Day at the Park

We are so lucky to live by so many parks and schools. One of our favorite places to go is the nearby Ameila Earhart Elementary school because it's not usually as crowded as some of the other parks. And they have a baseball field. On this day we took Cornel & Bekki's kids to the park to play baseball.




Kage batted first. He's such a sports fanatic.



Jaida played in the "sand" while the boys batted.


Then Junior had his chance at bat.


When Jaida finished her "castle" she decided she wanted a chance to bat.


Then I decided to try it. No comments necessary.


See, you can't even see the ball because I hit is SO far (not because it's on the ground behind me).


After playing baseball Spencer, Savannah & Suzie came and we played on the playground.


Don't ask me why she decided to go down the slide on her stomach when she knew I was going to take a picture of her. I don't know if she was being camera shy, or just showing off for her little cousin.

I thought we needed a picture of the two of us together.

Me and my sweet (dorky) husband :)

Las Vegas

For Jonathan's birthday this year we decided to get out of the cold and go to Las Vegas. We hit our usual spots: Memphis Championship Barbecue, our favorite barbecue restaurant; the indoor swap meet where we always buy the best teriyaki chicken jerky there is; and, of course, the Las Vegas Premium Outlets.

The other thing we did this trip was go to the Temple. I had never seen the Las Vegas temple before and it was so beautiful. These are pretty much the only pictures we took of our trip, but it was probably the best part of the trip anyway.

Hidden Treasures

Last weekend I let the dogs in the house to sit with me while I was waiting for Jonathan to get off work. I snuggled up on my couch with a good book and only Tito and Kimo came to sit with me. I had been reading for over an hour and when I got up to take a break I wondered where Kookie was. I went into the bedroom just to check if she was in there, and this is what I found:

I'm sorry to say that the couch in our bedroom wasn't exactly clean. But she was so cute tucked in Jonathan's sweater, I had to take a picture.

Then I looked closer...

I noticed that she wasn't just using the sweater like a blanket, but more like a sleeping bag. She was actually stuck in the sleeve of the sweater!

And while I was laughing and taking photos she was wagging her tail and trying, unsuccesfully, to get out. I had to help her back out of the sleeve because she wasn't about to let me pull her through it. Dogs are so entertaining sometimes.