New Cousin

This is our new cousin Emma. She was born on March 16. She is Nancy, Teddy's little sister's first baby. She looks like an eskimo baby. She is pretty cute. Congrats!!

President's Cup Tourney

The girls had a tournament this weekend here in Bakersfield. It was a tough weekend and they played some really good teams. I wish I had taken pictures of the "eleven" year old we played. Some had boobs!! It was crazy. They tied their first game 2-2 and lost the second 2-0. Sunday was better and the girls really played hard. They lost their first 1-0 in the last seconds of the game on a penalty kick. I hate losing on penalties!! The other team's parents were whining the whole time. I am beginning to understand those parents they show on CNN that attack the kids on the field or better yet their parents! The last game they won 1-0. Here are a few shots. The first day my batteries were dead so I only got shots from Sunday. I always miss the action shots because I am to caught up in the game!!

Mom and Son BBQ

This is Zeke's friend, Julius.




This past Friday our school had a Mom and Son BBQ. They had us play kickball and had a basketball shooting contest. There were hot dogs and goodies for sale. It was a lot of fun. I had to chuckle to myself because there were a lot of dads there too just to "observe." Many were helping but I don't think a few could stand staying at home and missing out on the fun. The theme was sports related so many families wore matching jerseys or t-shirts. Zeke and I wore our Notre Dame Jerseys. Teddy was quite excited. Here are a few shots of us.

Sadie's Track Meet

Sadie and Payton tried out for the school track team and made it this year. Payton had to quit because she pulled her hamstring in a soccer game two weeks ago but little Sadie stuck with it. She usually doesn't get much attention regarding her running ability because Payton is so much faster so she had herself convinced that she would get beat. I kept telling her she comes from very good speed genes, her dad, grandpa Ted, and of course Grandma Abby. So, we went to her track meet yesterday. She was assigned to run the 800yrds and 200yrds. Teddy coached her up on strategy with the 800 and told her to not start off too quick and to keep a steady pace and finish strong. Sure enough, she did just what her dad said and ran a great race coming in first, both boys and girls. She was a crack up as she rounded the corner where we were because she was doing lamaze breathing to keep her pace. It was pretty cute. She finished the day with the 200. She lined up next to this tall black girl and we both thought, darn it! Sure enough they started out and the black girl was in first but down the stretch came little Sadie with her "Kick" and she finished a photo finish at the finish line. The black girl beat her time by hundreths of a second but we were so proud of her finish. She is such a little trooper, always trying her best. Here are a few shots of her races. Good job, Sadie!!
The photo finsih. I wish I had caught the other girl. Sadie ran thru the string first but the timer's had her second.
Here is the 200 as they came down the stretch. You can see Sadie in far second, getting ready to bring on her moves!
Glad the 800 is over!!
You can kind of see her face doing the Lamaze breathing.

Snow Weekend

This past weekend we went skiing at Sierra Summit. We rented a little cabin for just our little family. It was tucked up in the mountain next to the ski resort. It was a little two bedroom cabin and they had cleared the roads up to it. The night we came in there was a storm and it had started snowing. As we layed in bed we could see the snow coming down hard. When we woke up the next morning these are a few pictures Teddy took of his truck. There was snow everywhere and up to the road. We luckily didn't have to really dig our way out cause he put the truck in four wheel drive and drove up over the snow. The snow banks were so high on each side, it was like driving in a maze. We had a lot of fun but it was the first time we had skied while it snowed and it was really cold. I still love it!! I feel for all you people who live in the snow. It was crazy driving for us warm climate people. Thank goodness for chains!!