Athletic and Smart!

Today Chandler was in the Knowledge Bowl at his school. He did such a good job. They had to stay after school 2 days a week for about a month to practice. There were 2 teams of about 20-25 students and they competed against each other in groups of 4. He answered about 11 questions. That was the most in his round. I was very impressed and proud of him. I heard a woman comment to the man beside her after Chandler answered, "wow, he's good." I have to say, too that he was probably one of the non-dorkiest looking boys, too :)

We're still busy with baseball. Chandler's team is 3-6 which is not very good but they will be fine. Most of the games we've lost have been really close and Richard believes if we had played 6 full innings like we will in tournaments, we would have won some of those.
I'm not sure of Hudson's record but he is still enjoying playing. He loves getting his "teama drink" after the game.

Easter

Easter weekend was pretty busy for us. Hudson had to be at the ballpark at 10:15 Sat morning for his 11:00 game and Chan played at 11:30. We were then supposed to help Caroline and Chris move into their new house. Chandler was asked to play in the 1:00 game b/c they didn't have enough players so we ended up staying at the ballpark longer than expected. Caroline brought her kids over about 9am so my mom could watch them at my house while they moved so we dyed Easter eggs before we went to the ballpark(which explains why my kids are still in their pajamas and have bed head in the pictures below) Sometimes I am amazed at what I can accomplish when I get motivated. I got up about 8 and cleaned both bathrooms, vacuumed the house, kid a load of dishes, and dyed Easter eggs before 10am. Needless to say, we never made it to Caroline's to help. I kept Sydney & John Evan for a few more hours when we got done at the ball park so I guess I helped in someway. Sunday after church we went to my parent's house for lunch and so the kids could hunt eggs. We had a good time. I love Holidays and being with my fam!

Baseball updates

Chandler:
I have no pictures. The couple that I took are too far away to tell it's even him. His team is doing okay. They started out pretty rough losing the jamboree game and the 2 regular season games after that. We were worried it was going to be a really long and not good season but, they won their last 2 so things are looking up. Chandler has done well so far. He's hitting the ball really good and he had an awesome game at catcher the other night. He threw out some people trying to steal second, got a double play, and tagged someone out trying to steal home. It was fun to watch!


Hudson:
He is having a blast! He asks everyday if he has practice or a game. On Saturday mornings when he wakes up, he wants to get dressed right away for his game. They've lost 2 games and won 1 but if you ask Hudson if he won his game, the answer is always yes. He hit a homerun in the game Saturday. (In 4 yr old tee-ball if the ball gets to the grass, it's probably going to be a homerun) It was so exciting and he was so happy. He had the biggest smile on his face. I'm just proud that he goes out there and half way pays attention to what's going on. His favorite part is at the end of practice or a game when they get in a huddle and say "Go Cubs".









Hudson and our
neighbor, Sam. It
was so cold that day!


























Hudson is more interested
in the sprinklers on the
field than what his coach
has to say.











Hudson and Allen,
the coaches son. They
are a mess!