Baseball Party!

Well, another baseball season into the books! Tonight we had our end of season party for the team at Mission Park. Each of the boys got a trophy and we got coach's trophies for the assistants to thank them for all their time and hard work. We had a wonderful time, presenting the trophies, eating pizza and, of course, playing at the park. Trav was even surprised with a signed team pix, a personalized T-Shirt and gift card to Red Robin! Thanks everyone for a super season! Go Broadway Bulls! (Dan, you're "it!)

Trav thanking his assistant coaches.

Trav's gifts from the players & parents. So sweet!

Austin's "fox tail" is a lot of fun, but it sure gets stuck everywhere! This is everyone trying to figure out how to get it off the roof of the picnic shelter!

This is what we came up with!

Troy's 8th Birthday

Happy Birthday Bubba!!! As usual, we all had a great time at the Rigby's for Troy's 8th Bday Party. Good cake, good visiting and good photo-ops! Thanks Ta & Todd for a fun evening!

Check out the naked boy! For those of you who watch "So You Think You Can Dance"..... White Lightening, Jr??? :)

Pow Wow

This last Friday was the first day of the annual Julyamsh Pow Wow in Post Falls. Apparently, it's the largest outdoor Pow Wow in the Northwest. The three of us had never been to one, and with Austin learning about Native Americans in school and at his Day Camp, we thought we'd go and see what one was like. We brought along Austin's friend, Blake and the Keeneys also joined us. I'm really glad we went because it was awesome! There were booths set up selling crafts, some critters to look at, a play area for the kids with some neat slides, food vendors, a horse parade, and of course the Pow Wow itself. There were so many Native Americans there in their beautiful regalia! The colors alone were breathtaking. Once they all entered the arena for the group dance, it was mind blowing. It was like a whirlwind of colors and movement. Absolutely gorgeous!! And even children as young as babies were participating. What a wonderful event. My pictures don't capture the true beauty that was there. I highly recommend those who haven't been.... to go (next year's is July 23rd-25th)! We were there for over four hours and didn't want to leave, b/c we wanted to see more!

Garrett was not too sure about this new looking "kitty!!"

I guess there's more than one crazy nine year old out there!!

Indians Game

The Spokane Indians beat the Everett Aquasox 8-2 in Tuesday's game. Whoo Hoo!

Austin in the "batting cage"

Cub Scout Day Camp

This past week was Austin's Day Camp for his Cub Scout Pack at Camp Sekani (located on Upriver Drive). This year it was a full five days, as opposed to last year's two. I wondered how they'd stretch everything into five days when I first heard how long this year's camp was..... now I know! They had TONS more activities! Seeing as I don't work during the summer, except picture jobs, I volunteered to oversee our Pack (any pack was able to come to this camp). There were a few times I questioned my sanity for doing that! Seriously though, it was tons of fun for Austin and all the other boys (we had eight total). I actually had a blast too. And thank goodness for two of the dads, Jamie and Justin! Jamie was there four days and Justin, three, so they were a HUGE help. Trav was even able to come on Friday to see what all the craziness was about. We got to shoot BB Guns, launch bottle rockets, shoot bow & arrows, learn about nature and science, make some crafts, and much, much more. We even had some guest visitors that taught us all about how life was as a Plains Indian (man, were they funny!) On the last day we had an all-out water war. It was planned that the Packs would create their own Western towns (the week's theme was the Wild West) out of cardboard and then launch wet sponges at each other. However, there was a challenge to instead have the staff participate and "war" with the Scouts. Needless to say, we accepted! It was a dirty mess (I didn't get any pix of the actual war since I was a "little" wet), but I'm sure you get the drift! I'm not sure who won (I say the staff, but Austin disagrees!). The week was hot (except Monday, of course, when it poured on us!) but we had a wonderful time!

Our Pack "Posting the Colors"

Making ice cream

Bottle Rockets- a fav among young & old!

All three of us earned enough points to get our BB badges!

Austin, well, he's a little weird!

Our "town"

Our boys' town

Doing a skit

I even won a BB shooting award! Whoo Hoo!

The whole crazy lot!