooler. It has been in the high 80's all week.

As we were driving to church we noticed that the Lilac's are in full bloom. We stopped to get pictures taken in front of the Lilac bushes.

Barry was with us since it was mother's day and his early morning church meetings were cancelled, so I had Maddy take our picture. Cute couple, if I do say so myself.

Barry made my favorite Mother's day treat. Baked Alaska with chocolate chip brownie and mint n'chip ice cream. Yum!

Have a great week!

KK's Baptism

Makayla was baptized yesterday. We are so proud of her.

 We were so glad that Aunt Becca took these pictures. We had some taken professionally, but the store closed three days after and we were not able to get them (we got our money back, though).

Makayla had fun posing for these.

Our family.

Family and friends after Kayla's baptism.

Tired after a weekend with fun, Mari naps on the front porch with the dog.

Have a great week! P.S. Maddy is soooo excited  - she got the summer job she was hoping  for. She will be picking up garbage on the side of the road for minimum wage for 3 weeks.