T-ball

I signed Derek up for Tball this summer. He's really good at hitting the ball when you pitch it to him, so he's still getting used to having to hit off the Tee. I think this will be the last summer sport I sign the kids up for... it's way too hot! It may not be Phoenix hot, but its still too hot to sit out under the sun at 1pm for the games! He has a lot of fun though. They actually don't even keep score at the games... they play 3 innings and each kid gets to bat each inning and run the bases even if someone happens to actually catch the ball. It's kind of funny. Here are some pictures we took yesterday at the park. For some reason, when I stretch the pictures, they get blurry, but they're still cute!













Here's a video montage of his very first game....

Darci, Darci, Darci..... 6 Months Old

Time is just flying by with our sweet little girl. She's 6 months now! I love this age... she is so content and happy and just goes with the flow. She wakes up happy and doesn't have to eat right away. She can make a 7 hour car ride with only stopping once! She's grabbing at things, rolling across the room, and is now getting up on her knees and rocking back and forth. And ever since she went swimming over the 4th, she's been kicking her legs like a little fish anytime we pick her up. She LOVES being outside and watching the kids play at the park. We went to the park today and had fun taking silly pictures of her in the grass.
















She decided she had enough with the pictures and wanted to eat the grass instead... We love our little Darci Sahara!

4th of July Fun

Our friend CJ is a volunteer firefighter for Thatcher, so we were able to go to the fire house and watch them clean up the trucks for the parade. Then we got to wake up bright and early for him to pick us up at 5:30am to ride in the firetruck for the parade.


Kevin, Paige & Tad rode inside the cab while Derek got to ride on top.

Parade video


After the parade, we got a hose down from the firetrucks. This is always the best part of the day. Paige & Kevin weren't too into it, but Derek got drenched.



Video of everyone getting drenched.


My sister's kids, Maya, Jack, Will, & Lilly stopped through Thatcher on Saturday and the kids had so much fun playing with them. They also got to play with cousin Caroline all day Friday and really had a lot of fun with her. I can't believe how tall she is now! She's only 6 months older than the twins!

Grandpa grew these zuccini in his garden... I hate to admit it, but that is pretty impressive!


I felt like I needed to relive the 80's and get a perm! My hair is starting to get long again, so I didn't want to cut it but needed a big change, so here ya go. I actually really like it. These pictures are day 1 unstyled. The 2nd picture is me giving Tad a dirty look because he wasn't very nice telling me he didn't like it (he says he does now, but who knows).


Tad has been growing a beard and he thinks it looks really good. I don't like it.


Pool fun in Nana & Grandpa's backyard pool.

This was the first time we took Darci swimming and she LOVED it. She kicked around like a little fish and then just chilled in her swim seat.







Tad celebrated his 35th birthday while we were there. Nana makes the best cinnamon roles around so that is what he decided he wanted instead of a cake.

On the way home we stopped off at the Catwalks near Glendwood, NM. Tad started getting sick there, so we didn't have time to walk further than this first bridge, so we will definitely be going back sometime.