Schools back already?

Well, I think that this was the shortest summer ever. I know that there was the about the same number of days as last year but holy cow it felt like it was over before it started. Time is moving fast by the moment.

Well here's how our back to school day went.

Arrie headed out first on her first day of HIGH SCHOOL.

(If you can't tell I'm freaking out a little that I have a child in high school, I was just in high school a minute ago wasn't I?)She loves high school. She made the freshman volleyball team so she must take after my side of the family. Uncle Glen is excited to share his love for volleyball with another niece.

Kory is excited to be in 6th grade this year. He has the teacher he wanted and is the most excited because we said he could start tackle football now that he's in 6th grade. He love it of course. Robert couldn't be a prouder papa when all the coaches keep talking about how good he is. It looks like he will get to be a QB and maybe a wide receiver.

Aaron is enjoying 4th grade with his new teacher. He said she plays the piano and is going to teach them some songs and he can't be happier. He'll be playing fall baseball this year and has his first game tomorrow.

Well, after a fun but quick summer it's time to get back to reality running kids all over. It should be a fun year.

Camping on the Beach

Well, I think it's about time that I blogged about our camping trip in California.

We had planed on going out to visit Robert's brother Cookie and we all decided to go camping on the beach near Santa Cruz.

The first night we got there we hiked over to the beach and just walked around. Then we went and dinner in Santa Cruz and walked along the boardwalk.

On Friday we spent most of the day at the beach. Robert and Gina spent some time looking for shell and sand dollars. We all found a ton of them.

Cookie took spent most of our time at the beach napping, not a bad idea.

Arrie took her friend Amanda with her. They had a blast.

All the kids spent part of the day making sand castles.

Always a great beach activity.

Of course they all spent some time jumping in the waves.

Aaron loved running in and out of the ocean.

Ryan needed a rest so he took a rest on Arrie.

What's better than a sand blanket. It was a little cold that day.

It is a little dirty to use a sand blanket.

We went back to the beach after dinner to watch the sunset.

Arrie was so excited to have an opportunity to get her school clothes shopping done in California so she could have different choices then at home. On Monday we spent seven hours shopping. It was exhausting!

We had a great time but it's nice to be home.

Changing traditions

We have had certain traction's for the 4th of July and the 24th of July for my whole married life but it looks like baseball might be taking over those traditions. Aaron played in a tournament over the 4th of July weekend and it changed a lot of our plans. Kory just played in a tournament over the 24th of July so that took up most of our weekend. I guess that's how things go when you have boys who love sports, they take over the world.

Kory played well in the tournament but his team went 2-2. He did however surprise us on Friday night with his first home run. Then on Saturday he surprised us with his second home run. This picture is of his second home run. One of the moms was taking his picture and got the ball coming off the bat. I love it, it's so cool.

I'll post later about what else we did on the 24th later.

Lazy days of summer?

I don't know who first said the phrase "the lazy days of summer" but I would ask them where to find those lazy days.

I'm finally going to post about last weekend when we went camping at Cherry Hill with some friends. We enjoy Cherry Hill because there is a water park, a mini golf course, batting cages, a rock wall, Ario Ball and a "Hamster" cage.

We went golfing after we set up camp on the first night.

On Friday we sent the day at the water park.

On Saturday we took the little boys to the Air Plane Musem and let Arrie and the older boys go to the water park agian. The little boys loved the air planes.

It was a fun weekend but this is the first chance I have had to post about it.

Finally the 4th

Well I guess I should post about the 4th of July weekend.

On Thursday Kory had to have oral surgery to expose his eye teeth because they still aren't coming in right. He acted fine about it until he got in the chair and then while we waited for the doctor he got emotional and we had to remind him it would be OK. He calmed down by the time the doctor came in. Everything went really well. They nurse said that this is one of the most painful things that they do and he would take a few weeks to feel all the way better. Well that's not how Kory works. On Friday he didn't even take pain medicine until dinner time. On Saturday he started just eating his food normal and he hasn't had a problem since. He is doing great. I can't believe that it didn't slow him down at all.

Aaron was picked up on a super league baseball team to play in the 4th of July tournament. He was so excited. He played pretty well and his team won both of there game on Friday but they lost both of there game on Saturday. It was exciting to get to watch him get so excited about baseball.
On Saturday we everyone but Arrie missed the parade (she went with Grandma Hernandez). We had to be to Aaron's games early. It is strange missing the parade it is such a part of our 4th every year. We did make it back in time to meet Roberts brother Henry and his family for a BBQ and the fireworks. We meet at the same place every year and have a BBQ and then everyone hangs out and plays games while we wait for the fireworks. It was a fun day.

This week has been a little crazy. Arrie went to EFY for the week. The boys both went to baseball camp but they didn't sleep over so I would go and pick them up every day. Robert's brother and his wife stayed at our house while there son was at EFY with Arrie, so we stayed up to late visiting every night. It was a fun and crazy week.

We are the champions!

City league just finished the post season tournament.

Kory's team played Saturday night and took frist.
Aaron's team played Tuesday night and took second.

Good job boys!

Sister Weekend

I was blessed to be born into a big family. I have six sisters and three brothers. Some how we all get a long and are even good friends. Once a year the sisters, sister-in-law and our mom run away together for a little sister time. This year we stayed in a condo in Park City. We played games, took walks and talked a lot. It's a weekend that we look forward to every year and it was another good one this year.

I love you sisters.