Go, Team, Go!

Shooter Eckert rules the wood floor most Sunday evenings.

His greatest asset is his cheering section.

Come join us... the team manager always has snacks and water to share.

June Gloom and the Sandy Peanut Butter Sandwich

If I ever write a children's book, I have my title.

So, June Gloom has set in.

I know, I know... wah, I live by the beach.

Anyway, we played at the beach this week, but it was a wee bit too cold for wading.

So, we settled for a seashell hunt and one fabulous peanut butter sandwich.

As we headed down in the wagon, I gave each girl a 1/2 of a sandwich. Rosie ate hers right away. Sadie ate hers... all morning. Even after she fell in the sand... 3 times. Even after she dunked it in a wave.  Even after she dropped it in a pile of seaweed. I tried to pry it out of her mits, but she wouldn't let me... so, she ate her sandy, salty, seaweedy peanut butter sandwich. 

And guess what? I let her. 

2 cute Eckert feet and one large Welch flipper foot.

Father's Day

One of the joys in life is to watch Ron be a father. He's loving, playful, thoughtful and wise when it comes to our girls. Sometimes I forget that he grew up with 4 brothers.... then, he tries to put Rosie's hair in a ponytail and breaks about 50 rubberbands in the process, or he puts Sadie's clothes on backwards, and I remember :)  One of the reasons I love watching these traits in Ron is because I recognize them in my own dad. He is a great father. He raised girls too.... and he had the same handicap (see, I'm using Father's Day golf lingo) when it came to fixing our hair... 

Here are the dads together:

I love it that they are such buddies. My dad calls Ron, "S1" because he's his 1st son, and Ron calls my dad, "D2" because he's Ron's second dad. Love this.   

 

We went for a Father's Day golf cart ride. As you can see, Sadie loved it.

Prior to this, I made the guys take a "mandatory nap" in front of the U.S Open. Easily pleased, those 2! 

 Baseball Father's Day cake.

  

I Love You Too!

I gave Ron U2 tickets for his 40th birthday in December.

We saw them rock out on Saturday night at Angel's Stadium

The concert was a.w.e.s.o.m.e

As in.... sing along to every song, stand up the entire concert, dance and scream your head off awesome.

Here is a clip of Bono singing "Amazing Grace" acapella and then going straight into "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." You might say that I lost my mind, it was so good... and yes, that's me screaming in the background.

Home Again!

We're HOME!

Wonder what we did while we were away? Well, I will show you with a whole bunch of pictures.

We do a lot of marching around while we're up at Bass Lake. We pick up sticks and rocks and explore and play in the dirt... you know, stuff we can't do in Orange County :)

Rosie made sure that everyone had warpaint.

The girls and I went to the Fresno Zoo.

Rosie liked the Giant Tortoise.

Sadie liked the Orangutang.

I think these were my favorite animals at the zoo:

We visited some friends whose dog had puppies. I was soooo tempted!!

See how well my kids share??

Nothing wrong with a cookie at 10 am, right? It's vacation!

Gone Fishin'

I've officially wrapped up another school year and I'm turning off the computer. I'm going fishin' with my littles for the next 2 weeks. I will see you all when we return.

XOXO

P.S I adore country music and am loving Trace Atkin's new song, "Just Fishin'"

It reminds me to savor every second with my girls... and makes me think of my own dad, who did this well with me.

Memorial Day

The sun (and the Paschalls) came out to play on Monday.

Somuchfun.

We even had an impromptu dance party. Man, I love these friends.