School's Out!!

They both had an excellent year and are ready for summer break, short as it may be...

Here is a look back at the first day of school photos...

Reed ended up with a new backpack and a new school by the time the year was over, Millie got her braces off and we had a different cat photo bombing our photos.

Fusion Softball

Fusion went on the road last weekend and we played at a beautiful park in Evansville, IN. The girls fell short of making it to the championship but they played great ball all weekend.

I had someone trying to make me feel guilty about "making" Reed spend so much time at Millie's softball games and that it wasn't fair to him. Please...this boy and his gang have a blast at these tournaments. The coolers are always full and the fun they have is well worth the price of admission. I will not be surprised that when he looks back some of his best memories will be running around with these boys.

It was Derby weekend so a few of the moms made these great horses and the girls had a horse race between games!

 We had a special visitor hanging out with the team!  The kids were very happy to see Evie!

Coach Travis giving a nice pep talk before she bats.

Don't even try to steal on Millie, yep, she got her out.

First Communion

Reed had his First Communion today and the day couldn't have been more beautiful.  We are so very proud of him!  He read very well in front of everyone and was a wonderful leader for the rest of the participants.  He told me he really liked the wine when he came back!  We had a nice lunch afterward and Father Day even stopped by on his Mule!  Unfortunately it wouldn't start when it was time for him to leave so it's still parked in our driveway and my mom drove him home.

Here are some photos I took while he was practicing on Saturday.  Father did great with them explaining how it would all work and when they needed to do.

The Big Day!

Bees Baseball

Reed had his first game of the season last night. So glad the weather was nice and we weren't freezing like at practices!

Highland Hills Tennis

It's been a long time coming but Millie is finally on a tennis team. The team is 5-8 grade, no divisions between grades. She was the only 5th grader to make the team that competes in matches. Very proud of her! They have had 2 matches so far and she had played doubles both times. She has won all of her sets 6-0 easily. Very excited to see her compete finally!

Chickens Chickens

The kids have been talking about and planning for chickens since last year. Reed was much more excited about it than Millie at first and he was researching and reading books about taking care of them. When the time got closer to getting them, Millie was excited too! We had several failed attempts of actually getting them, twice the store told us they had them but then they didn't when we got there. Then we went to Florida and wanted to wait until we returned. Then Rick wrecked his motorcycle (no fault of his) and ended up with punctured lungs and 12 broken ribs. So finally, even though the ribs are still very much broken, we got the chickens. It only took them a few minutes before they were scratching around in the fresh chips and eating and drinking. We ended up with 6. 3 look very healthy, 2 are kind of lazy and one hasn't moved from under the heat lamp and won't stop chirping. We are a little concerned about that one but the kids knew going in that chickens come and go and that they need to understand that.