Kindergarten Track Meet

Today was the Kindergarten Track Meet.  Marc has Fridays off so he got to go with Marcus.  I was bummed because track was my best sport growing up so I was sad to miss this.

Here's Olivia waiting for her instructions.

Emma surrounded by her friends.  A side note to this...the little boy in the blue shirt is Jacob.  Apparently Jacob has a huge crush on Emma.  During the Mom's Day breakfast I noticed he kept running up to her and hugging her...she just said "Jacob Loves Me!"  Marc met his parents today and they said all Jacob talks about is our little Emma.  Marc said he watched every move Emma made.  Too funny! 

The girls ran a whole lap around the track.  When they called Emma's name she gave her Daddy a hug and he said "You're going to win, right Emma?"  She smiled and said "Yes!"...and that's exactly what she did.  Marc said the moment they said go, Emma was off and never looked back.  Olivia is behind her in this picture.  She never got closer than that.  Emma won by a long shot!  Marc said at the end he shouted at her that everyone was catching her and she put her head down and ran even faster.  She's got quite the competitive streak in her.  That's my little sprinter!

Marc said Olivia could have given Emma more of a challenge but was too concerned about her friends behind her.  She kept waiting for them to catch up and running with them.  Look at that form though!  I still think she's my long distance girl.  Both girls did very well and made their Daddy and brother proud.

Emma came home with a First Place blue ribbon.  Olivia came home with a Second Place red ribbon.  They were very excited about their ribbons.  I even brought out my memory book and showed them my ribbons from my elementary track meets.  They were very excited to know they were just like their Mommy...I was pretty proud too.

Their next event was a jumping event.  Here they are standing in line. 

Marc said Olivia did very well in the jumping events.  Jump Olivia Jump!

Here's Emma patiently waiting her turn.

I guess she jumps like a bunny.  But she had a blast.  Both girls had a blast.  They talked my ear off when I got home from work.  I was so proud of Marc for remembering to take pictures too so we could share.

Tonight's Game

It's the middle of the season and look how awesome they are doing!  We've come pretty far.  They now stay in their spots instead of everyone running for the ball and piling up on each other.  They even throw it to the bases to try to get kids out.  It's amazing to see the transformation...must be good coaching :-)

Here they are all lined up to hit the ball.  Aren't they just so cute!

Nice hit Emma.  She looks so little to me!

Great swing Marcus...he really does hit pretty well when he actually connects with the ball.  I just thought the smile on his face was so great I had to post this.  He's having a blast playing t-ball. 

Olivia got to play catcher tonight.  She's been asking but Marc said Lefty's are never catchers.  He caved in and let her try tonight though.  She was so excited.

Marcus is doing awesome.  He is focusing much better than the start of the season.  He played in the pitcher position tonight and was very aggressive getting to the ball and he is throwing really well too.  He is really trying hard and doing great!  We are very proud.

Olivia did a great job putting the ball on the tee. 

Another cute picture of our little catcher.  Doesn't she look so proud!

The kids did so great we decided to take them across the street for some ice cream.  Kaydin joined us too.

Marcus had huckleberry ice cream and loved it.  He was the first one done and didn't even make a mess!  Must have been good!

Monday Night's Game

Monday night was the first HOT weather game.  Our games are at 6pm and it was still 80 degrees outside!  The kids were hot.  Here they are lined up waiting for their turn to hit.

Olivia is on base ready to run.

Kaydin and Emma are waiting patiently.

There were a lot of water breaks due to the heat. 

Emma was last batter...she is so fast she caught up to the kid that was running bases in front of her.  Go Emma! 

Olivia's up to bat again.  Daddy is giving her some pointers. 

Nice hit!  Run Olivia Run!

Team cheer...we played the Mariners...RA RA Mariners.

And of course the high fives...great game kids!

Monster Truck Birthday

We went to my cousin's son's Monster Truck birthday party today.  Emma is showing you where the fun is about to begin....the Ogburn Arena.

First the kids each got a balloon that they had to pop.  Inside the balloons were numbers.  That is how we determined the order for the Ogburn Arena obstacle course.

Zach, the birthday boy, got to go first of course.  Here he is at the start.  Go Zach!

Here is Emma giving the obstacle course her all. 

Marcus was #8...his t-ball number!  That was a coincidence.  He made it through the maze of string very quickly.

Now, here's Olivia (she was last), demonstrating how the obstacle course went.  First you get through all that string...

Next you go through these tires.

Then you go over a string and under a string twice.

Then you run through a path that was made out of string and go through this box.

You end by climbing these stairs and jumping over the truck and tractor.  They also got sprayed with silly string at the end too...I somehow missed a picture of that.  It was a great obstacle course...the kids loved it.

Then we went to the "body shop" and the kids got tattoos.

Emma and Olivia got a tattoo, Marcus didn't want one.

Here is the cool cake Tara (Zach's Mom) made.  It was tasty too!

A quick shot of one of the neighbor girls with the twins...these girls hit it off pretty quickly...they are all the same age.

Cousin Dustin took the kids for rides with the 4-wheeler.  They had a blast doing that too.

We ended up staying for dinner.  Here's a quick 2nd cousin picture.  Zach, the birthday boy (10), Olivia (5), Sydney (2), Landon in the back (8 next week), Emma (5), Marcus (4)

Little Sydney really warmed up to Marc.  She followed him around all night.  Marc told me he was sitting on the couch and all of a sudden she came up and rubbed his bald head.  She sat down next to him and it was an instant friendship.  Too cute! 

Happy Birthday Zach!