Everything in a nice little package

Before much is said...congratulations Julie and Matt. Jayna was upset that we didn't get to see Baby Tessa longer at the hospital, but I told her we would see her soon at the house. So on that note, the past few days have been busy. Jasmine finished school and now is a big 5th grader and Nick is finally starting kindergarten. It seems like a very long 6 years to wait for Nick but he is finally there and hard to believe that Jayna will be starting preschool too. But before we jump through the whole summer, we have to enjoy it first. Along with Jasmine finishing school, she also finished up another session of horse lessons and said good bye to her horse, Indee Anna, but is looking forward to her two weeks at horse camp.

While Jasmine is at horse camp she will be missing out on a few of her softball games but if it is a repeat of her last tournament, rainy and cold, I don't think I'll miss it even if they did end up 5th out of 8 teams. Her team is getting better and can actually make a few plays. Last night they played a team from Baldwin, WI and won the two games with some excellent pitching and field work. Jasmine is working on swinging the bat but is content with taking the walks.

Even if softball is taking up alot of our time the kids have found a few friends to play with at the fields. Tony is pictured with Owen, which is a story in itself and if you have time ask me about it, and then there is Marco. Both Jayna and Nick love playing with Marco at the games and he is a fun kid with lots of energy...yeah look at the stick and you can see Jayna and him have the love of collecting sticks. By the way, we still have the stick Jayna picked up.

With her softball playing twice a week and additional practices, spring has flow right by and now it is hard to believe summer is here and Tony is going to be one. With Tony's birthday coming soon, it is exciting to see that he is eager to walk. The picture below shows him standing for the first time on his temporary bed. He is very mobile now and tries very hard to pull himself up but doesn't have it down just yet. Soon he will be a moving machine and then we will all be in trouble.

I guess that just leaves Emma. What to say about Emma except that she is getting bigger by the day, but she as well as us are learning to live together in perfect harmony:) Tony loves to see her.