Jack's Busy Day!

A few Sundays ago, I think we hit our record.  I think we had 11 games and only missed two.  We managed to divide and conquer 9 games total.... 6 of which belonged to Jack.  He had three soccer games, a basketball game, and 2 baseball games.  Never complained, was just ready to flip his jersey in the car and keep trucking.....loved every second of it.  In the midst of it all, they got second place in the soccer tournament....in the semi finals they won in PK's at the end.  That was pretty exciting!!  And then that night when I went to bed, I went in to check on him to find him passed out in his book with his reading light still on.  Poor guy was TIRED!!!!

Jack played tons of games and Maddie caught lots of crickets......

And GOOD NIGHT!!!!

Big Joels

The kids had off a random Friday a couple weeks ago so Grandma Jeanne, Uncle Tony, and Aunt Kristen took them to Big Joels Safari.  We have never had the chance to get out there yet, so they finally got to.  They said it was really cool and they enjoyed their day with Grandma, Tony, and Kristen.  Sounds like they had lots of fun and saw some cool stuff!!

Green Tree Festival

It's been any years since we've been able to make the Green Tree Parade.....we never have a free Saturday morning.  But weather helped it out this year and the rain cancelled all of our games, and then it cleared up nicely in time for the parade.  We watched the parade, collected candy, danced in the bubbles, and headed home.  I think this is only Maddie's second parade, but probably the first one that she remembers.....

San Fransisco

Mike had a conference in San Fransisco a few weeks back and I was able to tag along as Jeanne stayed at our house with the kids and held down the fort.  I basically have to make a spreadsheet of everyones schedule to get out of town.  But the kids enjoyed the time with their Grandma to themselves and I think she managed everything quite well.

We got there on a Tuesday night....by the time we got there and got to the hotel we had time to grab dinner from a burger joint across the street from the hotel and then we went back and went to bed.  The next morning we had a tour set up to go to the Muir Woods and three wineries, two in Sonoma and one in Napa.  We also got to stop by the Golden Gate Bridge on our way back.  We then asked the driver to let us out at the Fishermen's Wharf.  We walked around there for a while and then walked back through China Town and ate dinner.  We then headed back to the hotel and I went to bed and Mike stayed up and worked on his talk for the next day.
The next day Mike went to his meetings and I went down and walked along the pier.....and went back to the Wharf and got the kids some souvenirs.  Mike got finished with his meetings and then we went for a late lunch, walked around some more and then headed back to get ready for the baseball game.  The Cards happened to be in town, which was super fun....eventhough we lost.  The game was FREEEEEZING cold, but was very cool to see another stadium.
After the game we headed back, went to bed, and hit the road for the airport first thing in the morning.  It was a fun trip!  Glad I got to tag a long with him.

A little FaceTime action the first morning, I was just getting out of bed and they were getting ready to head to school.......

Jack goes trucking with Grandpa

After their sleepover and the Farm I met mom and dad in St. Charles.  Dad had to drop his big truck off there, so Jack rode along with him.  Jack didn't seem overly thrilled by the time he got out and Dad said he's not going to be a future trucker, as he was eying up the bed in the back like his Grandma (and like his mom would too!).