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Thursday, June 23, 2011

MUD

My boys + a hose + dirt = MUD monsters!

These pictures speak for themselves.

(Uncle Aaron, you might want to cover your eyes!)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

June 9th~ Ronan's class went on one final field trip before the end of school to the beautiful LaVelle Vineyard. Going to a winery may sound like an interesting choice for 1st graders, but it is owned by the family of one of Ronan's classmates, and they planned a special day for the kids. They got to walk through the vineyard, learn about the process of making grape juice (& wine), and the kids each got to plant their own vine that they can watch grow over the years! Mr. LaVelle told them that they were the first members of the LaVelle Vine Club, and their vines will start producing fruit by the time they graduate from Buena Vista. (:

Ronan planting his grape vine:

Maggie's dad, Matthew LaVelle, led the tour and helped each kid label their vine.

Griffin & Tate were good little field trip guests (:

It was a gorgeous day!!

These vines are 40 years old!

The vines to the right are five years old.

Barrels o' Vino

After the tour, Maggie's mom read a book to the kids and then we all enjoyed a delicious spaghetti lunch made by the LaVelle family! It was such a treat!

Yummy!

(Silly boy likes his spaghetti plain & missed out on the amazing homemade sauce!)

Ruby

Gabriella

brothers (:

Thursday, June 16, 2011

End of Season

Ronan's last games were on June 4th & 6th, and he had some exciting plays in each of them. He caught his first fly ball and also made an out at 3rd base! It was fun to watch him really figure the game out and stay focused enough to make plays. (: Most of all we just loved watching him have fun!

Great season, Red Sox!!

Yay, Ronan!

(I'm not sure whose idea it was to lift up Ronan, but it was pretty cute & I'm sure he will remember it for a long time) (:

Awesome job, Ronan! Mommy & Daddy are so very proud of you!

Ronan with his coaches, Dusty and Eric

baseball fans

We wanted to say a big thanks to our wonderful, supportive family for coming to Ronan's baseball games! Ronan loved having fans at his games! What a fun season!