PK Park

On Wednesday, February 24th, we went to an open house at PK Park, the baseball stadium for the Oregon Ducks and Eugene Emeralds.  Amy told us about the open house and so we planned to meet up with their family after the dads got off work.  We drive by it almost everyday and have watched the different phases of construction, so it was neat to see the field up close and check out the dugouts.

Me with my little athletes. (:

  

It started raining when we got there, so we stood under the covered area for a little while.

  

A bunch of people were standing on the field so we joined them to see what the turf felt like, and then we were told to stay off the field.  Ooops!

  

Ethan, Macey, and Ronan

  

Griff

  

A (washed-out) picture of the cousins in the dugout:

Emma, Macey, Griffin, Ronan, and Ethan

  

  

The Greens

  

Our Fam

  

February 14th

 The boys were so excited to wake up to cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Valentine's Day. (:

Their first gift from us was their own little box of chocolates.

  

After church we all had lunch at Memaw & Papa's house

Katrina took this cute picture of all the cousins lined up youngest to oldest.  

(Cedar was sleeping at the time)

  

New shirts from Memaw & Papa

  

(Griff moved his hand right when I took the picture, so you can't really see his new ski shirt.)

Me and my Valentine

  

Our big surprise for Ronan & Griffin was taking them to the pet store and letting them pick out a new parakeet!  We found Joey, a green & yellow parakeet, in our backyard in September and ever since then we had been wanting to get another one so that he could have a friend.  We all had fun deciding on which bird we would get, and then on the drive home we tried to come up with a name that everyone agreed on.  

Penny was the name we picked and she is such a sweet bird!!
  Josh tried to put her in the cage with Joey and she just wanted to sit on his hand for the longest time.  She seems much more comfortable around people than Joey is. 

  

It took awhile for them to get acquainted, but soon they were kissing each other and snuggling at night. (:  They are very cute together. (:

 

Valentine's Date

My parents offered to watch all the grandkids on Saturday, Feb. 13th, so that the Mamas & Daddys could have a date night.  It was so nice of them!  They had a fun night of pizza making and decorating cookies planned for the kids. (:  Josh and I went to dinner at PF Changs and then we went to see the movie, Valentine's Day.  It was a fun night for us!  Thank you, Mom & Papa!!

Ronan took these pictures of us. (:

 

  a night on the town...

  

  Back at home...one last self portrait. (:

 

Ahoy, Matey!

 

It was all Ronan's idea. From start to finish.  He wanted to have a pirate party--not a birthday party, just a pirate party.  One of his requests was for Daddy to build a cannon, and you know Josh, he took that on with pleasure!  It took him a week or two design and built it, and then we were all set.  Ronan asked me to invite some of his friends and his cousins & grandparents, of course.  It all came together at the last minute, but we still had a good turnout for the party.  The Green and Chase families came, along with Grammie, Memaw & Papa, and the Turanskis.

 Here's Josh explaining how the cannon works.

  

Josh made three different-sized detachable barrels so that he could shoot tennis balls, Nerf footballs, etc.

  

 Ronan thought it was really cool that Memaw & Papa dressed up for the party--they are such good sports!

Captain Griffin

  

  

Even Grammie got to shoot the cannon!

  

Josh is such a kid at heart. (:  He has so much fun with this kind of thing & our boys love it, too!

  

Fire in the hole!

  

The Turanski boys checking out the cannon

  

John getting ready to shoot it.

  

Eli's turn

  

  

The big kids ganged up on Alan and they had a big sword fight battle.

 

Last Basketball Camp

 Ronan's final session of YMCA basketball camp was last Saturday, February 13th.  It was such a great program--I'm so glad we did it!  The coaches were great and made it really fun for the kids! They taught the basic skills of basketball for the first four sessions, and then on the last day they played some real games.  Ronan had some moments of being really anxious when playing.  This was the first time he had to put together the passing, dribbling, and shooting skills, and that's a lot to think about!  He stuck with it, though, and ended up having a lot of fun.

  

Ronan had a big cheering section with both sets of grandparents there and also Great Grandpa & Grammie Lermo!  He's a lucky boy!

  

Memaw & Papa

  

At the end each kid got a certificate from the coaches for completing the camp.

  

Way to go, Ronan!  We're so proud of you!

  

the Annex

Here are some before, during, and after pictures of the youth building remodel that Josh helped orchestrate.  He spent many hours designing and helping to plan the remodel, and he ended up doing a big portion of the work himself.

Before:

During:

Josh tiled the cafe floor and built a coffee bar.  We both helped with painting the walls.

  

Framing the coffee bar

  

He did the drywall & texture on the coffee bar, then painted it and topped it off with granite counter tops. (:

  

Josh also built this media booth

 The boys and I helped out, too.  We would put a kids movie on the big screen in the building while Josh worked and I cleaned/painted/assisted with whatever needed to be done.

The almost finished and newly-named Annex!

Grace Group

  2/6/10~ Our small group from church got together last Saturday night for a game night at the Fisher's house (without kids).  It was fun to hang out & laugh with everyone!  We played a funny game called The Game of Things & learned some new things about each other. (:

The Kohs, Sims', Fishers, Rogers', Chases, and us

Kristina holding baby Gabe