“If we keep no diary [journal], the path crumbles away behind us as our feet leave it; and days gone by are but little more than a blank, broken by a few distorted shadows. Life is all confined within the limits of to-day….”
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| Brightyn played Machine Pitch, and of course Landon is the coach. We made it to TWO games, and one was freezing, and the other about baked our brains out. Here is a clip of both games - Wow, you can see the improvement ! |
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| This little miss played T-ball, and again, Dad was the coach. Oh boy ! We made it to ONE game, and it was totally worth it. Click here for a few laughs :) |
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| At the West Haven Baseball Complex Landon is coaching Payson's machine pitch baseball team. They are in Orange in the background, Landon is pitching (in black) |
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| Brightyn finds friends, and they play with their LOL dolls |
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| #1 - Payson is ON DECK |
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| Miss Bexlee enjoying the game :) |
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| Practice Swings - looks like a pro :) |
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| Up to bat !! |
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| Fun times - check out the video below to hear the giggles |
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| LOVE this pic !! Just like Daddy |
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| Same form :) |
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| JOY !!! |
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| Hangin' with my homies |
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| Thanks for coming !! |
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| Grandma D and Brightyn watching the hummingbirds cluster around the feeder on Grandma's back porch. It inspired me to go and get a feeder for our house.........so far, it appears the hummingbirds haven't found it ! :( |
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| Zachary fixing the leak in the trailer they bought. Great trailer......no problems......everything works........ Yea right...... :( |
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| We got the last row of corn (5 of 5) planted a few nights ago. Roger dug the furrow, Mom and Dad watered it in, Mom, me, and Tagg planted, Dad covered. The peas are coming along nicely, and the cucumbers just started poking through. The tomatoes look wonderful. |
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| Inside of trailer, fan trying to dry out the water soaked wood. As of last night, Zac had covered this all back up (after putting in insulation. The new paneling looks great. I'll have to get a picture of that soon. |
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| Tagg, learning from the Master Gardener. |
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| Typical night at the shop (for now). |
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| It will be fun to do a comparision picture later in the year. |
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| Afterwards we went down to the property to set up the machine pitch, and pitched a few balls. |
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| Taggie is struggling with his batting......hopefully this will help. |
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| Grandpa Roger giving some pointers. |
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| Treyson trying his hand. |
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| It was a beautiful evening - this picture doesn't do it justice. Tagg and I were walking back to the shop, and I pointed out how beautiful everything was. We live in such a beautiful place. |
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| It's hard to get decent action pics of the game - but here are some on the sidelines ! Grandpa Roger with Thatcher and Payson. Payson is kind of sober at first. Thatch is trying to "warm him up" by sharing a cookie :) |
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| What's a ballgame without a slushie !! Apparently Tagg had a LIME one :) It has been so fun to watch these little boys. First T-ball, then coach pitch (that's what Tagg played this year), and then machine pitch, which is what we were watching Treyson play tonight. The CHAMPIONSHIP game !! Braves v. Dodgers. Tagg accidentally came to the game in a DODGER shirt. CJ made him turn it inside out :) |
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| I could just EAT HIM UP ! |
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| The little ones were pretty interested in the cookies, and Payson LOVED LOVED LOVED the sprayer. |
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| Here he is - he just sprayed Grandpa Roger, and Grandpa gave the appropriate horrified reaction :) Just what Payson wanted. |
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| The GRAND CHAMPION BRAVES. Coaches are Mike? Despain, Ryan Turner, and Kevin Heiner. I don't know all of the kids on the team, but that is Despain's kid next to him (he is Gary and Joy Randall's grandson), then Olivia Jaffa (Melinda McMillan's grand-daughter), then Camden Hopkin (Jess and Camille's kid), then our TREYSON !! Yea Treyson!!, then I don't know the other 6 boys, except that one is Kevin Heiner's and one is Cody Nye's, and that is Gavin Turner (standing next to his dad Ryan) on the far end. It is amazing how much this team has improved over the course of the season. It has been a fun year watching them play. I think some of them will stay with machine pitch next year (due to age), and some will move on to WBBA minor league. |
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| Coveted Bobble-Head Trophy, and a free snow cone ! What could be better !! |
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| In Zac and CJ's back yard, playing in the swingset |
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| They were able to get their batting cage set up so the boys can practice hitting. |
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| Thatch and CJ |
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| Helping (watching) Dad |
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| Payson came to see me at work just before they left for camping :) |
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| Always into something ! |
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| Riding Shady on the new saddle |
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| CJ is quite the horse woman. I think both Zac and Roger were quite surprised. She saddled her all by herself, and is teaching Tagg to do it also. Treyson doesn't want a thing to do with any of it. |
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| Hayden and Tagg. When I asked him was his name was, Tagg said, it's Hatem' , but people don't hate him. Too funny ! |
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| He is always so smiley :) |
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| We had a visitor to our barnyard one day when I was home at noon. He ran off when our goats became curious. I was just standing there watching the chickens, when he walked up. He obviously didn't see me. |
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| The Morgan Splash Pad at Riverside Park is a big hit. I ran over on my lunch and visited with CJ and her friends and the kids. Thatcher fed me colored gold fish ! It was great. It would be neat if we could wiggle our noses, and have 6-7 mature trees all around the perimeter. There was not alot of shade for the watching moms. |
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| Treyson and friend - Easton Phillips |
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| This little cutie could be my grand - daughter-in-law one day :) Apparently she and Thatch were playing footsies ! She (and her sisters) always looks so beautiful with hair in place. |
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| Then there is THIS Yahoo. What a mug!! He is all boy, that's for sure. You can't seem to keep him clean, and he has a runny, boogery nose most of the time. He's a cutie, and loves to share his goldfish with grandma. |
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| Tagg in his new swim shirt and suit. He LOVES the Splash Pad |
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| Later at the Rec-Plex watching Treyson's game. |
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| Treyson had alot of fans - Mom, Dad, brothers, Lindsey and her girls, Grandpa Roger and Grandma Gwen, Grandpa Jim, and Grandma Shirlee, Grandma Ben, and Grandpa and Grandma "D". |
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| CUTE FAMILY !! |
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| Love this pic ! |
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| After we got home, we were out in the barnyard when a HUGE boom reverberated across the valley. We later heard they were blasting at the blue rock pit over by the Hitching Post. Apparently too much? or misplaced? explosives made huge rocks fly out onto the freeway. Wow, that would have been a sight. Sure wish it had happened about 15 minutes earlier while we were at the Rec Plex. THAT would have been exciting !!! |
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| My beautiful flower garden - Love my Iris :) |
