Beautiful Ballerina

ARM came home with a chalk art creation from school...this is going to go great in a sparkly silver frame on her bedroom wall.  Yes, her favorite color is still purple. There are a lot of things I love about kid art! It rivals those artists you see at the museum, in my opinion!

'Twas a Windy Night

   Talk about a sad picture! That is the trampoline that we only had since the summer, wrapped around a tree in the backyard after one heck of a windstorm! Had it not been for that tree, which we thought about having removed, this yard toy would have been up against the neighbor's deck, so there is that.
   Why, oh why, didn't we have some sandbags holding that baby down? Argh. Our kids and their friends sure had fun on it during the time we had it and thanks to my friend Linz for giving it to us.  RIP trampoline...we will miss you. Even Brooke, who claimed she'd gladly sacrifice you to play baseball. We know she loved to jump.

The Dolphins and the Dol-fans

Energetic, smiling, and determined, still learning and growing, but having a lot of fun! That describes Brooke and her teammates, the Dolphins.  This is her second year playing with this group of girls and they work really well together - three games to go and no losses yet (this year or last year). Much of this success can be attributed to the great coaches these girls have.  We are truly blessed because they are very patient, know their stuff, and most importantly want the girls to have fun playing.

Two games are coming up this weekend and we cannot wait to cheer the girls on.  Here is a photo from last weekend of Brooke putting up a shot, that did go in!