A little baseball and a very short trip to the mountains...

Baseball season is in full swing, 3 days a week, every week!!! Trevor still loves it and so does the rest of the family. His coach has the idea that every kid learns to play every position (which we love). Here is a picture of Trevor playing 3rd base. And.........Mommy's proudest moment, Trevor playing catcher!!! Here is a picture of daddy giving him tips (probably should have been mommy out there!)

Too cute!!!

After Trevor's game on Saturday we took the kids up to the mountains (Jeana's boss' cabin) for a 24 hour vacation (hahahhahahahahah). Jeana, Angie and I along with our 6 children headed up for a little trip. Our goal was to not yell and scream, not worry about what the kids were eating, and definitely not get much sleep for one night. The kids had a blast and I think me and my kids were the only ones who slept!!!

The cabin was on a half acre of land so we took advantage of the layout and spent alot of time playing soccer, baseball and looking for wild animals.

We also spent time indoors doing puzzles and playing games..

Taylor and Aubrey in their Dodger and Angel outfits.

Before we got to the cabin we stopped in Wrightwood and let the kids sled for a little bit. I'm not sure what actually downloaded and posted. Trevor, Ruby and Abby loved it.......Taylor on the other hand, lets just say it is typical Taylor behavior..........

Angie's Birthday and Opening Day

Saturday was a very eventful day......it started off with opening day ceremonies for Trevor's baseball team (way too long and uneventful for 4 year olds!!), continued with a park date and ended with a nice dinner with my bestest friends!! Kind of ended.......Taylor woke up at 1:00 am and threw up in her bed, then my bed, Trevor's bed and then topped it off with the couch and carpet in the morning!!! It lasted about 8 hours and then she was perfectly fine (I guess that is good).
Here is a picture at dinner with Ang (please read Jeana's blog to know how special she is, I am so bad with words and Jeana could not have said it more perfect! You are the best Ang and I love you to death!!!) I had to throw this picture in of Taylor and her obsession with anything girlie, this happens to be lipgloss all over her face, although it is hard to see.

Trevor had his opening day ceremonies on Saturday and although it was a little on the long and boring side, it was still pretty darn cool!!!!

A picture of his whole team holding hands as they walked to get ready for the ceremony.

Here is a video of the actual ceremony. We had to wait for about ab hour but when they called out his team and each name it was pretty exciting. THey had all of the older kids already out there and had them give high fives across the outfield. Anyone who has ever given Trev a high five knows that he means it! He is #6, starts off slow but notice how he ends up holding the line up because he wants to give such meaningful high fives (at least that is what I tell myself)!

Taylor is still loving dance and I tried to get some good video of her but my camera was acting weird, probably from my kids playing with it!

Trev's first real Dodger game is on Thursday and we are so excited!! I will try to get a play by play for all my family, you are probably all who is interested! Can't wait!!!

Scrimmage

Trevor had his first Dodger scrimmage on Thursday and it went surprisingly well!!! He got up to bat two times and hit the ball off the coach and not the tee both times. His second at bat he was the last batter so he got to run around all the bases and he even slid at home. He is still having fun and we are still loving it.....all is good with baseball!!!! After the scrimmage we took him to pizza and he had some poses with his family!

Trevor played shortstop the first inning....notice his down and ready position!

He is a true gangster.....one pant leg up and one down, at least he has good form!

I had a great video of his hit and kind of home run/overthrow and most impotantly slide.....of course it wouldn't download, so this is just a cute picture!!!

Still here.......barely

It has been a long time....... Two weekends ago we went away for Jeana's bachelorette weekend (I guess you can call it that). 6 girls going to the mountains for a weekend who barely got out of our PJ's!!! We played alot of cards, watched alot of movies, did some karaoke (in the cabin) and had just a couple drinks!!!!! It was absolutely perfect because we didn't have to wake up to kids, didn't have to take care of anyone, and woke up to snow!!!! Me and my favorite girlie!!!! She is the BEST, most honest, most generous, most thoughtful, and most sincere person I know! I love you Jeana and can't wait to spend your special day with you!

After that weekend, I was able to go see Phantom of the Opera. My friend from work ordered like 50 tickets for the ASB kids and had some extra so me, Julie, Kelly and Tara got to go, a picture of us at the bar next door.

Now for the best part......these two kiddos! Trev is in full baseball mode. He has practice twice a week and practices almost everyday. He has improved so much and still loves it. He is a crack up to watch and we cannot wait for him to actually play games. He has his first scrimmage on Wednesday and Opening Day is on Saturday, although they don't have their first game until next Thursday (5th). It has been a great experience for us, Don is able to go to all the practices and helps coach, along with 10 other dads (which I guess is unusual). The other teams in the league cannot believe the help we have, I like it because Don is able to be out there with Trev as he is the youngest. Trevor has also turned into the sweetest little boy ever.....he has finally figured life out! It took 4 years (almost), but I think he is there! He is so sensitive and if I raise my voice at all, he breaks down and says, "I'm so sorry mommy", with tears!!! Too sensitive, yes, but better than yelling no and running away!!!! As I was kissing him goodnight tonight, he says "Mommy....I'm so sorry I didn't eat my spaghetti tonight". Love him!!!

His sister on the other hand......IS TESTING MY PATIENCE!!!! She has been my sweetheart but is totally turning on me, I know, that is what happens. She is still doing great in school, doing much better on the potty and is so addicted to being a girlie girl that I can't even believe it! She wakes up wanting to put her Little Mermaid dress on, screams when we don't let her put her Cinderella dress on, refuses to let me put on make up without her putting it on, has to have lip gloss or chap stick on at all times, will only watch Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Monsters Inc (believe it or not), threw a fit a couple days ago because she was playing Wii bowling with Trev and her ball was blue and not pink, and tonight as I was getting her ready for dance she would not put on her jean jacket because it was blue and just had to have her rain coat because it had pink pok a dots...........Seriously, what is wrong with this picture????? She cannot be my child!

Had to put this picture in, Daddy and Trev in their Dodger gear after practice, TOO CUTE!!!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Unfortunately Don has to work tonight, but I was lucky enough to spend the day with 2 of the 3 of my Valentines! We had baseball practice in the morning and went to the park after practice. Both kids are sleeping on the couch at my parents house (first time by the way!!!) while I was trying to stay out of the house for Don to sleep a little longer (he went to practice this morning with very little sleep). Maybe tomorrow we can do something without all the crowds.

OF COURSE.............SHE LOVES IT!!!!

Well dance class was a complete success, at least in Taylor's eyes. Of course, she absolutely loved it and it is all she has talked about. I have to give it to the teacher, having a smile on her face after dealing with 16 two year olds is amazing. My little girl did great! She listened and sat and did everything the teacher asked her to do, she was a model student!! Let's hope this continues!!! I still have NO idea where this kid came from, she is the sweetest thing ever and just wants to love you and touch you and caress you all day......and of course play with and be a princess!!! I keep telling myself she is 2 and will get over it! I had an interesting conversation with my great friend Julie tonight (an All-American at UCLA) and she said she would leave the softball field and put on her tights for dance............SO, hopefully there is hope!!!!

Before we left..... They do tap and ballet, a little preview of tap (at least she is tough!!!)

The best part of the night......they had to do individual pirouettes (spelling is wrong for sure) across the room, The first girl did great, after that it turned into a sprint. Taylor was about the 8th kid to go. Of course she sprinted as fast as she could, but the ending is what makes me most proud.......

Yes, she did, slide (it was not a trip) into home base!!! Hope for her possibly????

The last week.....

We have been on the go as usual the last week. Trevor is still loving baseball and has practices two times a week. Taylor has her first dance class tonight at 6:45, we shall see how that goes. She can't stop talking about it and she better like it because the shoes/outfits are expensive.


On Saturday night we went to go watch the Cal vs. USC basketball game. One of my favorite students of all times plays for Cal so I wanted to see him before he graduated. It brought back so many fond college memories (the good old days!). TT using a chicken wing as a phone!

Last weekend we went to the CHildrens Museum, here are a few pics.

Trevor was so funny because he kept putting on these masks and running around this one particular room. About every minute or so you would see him go to the mirror to check himself out!

Laying down at Jeana's house, getting ready for bed.

Last Thursday I got out of work early and so we met Angie and my friend Amanda at Disneyland.

The most eventful part of the week for Taylor had to be the princesses she saw at Disneyland. This was my first time at the princess area and you would have thought she had died and gone to heaven.

She gave Ariel a hug and would not let her go, it was so so cute! How in the world did I get such a girlie girl???