Macee and Auna Spokane

Macee sent me this picture yesterday, she went to watch Auna and her club team compete in Spokane.  Macee said she doesn't miss her club playing days one bit. 

 I heard Will out playing basketball when I was working in the yard, he's home for spring break, so we asked him over to have pizza with us.  Alan happened to stop by just as we were opening the pizza box, so he had some, too, and we all watched some of whatever March Madness game was on at the time.

Lexi softball

 It was Pajama Day so the girls had theirs on when we picked them up at school Wednesday, they ran right out to play some ball as soon as we got home since the sun was out.  They did some pretty good hitting.

 Parker tried out his new chipper attachment on the limbs of a fir tree he cut down for me, he was very happy with it.  That and the splitter make firewood cutting much easier.

I had to take a picture of the girls on the way to school this morning since, after 5 1/2 years of sitting in the same place, Harper decided they should switch sides, what the heck?

Union played at Woodland today so Papa went to watch.  He said Lexi played well,  had a base hit and came in and scored, maybe twice, he couldn't remember.   Plus, she made a great diving catch.

Union won 8-4, he thought...(he said the girls were distracting him from the game.)

Lexi's cheering section.

Flu week

Harper got sick Monday night and both girls were out of school the rest of the week.  They stayed with us on Wednesday but then I got sick so they went home in the afternoon.  They came up today and we let Papa take care of us.  It was a long week of fevers, chills, coughing, sore throats, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea, you name it.  No fun.

 Still getting their strength back, they just wanted to sit and color this morning, and even asked Papa to color with them, that was a first.  Papa played blocks with them, too.  They would play for awhile and then curl up and watch some cartoons.  We let them take long solo baths, they enjoyed that.

By afternoon they were feeling pretty perky, being silly and cracking each other up, just happy to be feeling good again.  Now Rielee and Auna are sick, too...

 

Sunday

Papa gave Rielee a mug he found in Yakima for finishing her second  session of ukulele lessons.  He thought it was perfect since "You Are My Sunshine" was the first song she learned to play, and she is his sunshine, too.

 We got the Jeep out today and were surprised to find that Harper and Ava had completely forgotten how to drive it.  Harper was terrified and nervous, she drove over to Rielee's and that was it, she rode her scooter.  Ava and Rielee took turns and Ava started getting the hang of it after awhile.

 All the girls helped rake and pick up cones for a penny a cone, Rielee made $5, Ava and Harper made about a dollar-it got old pretty quick for them. 

 Rielee dug up a bunch of worms while she and Mom were cleaning out the strawberry patch,

 she fed them to the chickens while the girls watched.

Ava had some sniffles all day but she got a lot sicker overnight with a high fever and then started throwing up this morning.  Needless to say she stayed home from school.  She didn't move from the couch all day, poor thing, and took about 4 hour nap. 

State basketball

Getting ready to play Naches Valley

 We went to Yakima Thursday to watch the Castle Rock boys play in the State Tournament. They lost their first game to Zillah 61-48, but beat Naches Valley 38-30 on Friday. 

Bridget and Jillian getting ready to cheer for their cousins as they played Kings Way Christian this morning. Tor wasn't there yet, he came a little later with Dad. 

The game was close all the way, but they ended up losing in overtime 69-62, and took 6th place, the first trophy for Castle Rock boys in 20 years.  We were so proud of Ty and Brock and the rest of the team, they played some great basketball and were really fun to watch. 

Awards day

Rielee was all dressed up for the "Golden Pencil Awards" in her class today.  They were told to dress as if they were going to a movie premiere, there would even be a red carpet.  We couldn't go since tickets were limited due to their very small classroom, but she won an award for "best word choice".

 This is why we love to pick the girls up at school--seeing their happy faces!  Ava is carrying a "Gotcha" she received today for "following instructions".  She was really proud of it since she got it in another classroom. 

 They played outside with Rielee and Sophia after school.  Harper caught some air kicking the old volleyball around, they played hot potato with it, too.  Ava and Harper wanted to play baby and Mama but when they both picked Sophia to be their Mom, Rielee was kind of put out.  She changed the game to teacher and students and gave them cartwheel lessons instead. 

 Then she showed Sophia the fine art of building a volcano.  They worked for a long time on it

and were freezing by the time they got done, but it turned out great.  Ava and Harper went right in and got in the tub to warm up.

Sandbox

The kids played in the sandbox yesterday for the first time this year and we definitely need some new toys by the looks of Harper's bucket.  The twins were so excited when they got here because there was a little girl at the play fort (the granddaughter of our neighbor).  They had lots of fun playing  with her and the fun continued when Rielee got home from church and came over.