First Baseball Game

Today after Mass the kids were all playing outside the church when a gentleman approached us and asked if anyone would be interested in some free tickets to a Diamondbacks game. Jill quickly snatched up the tickets and we tried to figure out how we were going to work a 1:00 game with the kids. Our initial plan was to drop Josh off with Jill's parents and take one of the cousins along. On the way we changed plans and decided Emma and Josh should experience their first baseball game together.

I brought the camera along to document, but the tight seating and trying to keep a constant eye on Josh prevented a full photo session. Here are a few of the shots that turned out from today:

Emma wanted to take a picture of the game:

Josh and his cousin Abby enjoying the game:

The kids had a great time, but were exhausted by the fifth inning. The Diamondbacks had just scored before we took off and we sadly missed a few late home runs that clinched the last home game of the season for them. Free baseball games sure are fun!

Cleaning Day

Any of you who have met Jill know that she is a clean freak. As soon as she walks through the door from work she's trying to get the house in order. I'm constantly trying to assure her that the mess will gladly wait for a while so she can rest, but I suppose I'm not convincing enough.

Taking after mom, Josh is in love with the vacuum. When Jill is doing the carpets, he is shadowing right behind with his toy vacuum. As you can see from the frame above, he's pretty happy to do some cleaning. The bottom frame was made in the light of the front window post cleaning.

Goin' Shooting

Holy cow! It's been a month and a half since I've posted anything on here. I guess that's what happens when Jill's back to work and I'm in a crazy work rhythm as well.

Unfortunately, my camera has been spending a good bit of the time sitting on my dresser these days. I'm trying to get back in the habit of having it with me so that I can save these moments as the kids grow up. Another reason I haven't been feeling so photograpical lately is it has been stinking hot around here. We are all waiting impatiently for the start of the fall.

I took this picture some time last month while I was getting my gear ready to go out to the shooting range. Josh actually was the first to grab my shooting glasses and put them on, but he was unwilling to keep them on for long enough to snap a picture. Emma on the other hand was happy to oblige...