Fun at the Ranger Game

We went to the Ranger game with Poppy's work and a group of Julian's friends from school. Michael brought Tate up for the tailgate party and then they headed home. It was a big deal for Julian to be old enough to get to stay for the whole game and we didn't get home till after 11:30, I was so sleepy. We were the last ones left of our group so we moved down along the first baseline to watch the last few innings. He loved watching the players up close.

Julian really enjoyed seeing all his friends since I've taken him out of daycare for the summer while I'm off. All the kids were so excited to see each other outside of school, especially at such a fun place. Some of the boys were as big of FANATICS as he is so it was fun for him to "talk baseball" with his buddies.
























































Ty Boe & Cooper














Joey & Preston




























Julian, Preston, & Collin















Julian & Preston














Julian & Kylie - his Pre-K girlfriend

Hawaii - June 13 - June 21

With great appreciation to my big brother, Alex - Michael and I got to spend 8 days in Hawaii this summer. We were so very blessed to have been able to go on this trip and so many of our loved ones made it possible. On Easter Sunday Alex sent me an e-mail with our flight itinerary and said he would be watching our boys for the week we were gone. I was shocked, speechless, and overjoyed.

He was an awesome uncle and did a great job caring for our sweeties. To say the least, the words "I miss Mommy" were never spoken. Poppy and CC helped out the first 2 nights and Alex took over for the rest. The majority of our trip we were able to stay with Michael's cousin Becky, her husband Matt, and their 1 year old Caitlin. Matt is in the Navy and he gave us an incredible tour of his sub (the oldest commissioned sub in the Navy) that was going underway 2 days after we arrived. It's hard to even try to summarize all the details of our trip in a paragraph or two. I won't try and I'll just quote Michael by saying it lived up and surpassed all our expectations! It was FANTASTIC, AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL. Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible for us, including Alex, Poppy & CC, Mom, Becky & Matt, and Dad & Lynn. We greatly appreciated your kindness!!!