Princesses and Baseball

Yesterday was a fun day for us all. Matt and Nick had spring tryouts for baseball. It was kind-of crazy, but the boys are excited to start again. Matt is thrilled because after the little league season ended last year, he decided that "Baseball is Life." He has anxiously been waiting for spring to come. Nick is excited to play too, but he will be the first to tell you that he would rather play soccer. He gets to play little league this year instead of city league baseball and feels like he is finally "growing up".



This is the line for Matt to try out. The sad thing is that this was only about 1/3 of the people there. We really do appreciate tryouts, though. It makes it so that the good players are evenly distributed among the teams. #29 is standing right next to the dugout and the line goes all the way down the fence to the end of the field. Those trees at the back are at the end of the field. Nick is standing at the front right there with his blue baseball mitt.

While we were at Baseball tryouts, Ella went with Grandpa Larry to the Princess Party at the Washington City Recreation Center. They had a grand time. They learned to waltz, got to go on a carriage ride, got to see the Washington City Royalty, and eat lunch like princesses do.



She was very anxious to wear her Cinderella dress and we put her hair in curlers the night before. Grandma also painted her fingernails, so she felt like she was really a princess.



She was also very ecstatic that the Washington City Royalty chose to sit at her table to eat lunch. They were very impressed by her and thought that she was 6 because she was so articulate. She was in heaven because the "real" princesses sat with her.

Sledding at Pine Valley

A few weeks ago, we went sledding at Pine Valley. Okay, so we didn't have sleds. We had a few tires and some river rafting tubes. But hey, it works! Considering how often we go, it's just perfect. As you can see, our snow clothes aren't quite the most fashion forward either. Sport pants keep moisture out just as well as snowpants. We went with 3 other families. All of them have 3 kids in their family and their parents happen to be divorced. I also work with the parents. It was a lot of fun, and there were plenty of hands to help!



Ella and Madison Orr



Matt and Nick climbing the hill



Matt's spectacular ride down the hill.

And not to be outdone....