Caleb & Kristy's Wedding

We were at my nephew's wedding this past Saturday. We had a great time and the girls did great at their responsibilities. Here are some photos.

The girls love to dress up. Caleb's mom and dad took time for a photo.

Abby loves to pose for pictures. This is just one of her many poses.

Katie did great evenly distributing her flower petals.

She couldn't wait to see the bride walk the isle.

Here are the girls passing out bubbles after the ceremony.

Caleb and Kristy happy it's over.

Dave and Patsy finally get the daughter they have always wanted.

Katie danced with the ring boy.

Everyone got in the act on the dance floor.

Spring concerts and recitals.

The spring concert was Thursday and the girls did a fantastic job. Only 1 photo each. My camera battery passed out right at the beginning.

Abby was made for the stage.

Katie loves to dance. She got a double dose of it this week because she also had her recital on Saturday evening. She was ADORABLE!
OK. I am having problems moving my pictures around so you will have to view them out of order.

No more sleeps!

Katie was counting the sleeps before she could finally go on her field trip to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Here she is with her classmates.

Bubbles! Always a favorite!

Learning to be a good little shopper.

Time to check out.

Time to work the checkout.
Katie can never get too much talking on the phone. She has always loved being on the phone since she could crawl and get into Mia's purse and get her cell phone out.

Cutie!

Class photo.

Students and helpers.

Orange team ties...

Tee ball has begun for Katie. She likes it a lot so far.

Pre-game pep talk.

On deck.

Katie hit the ball in all 3 at bats. She didn't have any problems hitting the post. No homers tonight.

Safe at first!

Katie played second base. Here she is. She played in the dirt a bunch as there was lots of dead time.

I don't like the fact that there are no outs, although I understand it. All kids get to bat 3 times (3 innings) and no outs are recorded. Therefore, all games end in a tie. We don't want anyone to feel bad.

Pink Team Loses 10-6

Abby was all smiles as she had her first game of the season. This is her first time playing softball and she is very excited about it. The Pink team lost 10-6, but had fun trying. I don't know the name of the team but Katie thought we should name them "pinky dinky doo".

The warm up. Abby is in left field.

Abby played left field to start and eventually moved to 2nd base.

Pep talk!

STRIKE!

Abby and I will be working on batting. She does well at home, but I think she suffered from first game jitters as she swung at all 3 pitches and none were near the strike zone. It didn't matter to mom and dad. We are so proud of her. She is the best player on the team as far as we are concerned.

Stayed tuned. Katie has her first tee-ball game Wednesday.

We deserve it!

This has been a very busy week and mom and the girls have been begging to go for ice cream at the Corner Scoop. So we ordered pizza from our favorite pizza maker and went out for ice cream. We all love it except they don't carry Katie's favorite flavor--Superman. Although as we drove by the spot that has her favorite ice cream on the way home she remembered her favorite flavor as"Spiderman", not "Superman". We got a kick from that.

Destination: Corner Scoop

Happiness is eating ice cream.

You should have seen her face after she was done.


Yummy!

Sharing is fun and a ritual with the girls.

Too cold to finish outside.

Although we are all very tired this was a fun week. Ballet and piano are winding down and tee ball and soft ball are just beginning, but they are currently going at the same time. This makes for challenging mornings. Thankfully we can all sleep in on Saturday.

I, Tim, got my haircut this week. Katie took notice of my receding hairline. Mommy told her that I was just getting older and my hairline is moving up. Katie told me, "You look like a buffalo with horns". Ok...We all laughed. I do feel like age is creeping up on me, but at least I can laugh at myself. I wore a hat tonight.

Tee-ball is here.

Pre-practice stretching.

Learning to run the bases. Katie actually ran the edge of the infield where the dirt meets the grass of the outfield. She couldn't find 2nd base. It was humorous.

Learning to throw the ball.

Learning to catch the ball.

Katie was very tired by the end of her day, which included helping mom bake, washing the dishes, going on a bike ride, practice playing ball at home, and then going to her first practice. She fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow.