Brody and Baseball

Brody played his first year of Herriman Baseball... He was on the Orioles.



He enjoyed it and was successful... He learned lots from his coach and was also able to play with a neighbor friend too. As a family we got to go to a lot of practices and games...and we saw a lot of good hits, a lot of good catches, and a lot of slides...



Brody also was selected to be on an All Star team... and received another uniform for the weekend tournament...oh great more clothes for Brody to "dress-up" in multiple times a day and of course rarely put them away after :)

I will have to get more pictures from Brad (off his computer) to add here!

It's All About Hockey!

What did we get ourselves into having a "Canadian" Dad??? We got ourselves involved in Hockey!... That's what we did!

Brody and Karson started their first season of Salt Lake County League Hockey in October 2010-March 2011... It's been a lot of going to practices, watching the kids skate, loading the car, washing uniforms, driving in the car, taping sticks, packing snacks, watching games, freezing our bums, clapping hard, shouting cheers, and celebrating GOALS! It's been a lot of fun and the kids have enjoyed it too. They have improved and had a great experience... and here's to many more years to come (pretty sure... :)

Karson's 1st Goal!!!

Brody making his moves...

Birthday - First Day of School - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday!

July and August are usually busy months! 2010 was no different!

Brody's birthday theme this year was SOCCER! We played a soccer game, had soccer cupcakes, and broke open a soccer pinata! He also went golfing with dad and received roller blades to help fine tune his skating!

Then we had the first day of school for everyone:

Karson is in the 4th grade with Ms. Matthews

Brody is in the 1st grade with Miss Cleverly

Bennett is in Preschool with Ms. Lindsey

Dad had his 37th birthday!

Karson turned 9 this year and celebrated with a Slip N Slide party!

Mom had her 34th birthday (am I really that age?)

It was a great birthday... my friends and the help of Brad and Ashlee threw a suprise bbq party with all my great friends and thier families... I couldn't have thought of a better way to spend my birthday!!!

Preschool Happenings!

Brody Just finished his 2nd year of preschool... He really enjoyed going to Mrs Butterfield's Leaps and Bounds preschool. Brody said, "My favorite was when Ben got to come to my preschool" and then mom asked, "do you have any thing more you want to say?" Brody replied, "that's all I got."

He went on 3 field trips: Peterson's Grocery Store and Dominos Pizza..."we got to see where they make the cakes... it's a biiiiiiig oven. We got to see them toss the pizzas in the air." Children's Discovery Museum downtown and Wheeler Farm... Brody had to dress up like a farmer before going to Wheeler Farm. His"outfit" is below... everything was laid out the night before including his farmer socks, farmer shirt, farmer jacket, farmer belt and farmer hat (it was all very "farmerish" :)... he also put a little ball under his hat to be "his head wearing" the hat.

Brody's "King of the Sea" Poster

Brody is now a Preschool Graduate! There was a lot of "Pomp and Circumstance" during Brody's graduation ceremony: including songs, poems, pictures video, and reciting the abc's...

Off to Preschool He Goes!

September 3, 2009 - Brody's first Day of 4 year old Preschool!

His teacher is Mrs. Butterfield at Leaps and Bounds Preschool

Bennett is definitely going to miss his brother during the two hours...

When Brody leaves Benny says, "me miss Brode... you miss Brode? me miss Brode..."

Brody's Baseball Trophy

Brody is very proud to have his very own baseball trophy. He keeps it by his bed and now talks about wanting to play T-ball again (perhaps he wants another trophy :). Bennett probably wants one too. Anything Brody does Benny does it too!

Our Preschool Graduate (his first year atleast :)

June 19, 2008

Brody finished his first year of Preschool. Moms in the neighborhood took turns taking a week to introduce letters, numbers, and different concepts to our children. Brody liked "playing" with his Preschool friends the best. But he is now starting to want to know what letters are and identifying a few. On the last day of Preschool he was interviewed about what he learned at preschool and what he liked. Here were his answers...

What did you learn at preschool? To make a flower for my momma. (it was actually what they did the last day... smart answer :)

What was your favorite thing about Preschool? Playing downstairs (see.... he likes playing the most! :)

What do you want to be when you grow up? A Storm Trooper so I can be on Star Wars.

How many years of school do you have to go to be this? 2 years.

Starting in September Brody will be attending another Preschool (one we have to pay for monthly...oh it's going to hurt mom to do this :). Brody needs a little more "focus" and hopefully Mrs. Butterfield can do that better than mom :). However he does know he has a "Pirate Letter" in his name.... rrrrrrrrr!

Hopefully Mrs. Butterfield can smile about all his pirates and star wars, and, guns, and, swords, and, his crazy imagination too.

A real dinger!

Here is one of Brody's first T-Ball games as a RiverCat. He does well with making contact with the ball.

When he is out in the field he likes to "stop" the ball with his whole body and then eventually throw it to first. Or he gets distracted and tries out a few different kinds of tricks!

But you know, his favorite part is probably the "treat" afterwards! I guess you can't blame him, he's only 3 :).

Goal!

Brody scored his first soccer goal! This is Brody's first year playing soccer and he likes being a "Green Alligator". In fact, his favorite thing to do out on the field is "chomp" his hands like an alligator :). He also does well running during the game, but it's usually away from the ball :). It's probably just a matter of time before he figures out exactly what he needs to do out there!

But it's probably not this!