On The Road To The Final Four

Uncle Mar is the head baseball coach for South Kitsap High School. His team had a District Tournament playoff the weekend we arrived in Seattle, so we went straight from SeaTac to the ball field. South Kitsap won its first game 11-1 vs Emerald Ridge and we arrived a little bit too late to watch. Luckily, we got to see them play at 7PM that same day. In the meantime, we spent time with Papa and Grandma Logue~

We played at the nearby park. Chase had a great time on the slide~

Jayden loves the swings~ 

Papa and Chase went on a "bear hunt"~ 

We had lots of treats~ 

Uncle Mar and his assistant coach have vowed not to shave until it's all over~

Unfortunately, South Kitsap lost the 7PM game to Puyallup 3-9, but we had a fun time watching Uncle Mar coach. South Kitsap earned the #2 seed going into the State Tournament. 

The following Saturday was the start of the State Tournament. South Kitsap first beat Jackson 3-0 at 10am and then went on to beat Woodinville 4-1 at 4PM. We were so ecstatic! South Kitsap will now play for one of the "top four" State Baseball Team slots in Pasco, WA on May 24th.

Chase got a special treat before the Woodinville game. One of the tourney officials gave him a game ball that was no longer needed. It was a wonderful coincidence that he got one because he had been asking for one while we were at lunch earlier that day~ 

Jayden and Chase with Coach Logue~ 

Easter - 2013

We had a quiet Easter celebration. First we hid a couple of baskets (one from the Endows and the other from us) around the house. Chase was excited and helped Jayden to find her baskets because they were hidden in plain sight.


After a slight tantrum because he couldn’t find any of his baskets, Chase rebounded into a better mood when Tanner helped him find his first basket~


Happy kids with their loot~


Next Tanner and Chase went bug hunting in the backyard because Chase got a bug-catcher set in one of his baskets~


Of course, Chase couldn’t find any and got frustrated that their wasn’t a SINGLE bug in the whole entire backyard~


Jayden tried to help find bugs too. She came prepared with her purse and bracelet. Jayden is a true little lady who loves accessories – shoes, purses and bracelets~


Jayden is also good with yard work~

Most families probably go to church, but we went to Vons because I forgot to buy eggs for coloring~


Chase has such a good memory when it’s to his benefit. Usually when I take the kids to Vons, he always wants to ride in this green car and I always tell him “you can ride in it when Daddy’s with you because it’s too heavy for me to push”. So of course, the first thing he says when we pull into the parking lot, “Mommy, since Daddy’s here, can we ride in the green car?” and he grinded us into letting him have a chocolate egg. Good thing Jayden was confused on what it was otherwise she would’ve wanted one too~


In the afternoon, Kamery, Scott, Tyler, Grandma Nish and Ron came over. They had a good time coloring the eggs. Chase made sure that all his eggs had a designated drying place that couldn’t hold eggs made by Jayden or Tyler, lol. As the oldest of three, I shamefully admit that I remember acting like him too~

Unfortunately, whenever we let Jayden or Tyler hold an egg they threw it down on the floor~


Uncle Scott did Jayden’s hair stylishly with a marker~


Uncle Marcuse watched as Chase and Jayden both tried to fit in one box. Chase was pretending it was a car and Jayden always wants to do whatever he’s doing~


After dinner, we got a visit from our newest cousin, Jake~

Santa Claus Is In Town

Tonight Santa Claus rode down our street escorted by the Torrance Police Department. It’s a very cool program that the City puts on – Santa’s float visits almost every street in Torrance over a two week period. We missed last year’s visit, but we were waiting eagerly for him to come tonight!

Cousin Tyler, Auntie Kamery and Uncle Scott came over to share in the festivities~

Chase loved spending time with our neighbor Max while waiting for Santa to come~

Gangnum style~


Family pics on the porch~


Neither of the kids cried – SUCCESS!

Baby Tyler didn’t cry either~

June 3, 2012

Bought patio furniture from OSH today - took Chase and Jayden with us. Chase had so much energy and just wanted to run all around the aisles and play "hide n seek". Needless to say he was very annoying to us (but secretly adorable and funny to me).

Tanner put together all the pieces - looks great! Chase "helped" him by putting all the little pieces in the leg tubes.

Mom, Kamery, Scott and Tyler came over for dinner - terri salmon, broiled artichokes, corn, roasted green beans (it's better to saute), costco pasta salad, white rice and brown rice pilaf. Chocolate malted krunch.

Chase sayings, "I can do whatever I want". (when we asked him what he wanted for lunch) "turkey sandwich - that's the grind!" (after Tanner said, "goddammit!") "Daddy, what goddammit?"

Chase seems to really love Jayden. When I asked if he wants to have another baby he said. "No. Just our baby girl". He's always playing with her ears with his fingers so rubbing it against his cheek. He always lets me know when she's crying.

Jayden still has no teeth although it seems like they're giving her trouble. Loves to gnaw on our fingers (strong jaw) and is drooling a bit. She still loves to watch Chase and no one can make her laugh as big as he can. She's going to bed around 9:30-10:30PM and waking up to nurse anywhere between 4-6am and then goes back to sleep until 8am.

Tyler seems just as big as Jayden length wise. Jayden smiles easily and is just darling. We love her so much!

Long Beach Aquarium - 6.1.12

I'm really writing this post on 7.14.15 - time flies! I can't remember any of the details, but here we are at the Long Beach Aquarium with the Robinettes.

Aidan and Chase met each other in pre-school in the Fall of 2011. Their teacher, Ms. Carrie suggested that I call Aidan's mom for a play date because they got along really well during school. Well, since I'm a procrastinator and was pregnant at the time, I never called. Thankfully, Aidan's mom, Stephanie, is more put together and arranged for us to have a play date sometime in early 2012. To date, we love hanging out with the Robinettes and it's fun to have kids so close in age to each other.

The boys had fun watching the scuba worker clean the penguin tank~

The Robinettes and Chase (being silly)~

Little Jayden is almost six months old and already sucking her left thumb (she did this since Day 1 and is still doing it today - 7.14.15)~

This is a self portrait Chase drew of himself in preschool (minus the circle). Apparently he has little eyes, a little nose, thin legs and no arms. LOL~