Getting caught up on Mason’s last days of school!  

Track and field day.  He ran the 100 meter dash.  He didn’t get last!  But barely 😅 

Mason is NOT a runner, he knows that.  He figured he’d do the 100 and just get it over with.  I agreed.

He did try the long jump and didn’t do too bad!

Baseball is consuming the summer.  He started his summer season before school was done!

Kade playing under the lights!

Mason’s first time on the mound.  He’s the only lefty on the team so we’re working hard to make a pitcher out of him.  He throws it pretty dang hard but still working on that accuracy.  However, he’s pretty darn cute out there!!

One of the last days of school was crazy hair day.

And you know Mason was going for it.

Of course the day coincided with their field trip day 🤦🏼‍♀️

Officially done with 4th grade!!  He passed with flying colors!  And even better, he went the entire year with NO pink slips!!  He made $300 when he achieved that feat.  I told him I’d give him $200 and grandma said she’d throw in another $100. 

Pink slips are basically written offenses of bad behavior that go into your file.  He’s gotten (more than) 1 every year….but not this year!!!

Hawaiian Day 

(with an extra $300 in his pocket)

 

Time slips away and out of nowhere it'll pop into my head that I haven't done a post in awhile!  We're in the thick of it right now with baseball and vacation coming up, but I swear I'll try to do better!

Kade is playing baseball with the neighboring community this summer.  With Erik and I both graduating from our hometown, it was a little hard to see Kade in this uniform 😆 However, it's been a great summer/season so far and it truly was a great decision.  Kade has made a whole team of new friends, he's being challenged by the coach, the competition and the tournaments they're in.  That was the goal and so far so good!

They got 2nd place in their first tournament of the season, which qualified them to go to "state".  Which basically means they get to play in another tournament in July 😂

Erik took Kade that weekend.  Meanwhile, I stayed home with Mason and he had his cousin Isaac over.

Of course that meant fishing.  HOWEVER.  They very quickly lost interest in fishing and ended up in the stream instead.  No surprise there.  These 2 sure do know how to "boy"!!!

We got home and Isaac discovered he had a leach on his foot!  Of course we saved it....free bait!

The next day we went fishing at a different spot.  Turns out if you stay OUT of the water you're fishing in, you can catch things!

Memorial weekend we went camping.

It was cold and rainy a lot of the time but it was probably one of the top camping trips we had!

We ended up going on a beer run and buying a projector at the same time.  The Timberwolves were in the play offs at the time and nobody wanted to miss the game.

Another bonus...the people we were camping with had recently rescued an abandoned duck.  So we got to spend the weekend with Dillard.  This little guy was the talk of the campground.  The dads may have enjoyed some whiskey, so Kade would drive them around on the golf cart and they would bring Dillard to meet other people camping.  He was an ice breaker for sure 😆

Mason and Harper watching cartoons after the game was over.

Probably my favorite picture of the weekend...

Mason had just got done saying, "I farted".

 

Mason and a couple buddies did the polar plunge together.  It was a fundraiser for Special Olympics.  Instead of going to a frozen lake, they bring the tank to you!  It was a pretty cold and rainy day but Mason said it was awesome!

We could see the Northern Lights pretty well from our house.  The pictures make them look more intense than what we actually saw but it was still pretty cool!

The last school baseball game of the season for Kade.  It wasn't the best record I've ever seen but Kade had fun!  Summer ball has been in full swing for him and that record is much better.  That's a post for another day though.

Team back rubs for warm ups?

Maybe someday this will be Mason at a 10 ft rim with a basketball!  Gotta start somewhere though!

Kade's last day of 7th grade school pictures, which was May 15th.  

Mason FINALLY got done today, 3 weeks later.

Kade with his buddies on the last day of 7th grade

this is their first day of 7th grade

He got a new fishing hat 😁