Memorial Day 2009

Chris and I spent most of Memorial Day at my parents' house with lots of family and friends!

This is Jade's newest dog Sandy, when we went out to the pool she parked herself right here in the shade (smart dog)!

Jana, Ethan, and Jade love swimming and playing together!!

Jana was getting some good air...

CANNONBALL!!!!

Boy do these kids LOVE to jump in the pool!!!

Jade was struggling a little with the float, haha.

Jana needed an adjustment after jumping in so much...


Finally made it! Looks so relaxing, too bad the water was waaaay too cold for the adults!!


Susan decided to catch some rays.

They all took turns pulling each other around on the kick board, sounds like too much work to me!

Ethan turned it into Wave Country for a while, I remember doing that with my friends as a kid!

Chris and I left and went to his parents house for a little while, it was just us and them (no kids-which is rare!) We had a good visit, we just looked at pictures and talked so I don't have any pictures from there. We went back to my parents' and I was sad when I realized we missed Sara and Samantha Jane doing this! Too cute!!! I also realized when we got back that someone had not moved an inch...


I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day and took a little time to remember what that day is all about!!

I have a whole bunch to get caught up on so hopefully this will be the first of many posts over the next week or so :) Stay Tuned!

wish granted{i hope}

Natalie,
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Take Me Out To The Ball Game!!

A couple of weeks ago Chris and I went to see my cousin Ethan play baseball. Alexander LOVES baseball so we decided to take him too! Can you tell how excited he was?!?

He talked the whole way to the park about baseball (stopping here and there to talk about ponds, stop signs, ducks, you name it and this kid will talk about it!) This is him right as we got out of the car, you can tell he was starting to say "baseball" as I took the picture!

This is where Alexander sat almost the whole game, he just sat there and watched very intently. He would repeat what some of the other parents were saying, cheer, and call out balls.

Intense moment... It was a close call!

Here is Ethan pitching. You will have to excuse the quality of the pictures, the sun had just set and I tried just about every setting on my camera but none of them came out. You can at least get the gist...


This one is really dark, but if you click on it you can see it a little better.

This was toward the end of the game, Alexander started his version of the rally cap. He would take off his hat, throw it down, pick it up and put it back on over and over. He was saying something too, but I can't remember what it was.

Uncle Chris and a very sleepy Xander.

Yay!! Ethan's team won, GO BRAVES!!

After the game we let Alexander get out on the field and run around for a few minutes. He was so good the whole game and we thought this might wear him down just enough to make him go to sleep as soon as he got home... I didn't ask, but I don't think it worked!!


Congrats Braves, good luck in the tournament!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's day to my mom:


Happy Mother's day to Chris' mom:


Happy Mother's day to my sister:


Happy Mother's day to my sisters-in-law:


Since the Colin is out of mommy's tummy now, I should post a picture of him too; but also just because I LOVE this picture.
And yes it was in the last post, but I just love it that much :)

Happy Mother's Day to you all, I love you all and think you are all the greatest mothers around!!