Detroit Tigers Baseball Game

So I went to my first sporting event ever. Our Cub Scout pack went to see the detroit Tigers play at Comerica Park... and what a game it was. They won!!!

Pay attention, Tigers are gonna score...

Everybody sing.... give us some peanuts and cracker jacks, I dont know ......

Being that it was a family function for the cub scout pack, Alysha got to see her friend Sarah.

More swimming photo's... they do like the pool..

Thought I would share some more swimming pictures with everyone...

Here are the kids being goofy, notice all of their eyes are closed... had them lookin right at the sun... ooops... sorry guys...















Thought this picture was cool... they are both jumping... and I am not sure why tom is...














Damn delay on my camera, its so hard to catch them in the air.














Baxter likes to hide in the shade during swimming time... He is not a fan of the pool...












Sarah is learning to swim... she does pretty good underwater, but still workin on above the water.

Alysha's final 2008 Band Concert

For their final concert, Alysha's band played in the High school auditorium.

Her Grandma and Grandpa were able to attend, which was a nice treat for Alysha. Here are a couple pictures... We are sitting lower than the band, so you cant see Alysha till the "bow" at the end...

Alysha's Jazz Concert

This concert was per the request of their band instructor as he is very proud of both the size and dedication of this years Jazz Band.

Jazz Band is 100% voluntary, the kids show up every Tuesday and Thursday for a special practice.

So this year, the instructor invited some professional Jazz musicians to play with the jazz group. it made for a wonderful concert.

The pool is full !! Guess what the kids have done!!

The Pool is FINALLY Filled.... We finally finished filling it on Wednesday, May 27.

Yep, those crazy kids have jumped and and have been swimming since day 1... I dont know how they do it, the water cant be more than 50 degrees TOPS... in these video's, the water has come straight from the hose

Shall we see that one more time... (just a clip, not the whole movie)

Alysha got her ears pierced - AGAIN

So Alysha decided that since I went and got my ears pierced again (the second hole), she wanted hers done...

What do you think?

Memorial Weekend

My oh my, what a busy weekend we had...

Unfortunately we were unable to make it to my cousins wedding, but we did accomplish quite a few things around our home...

First, Joe tackled the pool

Then we attempted to replace our crappy back door with some beautiful french doors.. .Here is the before and after picture...

And finally, we decided to clean the tent that Dad so graciously loaned to us for Cub Scouts. What a pain that was, first, we were unsure of how to put it up, then it turned us into smurfs... though the kids had no idea what smurfs were...

But alas, Success....

Tom decided it would be worth testing, so he took a three hour long nap... under the canopy... Sarah chose the couch.

And no Memorial weekend would be complete without at least getting in the water. Yep, the same pool we painted... Do you have any idea how cold that is.. .LOL Bet the kids can tell ya.

IN addition to all of this, Joe managed to get in some fishing with his friends on a Charter Boat out on Lake Saint Clair, he didn't catch anything he could keep, but had a blast anyway. They fished on the Canadian side of the lake, and fished from about 8 am till about 7 pm... Great times.

Hope everyone had a pleasant Memorial weekend...

What have I been doing

I have been really busy lately being the new den leader for Tom's cub scout group... please check out the blog to see what we have been doing...

Spring has sprung... FINALLY

My tree out front is in full bloom,

my hosta's are up,

I am one happy camper... THANK GOODNESS, its about time... LOL

Trip to Detroit Zoo

So in kindergarten, the kids always manage to end up at Detroit Zoo...

This year I was unable to bring siblings,

but Sarah and I had a really good time...

Here is a video to show you our adventure.

Thanks to Aunt Amanda for suggesting the song...