Saturday, April 28, 2012

First BB Game!

Lucas- suited up for Game #1- Express vs. Knights

Sophie... clearly not too thrilled about something...

Pre-game pep talk with Coach Bauer and Bennett
**PS- We're really impressed with their coaches.  They're so good with the kids and are always positive and encouraging to the boys.

The Gibbs' were there since Lucas was playing against Parker's team.  Graham and Sophie were pretending to be little birds... Eric was feeding them Lucky Charms.  :)


Playing 1st base

2nd Inning- Playing 3rd base


End of game high-5s

Good game, boys!!!  

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

EXPRESS!!!

Tonight was Lucas' first official practice for an organized sport... and I use the term "organized" loosely. Eleven 5-year-olds running around, throwing and hitting t-balls is quite a sight. Fortunately, Lucas was wearing a batting helmet for the only ball he took to the head.

Here's a few pictures from my phone, starting with the team meeting.


Headed to PRACTICE!!!Notice he's not watching the kid that is throwing to him!

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Ohio Visit/Easter

The last part of our spring break was spent in Ohio at Grandma and Grandpa's.  Of course, it was packed full of fun- tractor rides, basketball games in the shed, baseball in the yard, digging roads in the garden (see below), swinging, etc.
 One afternoon we spent at Memorial Park.  Dad and Lucas played basketball for awhile while Sophie, Eric, and I played in the playground.

 The kids heard lots of lots of good stories.  They just love being read to.
 Easter egg hunts in the backyard



 Watercolor painting...




Easter Sunday we headed to church for the morning Easter Service.  Afterwards, we had our traditional Rupp gathering at Grandma Rupp's... lots of people, lots of yummy food, and lots of fun.





I'm terrible about getting a variety of pics, with all the cousins and aunt/uncles.  I did get this one- the kids were just told that the youngest ones get a head start on the egg hunt so they were "arguing" about who's still considered young.  Sophie was told she's still a baby and she piped in, "I'm BIG"  We decided to just get the show started before it got more heated. 
The annual line up.  This is all of the great-grandkids except Tatum who was sleeping, Kylie and Kenzie, Miss Audrey (Ashley's new baby), and Zara, Caden, and Claire.  We missed you guys!




One again, another Easter full of lots of fun with family.  Wish it didn't have to end so soon...