Assorted Items

I haven't had a lot of blogging enthusiasm lately. Paul and I are still planning on doing some recreations, so thanks for the pics, several of you. We just haven't had the time. We'll get around to them eventually. So here are a bunch of other things that have been going on recently.

Item #1
These are my favorite moments of the cousin pictures taken yesterday:

Oliver blessing Van / Teylor & Kobe

AND

Van kicking Alex

That was quite a feat getting the two-year-olds to stay still for two seconds. Pretty funny. They're all so cute, aren't they? Good job on the kid making, everyone.

Item #2
Alex and Isabel are in T-ball. It's been interesting. I always forget to take them to the practices. At the games they don't keep score, they just make sure everyone gets a chance to hit and then the coaches tell them where to run. They're getting the hang of it now, I think. Their enthusiasm for the sport looks like this:


We bought them cool new mitts - Isabel's is pink and lights up. Alex's is blue, but you would never know it from our pictures, because every time we get to the game, he announces that he has forgotten to bring it. So he borrows other ones. We are just glad he has shoes on, usually.

Anyway, they're cute and it's fun to watch them play. Oliver LOVES the games and wants to be a part of everything. He met a little friend there and they throw balls at each other. He calls her "T-ball."


Item #3
Look what I did:

I finally painted our little sunroom area. Fresh Pear was the final winner after 6 months of studying green paint chips. And I still like it 4 days later! Amazing. I'm debating if I should paint the whole room that color, or just that one wall. Feel free to give your input. I also painted the playhouse (again) to match the new shutters that Mike picked out and installed:


And side view:

Aren't they cute?? Thanks Mike! Yes, the door is now black. Paul asked why a black door, and I replied, "Because Mike said." So all the praise and/or blame should go to Mike. I think that's fair. Father Mike also said to paint the roof trim and the upper side window. And to put a flowerbox on that upper side window. I'm still debating if I'm going to do that. Again, feel free to give the input. Hey Paul, photoshop that for me to see what it would look like. I forgot to take pictures of the inside. Dang. I'll have to post those later. If you're bored to tears hearing about this playhouse again, I don't blame you. I'll move on.

Item#4
Note to self: Do not let kids eat in the living room ever again. They leave the ketchup out. And Oliver finds it. Oliver loves ketchup. Eating it and pouring it. It was not a good day for our carpet.

Item #5
I have been convinced by all of you to spray our house for spiders. This black widow on our porch stairs also convinced me. He finally succumbed to the gallon of spray I poured upon him. So gross.

Item Last
Our visit to the zoo produced this very patriotic picture.

Happy Fourth everybody!