Shane's 7th Birthday

Opening his presents

Samantha swinging at the Pinata

Blowing out the one candle that would stay lit, because of the wind

Shane with cake and ice cream all over his mouth.

Shane celebrated his 7th birthday earlier this month. He had a pokemon birthday party at Storey Park in Meridian. He had a lot of friends from school and church come. They ate pizza, played at the park, played a few games, hit open a pokemon pinata, and had cake and ice cream. He had a lot of fun, and we were lucky to get nice weather, because it had rained the whole week before. After his party we came home and he opened his presents from the family. He is one spoiled kid!! It was a fun day, but we were all exhausted by the evening.

boys and their gadgets

Shane and the planets

Proud as can be!

Homemade waterfall contraption!

The kids went to grandma and grandpa Scholes all last week, and had a blast (Thanks grandpa and grandma)! Shane came home with a space book and all sorts of space things to put together. This morning before church Shane and dad sat down and finished their planet project. Shane was so proud of it, he hung it above his bed, so he could sleep under the planets every night.

Then tonight I went outside and found him and dad making a waterfall contraption. It was pretty cool. Shane would fill the blue bucket with water, it would tip over and spill over the skateboard and fill up the cupcake tin. What an imagination!! I love my boys!!!

Baseball Time

Samantha got her trophy today at her end of season party. It is a medal and a trophy. The medal sits in the tropy stand, or you can wear it around your neck. Samantha thought it was pretty cool. It has her school colors on the medal (blue and green).

Shane with his throphy

Shane

Ready, get set, throw....

Waiting for the pitch

It's out of the park!!!

Samantha

Samantha playing catcher

As many of you know, Samantha and Shane played baseball this summer for the first time. Samantha was on the LA Dogers team, and Shane was on the Chicago Cubs team. They both did really well, and had a fun time playing. This weekend was Shane's last game and award party(Thanks uncle Chris, Justin, and Caleb for coming to watch his and Samantha's games). We went to Primo's after and ate pizza, and the kids got their trophy's. Shane was really excited to get his trophy. Samantha's last game is tomorrow, and when we get pictures of her and her trophy we will add it to the others. They both have had a wonderful season, with excellent coaches. We are so proud of them.

Here is a video of Shane batting. It took a few swings, but he got a good hit right down the 1st base line. He was the last batter so he was suppose to run all the bases, even if he got out, which he did. (This video is taking forever to download, so hopefully it will work!)

Here is a video of Samantha hitting the ball!