Oreoles Win 6-3!

Silas's first game was against the Phillies. All the kids played well, and had a lot of fun. In the end the score was Oreoles 6 - Phillies 3. The whole game (5 innings) took 1-1/2 hours.

Here's Silas at bat.

Here's Silas on first base. (That only happened once)

Here's Silas being the catcher. He also played pitcher (stand by the pitching machine and get the ball to the man running it) and short stop.

Here's his schedule if you want to try and come to a game. Rain will cancel them, which means this Saturday's game is unlikely to happen. He won't be attending games on Sunday.

Little League!

Little League Opening Day was today. Here are the kids all ready to go.

The UC Davis marching band led the parade which ended at the Little League fields. There were bounce houses and food to be enjoyed. It was a beautiful sunny day.
So far Silas is LOVING it.

Hiking & Flying

We needed some fresh air, so we went up to Auburn again for a hike. The day was sunny but cold, and we had a nice time.

Keilah walked most of the time, but the path was too muddy for her to cross sometimes.
Then we went to the Aerospace Museum at the former McClellan Air Force Base. We got to see lots of different kinds of airplanes, big and small.

The kids tried to fly off in one or two of them.

We enjoyed the helicopter too.

Happy Birthday Chris

Chris had a birthday, shout hurray! One year older and wiser too?

The kids and I had fun trying to make his day special in many small ways, we're so glad to have him!

Silas wrote the frosting words on the cake all by himself. I made Chris's favorite, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, so I had to put little carrots all over it.

Bodega Bay

It was a relatively warm weekend (mid-60s highs), so we decided to head to the beach. Obviously not quite the beach trips we had in Hawaii, but fun nonetheless. We walked about 4 miles (the kids were troopers).

We walked to one end of the beach where there were some tide pools. Not much to see there unfortunately.

We had to go through a small cave to get there.

Lots of muscles and anenomes, but that was it.

Then we flew kites all the way back to the van. The kids loved it. Chris even got himself a trick kite.

The Little Red Car

Chris likes his projects. So he brought home his father's little red car to restore. It was a pedal car that had been modified to be powered by a lawn mower motor. It hadn't run in a LONG time. But Chris worked his magic, and here it is!

This is a picture of Chris's dad, around 1955, riding his little motor car.

This is what it looked like when he brought it home. He discovered the number "8" under a layer of paint.

Of course Chris had to take a spin. The kids each took turns too.

It was really hard to take pictures of, but the exhaust smoke often came out in rings. Pretty funny.

Chris intends to paint the number 8 back on it too. What a legacy!

Happy 2nd Birthday Keilah!

Happy Birthday to my precious daughter, Keilah. She is so full of energy and delight. She's very stubborn and independent, but also thoughtful and polite. I can't imagine our family without her! We celebrated her birthday in September, so we just had a little treat and gift on her actual birth day.

She blew out the candles like a pro.
The smoke wafted over her face, but she's still beautiful.