June Avengers tournaments

Father's Day Tournament winners.  They took home the championship ring!

Both kids had tournaments on Fathers Day.  Lance was able to make it to both!  Unfortunately Rylee's team didn't do as well as Carson's team.

Little League All Star Prep Tournament- Silver bracket winners!  This ended up being their last tournament of the season.  Getting a great medal was a great way to end a fun season with the Avengers.  Carson plans to join a new organization next year.  We will miss this team but he is ready for a change. ⚾ Stay tuned!

Last Day of School- 6th and 8th

 

Last Day of School pictures!  Carson finished 6th grade (his first year of middle school), and Rylee finished 8th grade and is on to high school next year! They both had straight A's all year.  We are so proud of them! 🙌

6th Grade Band Concert at LMS- Carson

 

Carson just had his Spring 6th grade band concert at Lakeridge Middle School.  He plays trumpet.  The band has improved so much, they sounded great!  Sadly it will be Carson's last concert, he has decided not to play next year.

Plaza de Toros

The Gift of Hope

Scooby Doo, Where are you?

Theme from Jurassic Park

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Raiders March

Memorial weekend in Minnesota

 

My grandparents are having a joint 90/ 95th birthday this summer that we unfortunately can't make, so we decided to make a special trip to Minnesota to visit and spend some one on one time.  The kids loved driving Papa Willlis' go cart around the neighborhood!  Carson had to try out the 3 wheel bike as well.

We got to spend some time with Uncle Brad, Aunt Barb, Cousin Brett and his girlfriend Carolyn, and Cousin Barry.

We definitely had to make a stop at Carl's bakery in Granite Falls for some coffee and long johns.  So delicious!  I also made the kids take a pic in front of the Hazel Run church where they were both baptized.  Its over 100 years old!

Downtown Granite Falls is so cute.  There are murals by the river, some cute shops, and this popcorn stand that is open nightly from 7-9:30pm.  Its been there for 104 years!

The kids loved Uncle Brad's 4 wheeler and side by side.  They'd ride for hours all over the farm.  This was probably their favorite part of the visit.

We also went over to Willis' son Shannon's farm and tried out his toys too, I just didn't take any pics there.

Had to check out Papa Willis' tractors too.

This was my Great Grandpa Milford's truck.  It has a start button in the floor!  So cool.  And it's still so pretty!

Kids with Uncle Brad.

Went to the old playground in Hazel Run and also went to a Memorial Day service in City Hall.

We played lots of cards with the Grandparents.  My favorite!

Visited my Grandpa Duane's gravesite and also my Great Grandparent's grave site.

My Aunt Barb had gas rations that belonged to my Great Grandpa Milford.  She also had both my Great Grandparents baptism certificates.  They were both baptized in the Hazel Run church, in 1909 and 1912.  These are such cool pieces of history!

We had such a great visit and loved spending time with family.  I wish we lived closer!

Pirates- BLS Majors LL Champions!

 

Carson just finished up his little league season on the Pirates.  It was his second season with this team and I think there were 5 of them returning.  They had a team event one Friday night at a Rainiers game.  One of the dads had a suite to share so the boys got to hang out there all night.  They even got to go into the Rainiers dugout and check it out... so cool!

They spent a lot of the evening at the wiffle ball field.  They had a great time and got some good team bonding in.

The season was so much fun.  Carson mostly played 2nd base and also got to pitch a few games.

The Pirates ended the season 15-2 and won the championship for the 2nd year in a row.  So exciting!!

Carson's girlfriend Victoria even came to cheer him on.  And of course Kona is always around to give a good snuggle.  We are so proud of Carson!

The coach hosted a post season party at his house.  The team got their championship rings and Carson ended up with the "Mr. Clutch" award.  It was a great season and I'll miss this team for sure!