Tball 2015

I never got around to posting Seth and Sam's soccer season pictures, so even though tball has been over for about a month now, I want to still make sure to post some pictures. Also it helps make me feel less guilty for the fact that I still haven't posted a 6 year old update on the twins. It's in the works, and hopefully I'll finish it soon!

 

Tball was a lot of fun! We were very blessed to be placed on a team with several families we already knew, and also quite a few that live very close to us. With us moving to a new community this past year and homeschooling, sports is a good opportunity to get to know people! The boys seemed to click well with several of the boys, and we really enjoyed visiting with the parents. There was definitely plenty of time to visit, because the games were SLOW. It was just about as basic of tball as one could get: they let each team bat all the way through the line-up, no one got "out", and there was no score kept. Seth and Seth were a bit disappointed about the lack of competitiveness, and thought that soccer was more fun because you got to move and do more. However, it was fun to watch all the kids get better at batting, and by the final game a kid actually even caught a ball--the whole crowd cheered!

 

The pictures of the boys batting totally crack me up. First, I got a swing and a miss with Sam.

 

  

Then a swing and a tee wallop from Seth.

 

 

 Here's Sammy at first base.

 Sweet Seth on base.

 Nice look Sam.

 This picture below pretty much sums up the kids' interest in tball. We looked over to find all of them hovered on the ground examining a bumble bee. Hilarious!

Tball was a big hit for Joshy too, because the games were played on the field next to the grade school playground, so Josh got to play on the equipment for a lot of the games.

 Not too happy about something.

 Going down the tunnel.

 He loved the slides!

 Being a monkey on the bars. Not sure which twin this is...I think Seth?

 Nope, that was Sam, because this is Seth with Joshy.

 Such a rascal this kid.

 The last game of the year the boys got cookies with their names on them and little trophies.

 

Exploring Our Neighborhood

We have loved every moment at this little homestead God gave us almost a year ago.

 We spend almost every minute outside that we can. This is the front of our house...our dog is included too.

 

Across the lot behind us is the creek. Since Seth and Sam have decided that they are big fishermen, I think we're going to spend a lot of afternoons here this summer. Joshy loved throwing rocks. Supposedly salmon will spawn up Scappoose creek. It would be wild if they could catch something! In the meantime, I'm happy to spend peaceful time in this beauty.

  

 

 

 They are all about the tackle. They have even been dabbling in making their own flies.

 Such a cute kid.

 

In front of our house is a huge hay field. We've been waiting for the tractors to come out to cut it--and this week they finally did! On our walk the other night, we noticed that the gate was open, and we had a hankering to let the boys run in the fields! It was so fun and carefree. I laughed and laughed watching Josh jump the hay rows.

 

 Hay makes for beautiful pictures!

 Ben had the idea to have the boys on his back while holding Joshy. First attempt, a tumble!

 Second attempt, they didn't fall, but didn't make for a very good photo.

 This is much better. I love the men in my life!

 Run for days

 Rosey loved it too

 "Cheese"

 This is our second evening feeding the horses down the street. Now the boys are asking to do it every night. They loved everything about it. Seth said, "I love how they breath on me." It is very neat to be so close to such gorgeous animals.

Seth

 Joshy loved it too, and was making clicking noises to try to get the horses to come to him. It was precious. He's fearless when it comes to animals.

 Sammy 

 "Here. Hay. Horses."

 Making clicking noises

 End of the evening.

The evening sunset.

 

Oh how I love this home!

Caleb's Graduation

We've been busy! The weekend after we went to Lakeview, we went to Maupin to stay with Nate and Holly so we could be in town for Caleb's graduation party on Sunday. Then the next weekend, we headed that way again for a day trip on Saturday to help pack up Jeff and Diane's house, and then attend the evening graduation. Between all three weekend trips, we were driving for 24 hours!

Here's a few pictures from each weekend. Holly is such a great hostess and had a bunch of special gluten free treats to celebrate the boys' birthday late, and my birthday early. We always have such a wonderful, relaxing time visiting them, and we all adore their beautiful daughter Ellie! Seth and Sam's birthday gift was a tackle box filled with fishing gear (the boys have decided that they're going to be fishermen like their uncles Nathan and Caleb). Those tackle boxes have gotten use almost every day since they received them; the boys spend hours making flies!

 Joshy wasn't quite sure of Ellie. He refers to her as "baby" and wasn't a fan when she tried to pull up on him, because apparently he's such a big boy.

 Notice Seth's head: he had the worst wipe-out so far going down a hill on his scooter with no shirt on. His head, tummy, elbows and knees were pretty scraped up and we were very thankful for no broken bones!

 The boys soak in everything Nate teaches them about fishing! He's such a great uncle.

 To add to their fishing gear heaven, their grandparents got them fishing vests. They are so cool! Later that day Caleb helped them label their tackle boxes for different kinds of fish and taught them lots about tying their own flies.

 Grandma heaven

 This picture is from the following weekend as we packed up Jeff and Diane's house. I love all the grandkids crowded around Deedo. They are moving to Portland for the next couple years to have Levi finish out his high school career at Madison. They will be living only 40 minutes from us--we're all so excited! It was sad to pack up their home in Dufur, however. We're thankful that they're only renting it out and are hoping that they return some day...we all have such fond memories there!

 I did a horrible job taking pictures at the graduation ceremony, but in my defense, I was juggling the camera with a hot, squirmy toddler. Ben actually had a small speech to introduce a scholarship and I didn't get one decent picture. I'm hoping that Nathan did! Ben did an excellent job and I was very proud of my husband!

 Caleb also spoke and did a wonderful job. We are so proud of the man he's become and are looking forward to him being in the Portland area (at Multnomah Bible College).

 Seth and Sam with the man of the day

 The youngest brothers

 All four Morris boys

 Me and my rascal, thankful to be out of the hot gym!

 My beautiful niece, Ellie 

Mt. Hood was beautiful and we were all dressed up: a perfect opportunity for a photo op.

 Such an amazing sunset!

The sky on the drive home...I couldn't resist showing God's glory in the sunset!