My Little Leaguer

My "Little Leaguer" Preston had a great season! He loved everything about baseball this year. He loved practicing, hitting, catching and just playing the game. I think he was excited it was finally his turn to play, instead of watching his older brother! He did awesome! He is counting down the days until fall, when he can start to play baseball year round. It's going to be fun.

Great Season Little Leaguer!!

Easter

Easter was fun this year. We colored our eggs quickly this year since we were in Vegas most of the weekend. I did dig the red roots for everyone this year and even mailed a few to Jan'l in Colorado. I gained a new appreciation for the "red root digger." It was more work than I thought! 

The egg bust got rained out before Church this year. (It seems to be raining A LOT lately!) So we did it after. It is always fun. Addie ate most of her eggs before we even made it home. I found out she loves boiled eggs! :)

Katie had an Easter party later at Bob and Bradi's. A treasure hunt, relay, water fight, pinata and treats finished off our Easter. It was a great day.

Spring in the Desert

The Sliderzz played in the Spring in the Desert Tournament in Las Vegas over Easter weekend. They didn't have a very good tourney in fact they lost all four games. The competition was fierce and they just couldn't come away with a W. Although, we didn't let that stop us from having a fun weekend. The kids swam until they looked like raisins and I got to go shopping with Natalie and Nicole for my birthday. Gavin also took me to Cheesecake Factory! The Stuarts and the Mortensen's came too, 6 adults and 13 kids at Cheesecake = Party!! :)

Check out the dress Addie has on in the picture to the right, Natalie made that for her for my birthday. Isn't it cute?! A baseball knot dress, it's adorable! The picture on the left is after the first two losses, at Big League Dreams. I was so glad that when I got to the car they were smiling even after defeat! I guess sometimes all you can do is laugh, and that is what we did!

Addie's Three!

Addie is three and life is great! She is at a fun stage in life. She is becoming more and more independent each day. She is starting to get dressed by herself, shower by herself, and buckle herself in her car seat. It is sometimes hard to let her do these things, because it takes longer than I have patients for, but I am trying to let her grow up just a little.

Addie is ALL girl! She loves to have her nails painted, wear pink, dance, sing and "mother" everyone. This world would be a dull place without this spunky/sweet little spirit.

For her birthday we had a picnic at the park complete with butterfly PB&J's, chips and grapes. Her cake was Rapunzel and she loved it. The girls played at the park and made a bracelet. It was low key and just great.

Later that night we had the family over for dinner/cake. 

It was a fun night celebrating Addie. She is one of a kind! We love her to pieces!

Disneyland

Disneyland, "The Happiest Place on Earth" or so they say! ;) Gavin would tell you he is not going back for a very very long time. I on the other hand loved it. The crowds were huge and the lines were long, but the Churros were divine and the company was great.  We all got to do something we loved, for Landon it was Screamin' or Tower of Terror, for Preston it was the Toy Story Ride, for Addie it was her visit with Minnie, and for Carlee it was two days full of stroller time. She just loves that stroller time! ;) As for Gavin he loved it when he made it back to the hotel in one piece, and for me it was just watching my kids faces as they experienced all things Disney. 

Gavin and I were talking and decided Disney is all about the details. Isn't that why you want go back again and again? This time we noticed Minnie's house, it was amazing. The fridge was cold, the dishwasher blew bubbles, the oven baked a cake... Addie was ready to move right on in! It was the first time we had gone in her little home, since previous visits were just with the boys.  And that is why we will go back (Maybe not in the really near future, but we will!) because I always wonder what we will discover next.

Thanks Grandpa Dennis for the Memories!

Angels Game

I might need a little welcome back to blog land. I have taken a long break and really kind of liked it.  Now is the large task of catching up... please be advised this might bore you to tears.

In April, Dennis took the family to Disneyland. This was his Christmas present to all of us, and there couldn't have been a better gift. When we arrived in California we went straight to an Angels Game. Landon caught a ball in batting practice that was thrown to him by one of the Blue Jays Pitchers. He was so excited. That is his second MLB ball. Here is his first.  He is one lucky boy!

The game was fun, but it was colder than we had expected. I guess that is why they gave everyone a beanie that night. The best part for me was the rally monkey. If the Angels are tied up or behind after the 7th then they bring out the rally monkey. They sale these stuffed monkey like crazy and then the fans swing them around, dance and basically go nuts! Addie danced in the isle and a man in front of us bought her a rally monkey, she loved it! They ended up going into extra innings. We were so cold and the kids were spent from the long drive and 10 innings of baseball, so we left. Then Gav, Garrett and Landon went back to the game and watched the Angels win, after I think 14 or 15 innings. Gavin said his favorite part of the game was singing the traditional 14th inning stretch of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." He basically got two games for one! Bonus! :)

6 Months

Carlee is 6 months old. She is growing and rolling and smiling all the time. She weights 13.81 lbs (11%) and is 25.5 inches long (41%). She is a whopper!! ;) Dr. Thompson wants me to bring her back in a month because her weight has fallen a little on the chart, he wants to watch it. I told him it is just because she is such a easy baby. She hardly cries so sometimes I forget to feed her! With 4 kids it's like that saying "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." I guess Carlee needs more "grease" it's just that she doesn't squeak! :) I have started feeding her twice a day with solid foods and she loves it. She likes to eat in her Bumbo when everyone else is eating dinner, she grins and looks around so proud to be apart of it all. She is now bathing with her sister, both love it. She isn't sitting up yet, but getting closer. She is pulling her headbands off a lot lately. She squeals and coos. Addie said "Carlee has bubblegum teeth." Gavin and I thought it was a great analogy. She does have "bubblegum" teeth! Probably not for to much longer though, she is biting and rubbing her gums on everything. I think a tooth will be popping through anytime. Love this girl so much.