Baseball

Saturday, April 9th, was the opening day ceremony for Sheldon Little League. 

Each team was called out to the field--the majors all the way down to tee ball.  This year Ronan is playing AA (machine pitch), coached by our good friend Dusty Smith.

Go Red Sox!

Ronan had his first two games that weekend, and we sure enjoyed watching our big boy play!

Most of the time he was focused...

...but he would sometimes dance around & draw in the dirt with his foot. (:

It's going to take some time for Ronan to get used to the pitching machine. The first few times up to bat he wasn't able to hit the ball.  But, in the second game he got a great hit and got on 1st base!  It was pretty exciting!

Great job, buddy!

Hult Center

Wednesday, April 6th ~ The Meadowlark/Buena Vista choir got to be involved in the Oregon Children's Choir Festival and perform a song at the Hult Center!  This was Ronan's first time performing since he joined the choir in January, and he was very, very excited!  I got new clothes for him to wear, which made him feel extra special. (:  It was such a neat experience--we were so proud of him and all the kids!  They did an amazing job!

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What a special thing for Tyler, Ronan, & Sadie to get to experience together. (:

Such handsome & beautiful kids!!

Their choir was the largest one at the festival!

Ronan is in the second row from the bottom, and the 4th one in from the right.  Tyler is in the top row, and the 7th one in from the right.

Sadie is in the front row, and the 4th one in from the left.

Here is the link to the performance.  You'll have to forgive the amateur filming job-- it's shaky and blurry at times (;You can also check out Becca's video if you want to see one that's less shaky & blurry. (:

Birthdays!

We had a combined birthday party at our house for Dylan, Amy, and me on Saturday, April 2nd.  Dylan's actual birthday was on March 31st and mine & Amy's were coming up on the 8th and 11th of April. (:  We had a lot of fun celebrating together!

The aunties had fun bonding with Tate (:

The kids took over the attic and the playroom and entertained each other for hours.

At one point Audrey had the cousins playing "school", and, of course, she was the teacher. (: It was very cute!  Amy walked by and overheard Audrey saying, "One, two, three. Eyes on me." and the kids all repeated her. (:

It was even nice enough to play outside!

 We had pizza and salad for dinner, followed by a super yummy dessert that Amy and her mom made!

Present time!

Our gift to Dylan:

I love these cute faces!

Dylan is 6!

Chocolate Mousse Torte! It was so delicious!

(for the almost 33 and 32 year olds!)

Griffin's Performance

3/31/11~ Grace Community Preschool put on a very sweet little Spring Sing performance to show off the songs they had been learning.  We were so proud of Griffin!  He sang and did the motions to the songs with a smile on his face the whole time. (:  We have seen our shy guy develop more confidence since being in preschool this year!

(*Thank you, Amy, for letting me borrow some of your pictures!)

"I'm a little teapot"

Griffin & Finley

All done! (:

~the middle and little~

Ethan & Macey's class performed next

Cohen's class finished off the night

(Griffin has been working on writing his name!)