Spring Concerts

Marcus got all dressed up for his spring concert this morning.

Emma was very pretty for her concert too.

Olivia is very lovely in her pretty dress.

They all three had concerts this morning!

The first concert was at Riverside for the girls.

They had lots of parts to do and did amazing.

Great job 5th grade!

I immediately had to race to Chattaroy for Marcus' concert.  He was at the front doors handing out programs...so handsome.

Marcus stood tall and proud.

Nice job 3rd and 4th grade!  I'm so glad I was able to make it to both concerts.  I was a little worried that I'd miss part of one due to the times and different schools but it worked out perfectly!  Happy Spring!

Mother's Day

We made a day trip to Grami and Poppi's for Mother's Day.  I got to play catch with Marcus and the girls played catch as well.  

Happy Mother's Day to me!

Happy Mother's Day to All!

Shrimping 2017

We drove to the west side for some shrimping this weekend.  We had to wake up at 4am to get to the marina...these kids are ready!

Marcus started off driving the boat.

There were lots of friends for Marcus to hang out with...for once it isn't all girls!

Olivia and Emma were actually the only girls out of the kids.

Marc, Rocky, Raymond and Brad are ready for the day.

Family photo.

The first pull was pretty good.  Olivia loves shrimp!

One of Raymond's friends brought her boys to help.  It was nice to have another female around.

The boys each took their stations when pulling the shrimp pots up.  Rocky gets the pots, Marc hooks them to the hoist and directs the rope and Brad rolls the rope into a large garbage pail.  It works pretty well.  

The shrimp are poured into a bucket.

Then when all 4 pots are pulled they all get thrown back, the bucket of shrimp gets poured on the lid and we all grab them and pull off their heads.  The heads get thrown out and the rest gets put into Ziploc bags to be separated out for each person to take their limit.

Olivia loves being on the boat.

Handsome boy.

Emma normally gets sick on the boat so she starts the day with Dramamine which makes her sleepy at first.  You may have noticed the band aide over Emma's eye, she unfortunately got hit with a croquet mallet when playing with Marcus last weekend and got 2 stitches...she's a tough girl though and it's healing well.

Captain Raymond!

Mommy getting into the action with the shrimp.

We love the water!

The Moms with the kids...the boy on the far left is Rocky's son.

Emma perked up 1/2 way through the trip.

Even Emma helped with the shrimp.

Pretty cool, right Emma?

All the kids on the boat.

Marc showed Marcus how to pull the pots up.

Then it was time to go back to the marina.  All the kids rode in the front.

Marcus came back to drive some more.

We arrived at the Port.

Boys will be boys...so much fun!

Thanks for another great shrimping trip Raymond!

Gia's Birthday

We made a trip to Sandpoint for dinner with the cousins for Gia's birthday.

Happy 8th Birthday Gia!

It was a short trip but so fun to see everyone!

March of Dimes Walk

Yesterday was a busy day.  Marc took Olivia to Pitching practice south of town, I took Marcus to Pitching practice in the Valley and Emma was invited to go to the March of Dimes walk with one of her school friends.  

Emma's friend's Mom was nice enough to send me pictures.  They had lots to do at the walk.  Emma got to sit on a police motorcycle.

They got cool bracelets.

There were lots of fun attractions.  They walked 3 miles total.  After all of this we headed to Chewelah for the Tilla boys' birthday...I didn't get any pictures there though.  It was a fun filled day for sure!  We were all very tired at the end of the day and slept well.

Third Grade Class Picture

Marcus's class picture this year.  Don't you love his expression...there are several boys with the same expression.  I asked Marcus what the photographer said to them and he didn't remember anything specific...pretty darn cute!

Softball Under the Lights

The girls got to play under the lights!  There's Olivia on the right...there's our Yukon in the background too!

The MudDogs on the field.

The game went 5 innings and lasted until after 9pm.

I actually was keeping the books so these pictures came from friends.

Olivia up to bat...see me on the far left?  It was cold and rainy outside.

Love to watch her play.

Coach (aka Daddy) giving instructions to Olivia.

And she slides into home...she's safe!

Emma sliding into home...also safe!

Since the girls are playing Majors this year there is no time limit on the games...they will be playing 5 innings no matter how long it takes...unless it gets to dark to see; Deer Park is the only field with lights so there's a chance other games might get cut short.