Love these pictures!

These photos were taken by one of our player's grandpa.  He captured some really great shots of all the boys.  Here is Carter at play!  He is so serious and focused during each game.

I love the pic of Carter sliding into second base...
..he slid right under the tag and was called safe. 

4th of July Fun...

After the All Star game we headed over to our saved seats for the parade.
 There were some fun floats!

Then after the parade we headed to the park to wonder and look at all the booths.  Ashlynn had her face painted and we got a yummy snow cone to cool us off.

Later that evening we hosted a BBQ in our backyard.  It was so fun to have people over to enjoy each others company and we some good laughs. 

 One of our sweet neighbor's daughter made these delicious cupcakes.  She is a talented girl with her gourmet cupcake making skills.

This is Ava during the BBQ.

 Then it was firework time.  Let the show begin!

Our friend Tyler and his daughter joined in on the fun too!

It was a fun filled day to celebrate USA's birthday! 

We are the Champions!!

That is right...We are finally the Champions!  Carter has always came in close but never claimed the title of Champion.  He was selected to play on one of the All-Star baseball teams along with two other of his teammates from the Mets team.

Here is our team representing the East side of town.  We look like a fun bunch of kids! 

We had to play a semifinal game against the other East Layton team to see who would play against the West Layton team.  And you guessed it WE WON!  Yay!!  The boys worked so hard for this win that they deserved every moment of celebration.  This is the team piling up on home plate after the victory.  Carter is hanging out on top of the pile.

So here we are bright and chipper the next morning on the 4th of July to play against the top West team.  This is a picture of them as their names were being announced.  So, it was the East against the West!  And...guess what?  We WON again..Wahoo!  It was a close game in the last inning.. the West team caught up within one run, but fell short.  So the ending score was 18-17. It was a awesome way to start the 4th of July Holiday!    

This is Carter after receiving his all-Star shirt.

 

Here are the Champions of Layton City Minor League!

They were so excited!  I Love these fun pictures of the boys. 
Most of these boys don't know each other because they all go to different schools, but they made a great team. (Carter is in the front with the orange socks.)

So Fun! Look for the Orange socks and that is Carter. 

I am going to miss hanging out at the ball field.  I love this game!
Carter made huge improvements from last year.  He was definitely an all star player.  He found that his favorite position is second base and made some awesome outs through out the year. 

Girls Weekend

The boys headed to cabin on Wednesday and Ashlynn and I drove to Idaho to spent with family and friends.  We all returned home on Sunday.  We started out the week with our sweet cousin/niece that stayed with us while her mom (aunt Laura) went to St. George.  The girls had so much fun together.  We spent two days at Lagoon and got pedicures before we headed to Idaho.

Then we visited with more people in Idaho, saw Monster's University movie and swam in Grandma Frankie's pool.

We loved seeing so many people during our time in Idaho.  I was able to catch up with a few friends I have not seen a while and enjoy our visits with Laura and the girls.

End of Season Party

Party Time...for our end of the season party we played a parents vs kids game.  We had pizza and root beer floats.

Matt is arguing that he is safe on third base..He did do a lot of arguing with the officials this year.  We had some bad calls made against our team.

Yay..Matt made it to home plate!

The Mets baseball team.

One last cheer as a team....
 

Go Mets!

Matt made a golden bat and ball for his assistant coaches.  We had all the players sign them.  They turned out very neat!  Thanks coach Dustin and Brad for your time! Brad wasn't able to attend the party because he and his wife had their cute new baby boy that morning. 

Matt also made each player a Certificate of Awesomeness and the players were given trophies with skittles.

Carter and his friend Kenyon.
 This is probably the last season they will play together on the same team.  So sad! 

Now we are getting ready for the all-star games that take place this week. 

Lagoon season is here...

Summer has finally began...and we finally made it to Lagoon!

We met up with some friends.  This is Gage, Cooper and Carter getting ready to spin in this super fast merry go around.  (Be prepared to be squished!)

Carter and his friends on the Jet Star.  I am not a fan of this ride because of the jerky turns it makes, but the kids could ride this over and over.  Even though somtimes their heads get caught in the railings.  Crazy kids!

Carter is in the front of the ride...Watch out!

Ashlynn is finally tall enough to ride the tallest ride in the park...The Rocket!  She has been waiting to ride it for 2 years now.  The day has finally come...she hopped right in line and was so excited to be brought to the top of this ride and dropped down to the bottom. 

I love this ride!  It is so fun!

Ashlynn is the blue shirt looking down as the ride took her to the top.  She is with Kristy and Gage while I was taking pictures.  Ashlynn loved it so much that she wanted to ride again and again.  I love her willingness to try new things.

As we were wondering through the old houses in Pioneer Village we found a peacock sitting on eggs in one of the carriages.  We let one of the housekeepers know and she said they knew about it and that there were 2 other peacocks in the park that had nests as well.  We were able to find 2 of them.  So fun!

This is the male peacock.  So pretty!

Carter was able to get a picture with the peacock.  We love to spend time at Lagoon and get great uses out of our season passes.  Can't wait to go back!

Tumble Performance 2013

Carter and Ashlynn had their end of season Tumbling performance.  They both did great showing off their neat moves they learned over the past year.  Carter mastered a back hand spring and a front tuck and dive rolls.  Ashlynn has perfected her cartwheels, back bends and dive rolls as well.
I am especially proud of Carter because the other boys in his class did not want to do the performance in front of people.  So, the studio director's brother that is 14 tumbled with him on stage so that he wouldn't be alone.  It was a fun routine to watch! 

Ashlynn's friend Joslyn came to support her. 

Aunt Gail and Tracy also came to watch.  We love living so close to family, so we can share special moments with them.

Carter refused a picture so this is the best one I got of him..It is funny how he is standing just like his dad.

This is Carter and Ashlynn's coach.  They are in different classes but shared the same teacher.