Hey batter, batter!

We are sad that baseball season has come to an end. We had a great time watching Zach play this year. It was his first year playing "kid pitch." During the season he practiced hard and became a really good pitcher. His last game he pitched 9 strike outs in 12 batters. Way to go Zach! I didn't get any pictures of him pitching, but here's one of him batting.

And stealing 2nd!

Last day of school!

Last Friday was the last day of school! Both Zach and Ryan had their awards presentations at the same time so Jason went to Zach's and I went to Ryan's. Zach received a gold medal reading award and the highest number of reading minutes in his class. Ryan received a bronze medal reading award and the "Paws for Success" award. We are proud of both Ryan and Zach in their accomplishments in school this year. I can't believe next year Ryan will be in 2nd grade and Zach will be in 3rd grade!

Zach with his gold medal reading award.

Ryan receiving his bronze medal reading award.

Ryan and his 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Bray.

Eating like dogs

The other day our cousin Ethan came over to play and eat lunch. Ethan and Owen decided to pretend to be doggies. They were so messy but so cute eating like dogs. They were even growling and barking and gave themselves the doggie name Rufus. That was the only name they could come up with, so they were both Rufus.

Who let the ducks out???

I've wanted to start a blog but didn't think that any current events at our house were blog worthy, until last Saturday. On the way to buy vegetable plants for our garden (at IFA), Jason suggested that we buy some ducks. Yes, ducks. I thought he was joking around but the kids were excited about the idea. Zach asked if we could get a Mallard and said "now we'll have a pet." (Our kids have been pet deprived.) The first thing we did when we got there was to see if they even had ducks...and they did! To make a long story short, we are now the proud owners of 3 very cute baby ducklings. They kids helped us name them: Pato, Superfly and Striper. Right now they are in a box in the garage under a heat lamp until they get their feathers, which will be in about 6 weeks. After that they are free to roam the backyard.

Owen and Pato

Zach and Superfly

Jason holding Striper

Ryan and Superfly