Spring Baseball!

The spring baseball season has begun--we had opening ceremonies this morning. Carter was a little under the weather, but he wanted to attend and had a great attitude. This spring he's on the Cincinnati Reds. There are 11 kids--that's 3 more than in the fall. Can't wait for the first game this week--go Reds!!

Baseball Ready!

Spring Break 2011

This is the first year Spring Break has really meant much because we now have a child in public school. We spent the first 1/2 of the week in Winters with Heath's parents and his sister and her husband, Dave. We went to a fun museum, went fishing twice, took cattle to auction, and attempted to see the pictographs at Paint Rock but were turned away for not wearing proper footwear (wonder who that was?).

The second 1/2 of the week we spent at home. Along with doing things around the house, we went to the Water Gardens one day and the Botanic Gardens the next. These were both suggestions from Carter and Hayden. Here are some miscellaneous pictures from the week.

Carter @ the Botanic Gardens

Hayden @ the Botanic Gardens


Carter & Hayden @ Water Gardens

one of Carter's fish (bass)

Hayden fishing

Shining Star

Carter was the "Shining Star" this week in his kindergarten class. He got to help the teacher; be the line leader all week; and most importantly he got to bring something every day to share with the class (typically they each bring something 1 day a week to share). The class also got to ask him questions about himself and Ms. Goldman wrote down the answers on a poster they hung in the classroom. Here's what he said:

My name is Carter Watkins. Mario Kart Wii is my favorite video game. I have three guppies at home. My favorite movie is Up. Baseball is my favorite sport. I like chocolate-covered raisins for snack and Oreos for dessert. My favorite color is blue. September is my favorite month of the year.

Climbing the tree in our backyard