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Miss Kali lost her first tooth today! I was surprised when she lost it before she even turned 5. She was so proud of herself and she even lost it while she was a the dentist! It had been loose for awhile and it finally popped out! The nurse at the boys school gave her a little tooth treasure box and a sticker that says, "I lost my tooth today". What a big girl she is becoming!
*Disclaimer..she had an ice cream cone today and i didn't have a chance to wipe her face...

Sleepyheads

I was upstairs getting some things done and I asked Brad if he would put the kids to bed. After about 20 minutes I went downstairs to check on their progress and this is what I found:

Blake and Tank were all snuggled up on the living room floor


Daddy and Kali were asleep on the living room couch-I guess next time I should specify that they should be put to bed in their rooms...


And what was Big D doing? Just hanging out in the living room. Seriously this guy can stay up all hours of the night and still wake up at 6 in the morning, he surely doesn't get that from his Dad...

Hobos and nerds and kitties, oh my!

What a great and busy Halloween we had this year! I love dressing the kids up and going to parties and trick or treating. I am truly amazed that I am posting this the day after Halloween! Here are some pics fro our fun day:

Dallin was a hobo


Blake was a nerd


Kali was a fancy kitty cat-she loved wearing eye shadow and mascara...


Even Tank got into the Halloween spirit


All the great grandkids headed over to Grandma Porter's for a visit


Here is my niece Princess Mia


Blake and my nephew Crew-how cute is that football?


Brad wanted to play a quick pick up game of football with his nephew...

"Did I do that?"

That phrase is of course spoken in a nasal tone...this year for Halloween Blake told me he wanted to be Steve Urkel. I talked him down from a specific character (and painting his skin brown) and convinced him to go the nerd route. The first time we put his full costume on I just about died laughing. He also had a little notepad that he had written a bunch of different things in like-"Did I do that?" and "I am a Nerd". We went to our ward trunk or treat and Blake won for funniest costume. He totally pulled the look off, so brace yourself and enjoy the pictures.
On a side note-how great is it that he actually knows who Steve Urkel is. For some reason my kiddos prefer the shows of my generation. Some of their favorites are Family Matters, Full House, Saved By the Bell, I Love Lucy and their latest find was the Golden Girls-for some reason Blake finds old ladies incredibly hilarious. Ahh, back to the good old days of TGIF! Anyway, here are the photos, I have some of Dallin and Kali coming they just need to be edited...

Eight straight hours

Yesterday was a LONG day. I woke up at 4 in the morning and started to get ready for a garage sale. I went and had a fun morning with my girlfriends and made some money too!! With all the rain that we have had the boys had their baseball games cancelled. Now that it is finally nice they are trying to make up games. So we spent EIGHT hours straight at the ball fields (with the exception of a quick Chik-fil-A run for dinner that we ate in the baseball parking lot). Blake had a game at 2:30, then it was over to Dallin's 4:00 game. We shoved food down and then off to Blake's 7:00 game. Dallin's game started late at about 8:15 and we didn't get home until almost 10-it was a long day! However, there is nothing I love more than cheering on my favorite baseball players!! They went 4-o in their games yesterday, go boys!

Blue skies ahead! The weather was perfect!!!! Blake is getting ready to hit. He ended up hitting a home run! Unfortunately they made him go back because they said they had called tim so he had to settle for a triple...=)


Heading to second


The day turned into night...what a sunset! Blake is throwing the ball to make an out at first!


Go Rangers!


Dallin played catcher and did SO good! He was stopping everything!


Look at that stop!

She likes to ride her bicycle, she likes to ride her bike!

Every so often Kali will ask me to take the training wheels off her bike. Every time I end up putting them back on. Today was a different story. She wanted them off again and was so excited to give it another try. After about 10 minutes of running up and down the street with her, she did it! I got my workout for the day and Kali can now ride her bike without training wheels! Now to work on stopping...

Helmet? Check.


And a pose with her bike


That was tiring! I got a serious workout running up and down the streets with her!


Daddy was a bit cautious and wasn't quite ready to let go...


Look no hands! Way to go Kali!


Yahoo! Now let's celebrate with the happy dance!

What are the chances?

Fall baseball has finally begun! After many games being rained out the boys finally got to play. Their games were scheduled at the same time on fields right next to each other. I was trying to jump back and forth between the games to watch them both play. So, what are the chances that they would be up to bat at the exact same time? Probably pretty slim, but it happened. I was trying to watch them both and they each got a hit at the same time! Blake made it to first base while Dallin got a TRIPLE! Dallin also pitched his very first game. I was so nervous for him, but he did an awesome job! He ended up striking out two players and they won the game! Dallin's team still remains undefeated with a record of 3-0. They have played the to best teams in the league and won, which is great considering they are playing against fifth graders! Blake is a hitting machine! His game was such a roller coaster. In the last inning we were down 3-1. There were two outs and Blake was up to bat. He hit a single and was anxiously waiting for the next batter. His teammate had a good hit and Blake ran from first to home to score a run. They ended up wining the game 4-3. This should be a fun season to watch!

My good friend Angie who is expecting showed up to the game wearing this-LOVE IT!


Big Blake man up to bat


Dallin's first time pitching




Everyone is looking on for the call from the ump...He's out!! Way to go Dallin!


Thanks goodness both of the boys' teams have little sisters! Kali loves going to the games to play with her friends.