One Millioneth Picture of Rachel

This is another self portrait of Rachel. I picked this one out of about 30 that she put on my camera this weekend. Her camera is in the shop. We are waiting to hear whether or not they can fix it or if we'll get a new one under our extended warranty.

Getting Some Excercise?

Bailey was jogging/running on our treadmill while I was in the garage. She was able to keep up with it going much faster than I thought.

Natalie Takes a Turn Too

Natalie could not let something go by untried by her. So we let her walk on the treadmill too. She had a blast. Bailey got it going very slow for Natalie. She didn't even fall once while it was moving.

Moving Slide?

Natalie discovered that if she sat down, it was just as much fun to ride down the treadmill on her bottom, as it was to walk on it. Wheee!

Coach Joe

Here's a picture of Joe coaching third base during Joseph's game. Now that Joe's retired he's getting to spend more time helping out with the kids teams rather than just watch on the weekends.

Loving Sisters?

From this picture you wouldn't know that they fought like cats and dogs for most of the evening. After this picture was taken, they both settled in the family room to watch a movie together. Go figure.

Rachel's Pink Hat

Do you like my new pink hat?

One More in Braces

Rachel got braces put on both her top and bottom teeth yesterday. She took some Advil before going to school, so they didn't start to bother her until near the end of school. She got her last three baby teeth pulled last week. You can see one of the space in the front on the left.

Bottoms Up?

Rachel got this bar that spans her palette too. Her teeth are feeling much better today.

Newest Art Work

Looks like we have a budding artist in the house. NOT! This is the new wall in the room over the garage after Natalie took red and black markers to it. I wonder what she was trying to draw?

Big step for Bailey

Bailey finally got the nerve up to try riding her bike without training wheels. We've tried a few times before, but tonight she took off on the first try and rode down the street. WTG Bailey!!!

On two wheels

It took about 30 minutes, but Bailey finally figured out how to get started by herself. Bailey said that riding without training wheels is a lot more fun. We had to go inside because it was getting dark.

Off into the Night

Bailey rides off into the night.

Spring is Here!

Despite the day being quite chilly for spring, everyone at our house spend a lot of time outside. Joe spend several hours spreading out 25 bags of top soil and grass seed in the backyard where the grass was either very thin or non existent. This picture was taken just before he sprayed Taylor as he came out of the backyard. We also took the cover of the pool, but I didn't get any pictures of that.

Gardener in Training

Taylor helped today by planting almost all of the impatients in the bed on the right side of the house. I have put impatients in this bed for the past 5 years and they always do great. We are looking forward to another very colorful year.

Great Helper

Bailey got in on the act this year and helped me plant some petunias in this bed along with impatients and merigolds I planted the day before. Today was a very blustery day, as Pooh would have said. It was only in the mid 60's and the wind made it feel much colder than that.

Busy Box

Most of the growth in this planter came back from plants we planted last spring that Joseph brought home from school. We planted mint in the back left corner and now the mint can be found more than half way across the bed. The other green leafs on the left side of the bed are strawberry plants. I have added some petunias, impatients and merigolds for color. Hopefully they will fill in the bare spots.

Hostas Galore

I spread out the hostas this spring and now they fill the entire box on this side of the house. They plants always grow like crazy no matter if I attend to them or not. They are definitely my kind of plant.

Opening Day

Today was opening day for the spring sports season. Each team played a one inning game. Bailey is playing her second season of coach pitch softball. Each girl gets up to 5 pitches to hit the ball. Bailey got 2 tips before hitting the ball on the last pitch. She said that she hit the ball because she didn't want to have to sit down. She also got to play 1st base. I pitched today because the coach wasn't there and I am the assistant coach.

A Triple for Joseph

Joseph is playing his second season of kid pitch baseball. He hit a triple today, but he only got to second base because the kid ahead of him stopped running at third instead of running home. Joe is the assistant coach for Joseph's team. The coach pitched today and will for the first three games before the kids take over. It gets harder to get a hit once the kids start pitching because their pitches are not always very accurate. There are lots of walks and lots of strike outs.