CONGRATULATIONS JOE!

Joe found out on Monday that he was picked to be on the 11 Year Old Cheyenne Raptors Baseball Team. He did a great job at the tryouts and we are looking forward to another busyyear with competitive baseball.

Fall Sports Have Arrived

Today I received the official team roster for both Hailey's and Alexis' soccer teams. In addition Joe had his 1st fully padded football practice today. Talk about hardcore ~ I can't believe how intense football practice is for 6th graders! I was tired just watching them.

In addition to soccer and football, Alexis is now able to compete in Gymnastics. Her first competition is on August 21st. We are excited to watch her - she told me the only thing she is going to compete on is the uneven bars, but actually she will do vault, beam and floor routines too.

Last but not least, please pray for Joseph - his baseball tryouts for the 11 Year old Cheyenne Raptors Baseball Team is this Sunday. Although he was on the team last year it does not automatically place him on the team for the next year. They all have to try out each year to make the team for the next season. As much commitment and traveling as it was last season we are looking forward to more baseball.

Here are 2 pics of Joe before football practice this afternoon - He is growing up too quickly!

Hooray - Keelan and Ayanna are here!!!

Thankfully Greg, Kyoko, Ayanna and Keelan have safely arrived! Greg and Kyoko are in Denver trying to buy a house and cars. While they are getting things squared away there, Ayanna and Keelan are staying with Omi and Opasan. On Tuesday (one day after they arrived) they came over to our house to play for a little while. Here is a picture of Alexis, Ayanna, Keelan and Joe in our backyard!

We are so happy to have them home!

Opasan & China

Look at the sparkle in China's eyes when she looks at Opasan!

She truly LOVES it when he comes over to our house so he can show her attention.

(The attention she thinks she deserves.)

Welcome Home Greg, Kyoko, Ayanna and Keelan!

We are proud to announce that Clint's brother and his family are moving back to the U.S. from Japan - They will be arriving in Denver tomorrow afternoon. We are all so excited to have them close by.

They will be extremely busy over the next few weeks getting a car, a house and the kids into school.

It will be so nice to have you home! We have missed you!!!!!

Crawdad Fishing

On Saturday we decided to have some inexpensive fun. Clint and I took the kids Crawdad fishing.
There is a little pond in Lion's Park called Peanut Pond.
Usually there are tons of crawdads roaming around. We carefully baited some string with the "power bait"
aka: hot dogs. This year there weren't very many around but we did manage
to bring one home. Hailey let him live in her fish tank. But~this morning when he
was roaming around in my kitchen floor I didn't feel so good about him being around anymore.
Needless to say....he is back in her tank and I am keeping an eye on him to be sure that he stays there.


I don't want another surprise tomorrow morning!

Hammies in the yard!

SUMMER FUN!

Now that it is warm outside, the kids can take their hamsters
outside and let them run around the yard for a while.
The one on the top (reddish color) is Joe's, her name is Jagger.
The one in the middle is (White and Light Red) Hailey's, her name is Daisy.
The gray one is Alexis', her name is Crystal.