In the Merry Olde Land of Cheese

Well, here we are in Cheeseland! We spent a couple days in Vegas before flying here. The weather has been pretty typical Wisconsin weather. In other words, if you don't like it, wait a few minutes, it'll change. I ran this morning and it was only in the 70s. I haven't seen temperatures like that since March, I think. However, it was pretty humid. Some of our highlights so far:

Dimples and BDE had ball games at the same time on Thursday night. Dimples' T-ball team was on the opposite side of the park from BDE's rubberball game. T~ did her best to see each one at bat but it got ridiculous after awhile. At least they both always had someone watching them.

Here are a few shots of Dimples playing t-ball. They start out being pitched to and then go with the tee.

He's on his way to 1st --

Rounding 1st base --

Rounding 3rd and on his way home after hitting a grand slam!

(He was the last batter of the inning and they get to all run home when the last batter hits.)

I love this part of the game --

It was the last game of the season and here's Dimples with his trophy!

BDE had a great time playing too! She got a hit (Mommy saw her, but I missed it). I did manage to get a couple pics of her at bat and in the outfield.

I'm not sure, but I think their favorite part of the evening was catching frogs in the park afterwards.

Dimples is on the left with the black visor and BDE has a black tshirt on.

BDE going to extremes to catch a frog---

Friday was a very busy day. The 2 older kids had vacation bible school and since it was the last day, they did a program and sang couple songs. Yes, these songs are ALWAYS in my head now. One is Great Adventure by Steven Curtis Chapman. Good thing I like that song! The photos all turned out with satanic-looking red eyes and I thought that was inappropriate so I only have one shot of Dimples.

After that, Poppy and I went to the dentist to get our teeth cleaned. Except Poppy came home empty handed (no toothbrush for him!) because of a scheduling mishap. They said the next appointment was September 7th and he said, yeah, only too bad for me, cause I'm only here till the 29th of August. Wow, was he mad. He also needs a crown (which is why we had the insurance and kept our dentist here) and they don't know if they'll be able to work that out before we go back.

After going back home, Poppy and I met up with T~ and BDE, who were at a birthday party, to go to Happy's baby shower! It was great to see everyone. BFF's grands were there and they are SO CUTE! And I know cute grandkids! Poppy got to visit for a little while with Chief after they arrived home from a Cubbies game. Here's a photo of Happy with the quilt I made. After I left, I realized that this is the only photo I have of it. Oops. I often forget to photograph my quilts before they leave me.

BDE had a great time with BDile's daughter. What a cutie!

Here's BDE with Ra-chigga.

And BFF and me---

The sunset photo at the top was taken from here. Here's another one I took at the same time. I wanted some pretty Wisconsin sunsets too!

Tomorrow should be fun too. Their friends' church is having a pig roast and the kids are singing their VBS songs. However, it may rain, spoiling the "pig"nic.

We're having a great time here and we miss our AZ (or is it cra-z) friends & fam. We're looking forward to hearing more stories from the China trip, too.

Love, Neenee & Poppy