First Communion and Confirmation

Marcus celebrated his First Communion and Confirmation this weekend.

Papa was his sponsor.

Nana and Papa

Olivia helped me get the lighting for my camera.

Picture of all the kids with the Bishop and Priests.

Marcus, Chris and Per.  These boys worked hard for this.

Marcus with Bishop Daly.

Marcus posing with his banner that he made.

Papa and Marcus...Marcus's confirmation name was Mark.

Another picture with Nana and Papa.

Love this boy!

Dad, Marcus and Mom.

All the cousins came to help Marcus celebrate.  Marcus, Baylor, Elle, Emma, Olivia, Sophie, Gia and Ceci.

Poppie and Gramie came to celebrate with Marcus too.

Sibling photo.

Lily wanted to join too!  All the kids...looking sharp!  Congratulations Marcus!  We are so proud!

Softball & Baseball

The girls are playing Minors softball this year...their team name is The Mud Dogs.

Monday was their first game...

Emma's ready

Olivia's warming up.

Hi Emma.

Marc is the coach,...the team is stretching.

Marcus' baseball games happen to be at the exact same time and same days as the girls' games.

There are 3 games where they actually play at the same place...so I will only get to see three of the girls' games as a result.

Emma up to bat.

Swing...

High five to coach Sandra at first base.

Leading off at second.

Daddy says "Run Emma!"  and she scored.

Olivia Up to bat.

Looking at the ball.

Our little lefty.

Girls in the dug out.

Marcus just scored!  It's hard to watch 2 games at the same time!

Emma got to play catcher...here she is warming up.

So cute in the catcher's gear.

Love this girl.

She looks the part and plays it well.

Here she is ready to catch the pitch.

Nice job Emma.

Olivia's playing first base.

Marcus up to bat.  The fields are right next to each other so I just stand in the middle and use my long lense.

Olivia and Peyton make a play...

Runner out at first!

Their first win!  Nice job girls!  Nice job coach!

Double Header

It's Baseball Season!  Marcus started off with a double header on Saturday.  Look how cool he is in his sunglasses.

Here's the cheering squad...Bri, Lexie, Emma and Olivia.  This is the only game these girls will get to see.  From here on they will be playing their softball games at exactly the same time as the boys play their baseball games.

Lily came along to cheer on the boys too.

Hi girls!

Marcus up to bat.

He swings.

Running to first base...high five to Russ, one of his coaches.

Marcus runs to second...

and to third.  He didn't make it home that time.

Here he is on first again.

and back to third...I believe he did score this time.

Marcus playing second base here.

Up to bat again.

Here he is warming up his swing.

And up to bat.

Walk...

Ready on first.

Rounding to second...

and on to third...coach Michael pointing to home...

Run Marcus Run.

Almost there...

And he scores.

Tom is right behind him...Marcus is standing to the right cheering him on.

Tom goes in for the slide...see Marcus getting ready to jump for joy?

Tom scores!  Marcus Jumps with excitement!  Go Mariners!

It was a long day; they started at 10:20 am with pictures, played from noon to 2:00 and again from 2:30 to 4:30...they were exhausted.

Great Game Marcus!