Can't believe we're celebrating 7!!!!

Two more cute videos...

Mimi's visit...

Mimi arrived at 11:00 PM before BJ's 4th birthday and what a fun way to celebrate his special day. He awoke to find Mimi at our house:) Mimi spent the day with the boys while Rick and I both worked and that evening Mimi took us all out to dinner and we came home to enjoy a cake that Benny decorated and to open a few presants.

It was hard to believe that a week could go by as quickly as this one did.

Mariner's game...

It was quite a treat to go to the Mariners' game when we were in Tacoma earlier this summer. It was quite pleasant outside that evening, we had very nice seats between first and second base in the outfield section, yummy cotton candy for the boys, and lots of laughs. One of the highlights to me was that we were able to ride the city bus to and from the game, boarding just blocks from Sonja's house, so it was very easy (of course dad and Sonja did the background work to get us on the right bus).

Visit from the Ogawas

Oh my did we have fun. We were so lucky to be able to see four of the five Ogawa's in this one visit, including the beautiful baby E. Two of these three videos are clips of everyone racing...

BJ's FIRST BASEBALL GAME!!!!!

Beautiful evening...a bit on the chilly side if you can believe that for July! BJ had a spectacular baseball evening, to start what might turn into a lengthy baseball career. He was chosen as lead off batter for the Rockies, and ended the night with two wonderfully hard hit base hits. He was chosen to be the team's starting pitcher, and jumped on EVERY ball that was remotely in his range to snag. When you watch the attached video, I want to you pay close attention to who emerges from the dogpile with the baseball in hand??!!! Did we have any doubt? You'll notice he finishes off the play with a little celebratory slide into the pitcher's mound. The camera cuts off just as he's going into his second slide. The second inning he was placed at shortstop, which he played equally aggressively, taking a few balls that could have gone to the pitcher, but the coach told him to play up, so he did! The game ended with true BJ flavor...he started by joining the other team and their postgame snacks (fresh cut oranges) and then joined his own team for two packets of Gogurt. He couldn't have been happier:) Needless to say, we're looking forward to our two games coming up this week before we hit the road. We can't wait to see everyone!!!

Trip to Tacoma - Tall Ships

These shots were taken Saturday morning when we went across the "glass bridge" into the Tall Ships. We had so much fun!