Ty at Bat

Here are a couple of pictures of Tyler at bat during T-ball. He actually did a good job. We have a few thing we need to work on. Number one being: don't throw the bat after you hit the ball. Tyler is so excited, he just throws the bat instead of putting it down. We have a year to work on that one.T-ball is over for the year now. Next year both Tyler and Garrett will be able to play so our summer evenings will be even more exciting. I just hope their games will not be at the same time. We will see. We have another 10 months before we have to worry about that.

Random Little Boy Activities

For Christmas this past year, Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Earl gave the family a trampoline. The boys have spent many hours jumping, rolling, wrestling, or just sitting on the tramp. This is one gift that has been used a lot and will continue to be used lots. (Thanks Grandma & Grandpa :) What I find amusing though, is the dog likes the trampoline also. Miley likes to get up on it when the boys are jumping. It does not bother her if Tyler or Garrett jump while she is up there or not. I have seen her get up on the tramp when the boys are inside and she is outside. We have a slightly crazy dog (I think she picks up on vibes from the guys:)

Tyler and Garrett love to be outside. They love to play in the backyard. They will either play on the swing set, jump on the tramp, play in the sandbox, dig in the dirt, or ride their bikes. They love being outside! They really like it when I am watering the lawn so they can run through the sprinklers. They are also happy just playing in the wading pool.

It is funny to watch them. Whatever Tyler does, Garrett does. Garrett is always copying his big brother. I think it is kind-of cute. If Tyler jumps in the pool, so does Garrett. If Tyler is getting in and out of the pool, so does Garrett. Miley, our dog, also loves to get in and out of the pool. She will hop right in with the boys. The three of them keep me busy, but I love it!

While the boys play hard, they also like to relax in style. On our way home from Salt Lake in July, the boys found these sunglasses at the gas station. Of course we had to get them because the boys looked so cute in them. Unfortunately, Garrett broke his glasses two days after we got home. Luckily, Tyler still has his shades and looks really cute in them.

Overview of July

July was a busy month for us. We went to the park, we went to the pool, we went to Tyler's T-ball games, we took a quick trip to Salt Lake City and we helped celebrate birthdays. One Monday in July, some of the Helena Brewer players were at one of the parks in town passing out lunches to anyone under the age of 18. Chad, an outfielder, (in the above picture) was passing out free tickets to any Sunday game to the kids. Kristian (a pitcher), Chris (an outfielder), and Damian (a pitcher) helped pass out lunches to the kids. Tyler and Garrett were pretty excited to meet some of the Helena Brewer ballplayers. Tyler started asking when he could go to another Helena Brewer baseball game in February. If you ask Tyler who is favorite baseball team is, he answers, "The Helena Brewers!" Tyler loves baseball.

During the month of July, we also celebrated family birthdays: Grandma Joni, Morgan, and Uncle Mike. Grandma Joni and Morgan have the same birthday. Unfortunately, we were not able to spend the day with Morgan, but the boys had fun sending her a birthday video on my phone. Poor Morgan got Garrett giving her his skunk sound and action. That means Garrett really loves her, because he only does that to people he likes. Both Tyler and Garrett helped Grandma Joni and Uncle Mike blow out their birthday candles on their cakes. Tyler made sure everyone received their birthday spankings. Daddy has taught them to make sure they do that on birthdays.

Tyler was a big help in the kitchen during everyone's birthdays. Tyler helped make the birthday cakes. He is also an awesome cookie baker and scrambled egg maker. Tyler is mom's extra help. He even likes helping with the dishes. Hopefully this will last as he gets older.

We also took a very quick trip to Salt Lake so Justin could fix Aunt Teresa's air conditioner. Both Aunt Teresa and Grandma Olsen were very glad Justin came down. July in Salt Lake can be miserable without air conditioning. Tyler and Garrett were excited to play with all of their cousins. I think their cousins were excited to play with the boys.

That is a quick overview of the month July for our family. As you can see, we manage to stay busy.

Camping Over the 4th of July

I am sorry that I have updated our blog lately, but we have been busy with life. Our last camping trip was over the 4th of July. We went camping with our friends Jeff and Shawna and my brother Mike. Our camp site was very grassy. Shawna had brought the game "horsey ball" or something like that to play. The object of the game was to throw two bouncy balls, attached together by rope, to a hurdle looking thing that had bars on it. The balls are suppose to wrap around one the bars for points. The first person or team to twenty won the game. Before we could even play the game, Justin and Jeff (with help from Tyler and Garrett) flattened the grass with the four wheelers so we had a relatively flat area to play the game on.

Tyler liked playing the game. He would run and fetch the balls his mom threw way out of bounds. Needless to say, I sucked playing the game. I never scored any points. I'm just not the talented. Besides playing horsey balls, we went four wheeling and just relaxed.

Jeff and Shawna had brought their dogs camping so we took Miley with us. We would take Tyler and Garrett on little rides down the road while the dogs ran. Miley did a good job staying with us. During one of the dog runs, Uncle Mike let Tyler drive the four wheeler all by himself. Mike sat behind Tyler while he drove down the road. Tyler had a grin from ear to ear when he stopped. Mike said he did not do too bad considering this was his first time.

No camping trip is complete with having smores. Garrett and Tyler love smores! They also love roasted marshmellows! They even like plain marshmellows! My boys love sugar just like their dad!