I left right after school on Friday and flew up to Portland. The next day was full of BASEBALL!!
And it was chilly and cold as you can tell by Agnes' attire.
Phoebe's neighbor and friend Mandy and her husband Michael welcomed twin baby girls on March 23rd - so we had to stop by and help out for a bit!! Agnes, by the way, was in HEAVEN!!
Back to baseball - or should I say T-ball - that's Calvin in the back, getting ready to run!
Sully and Agnes are great little spectators!! And Agnes knows her way around the snack bar too!
Phoebe's job is to sign up snack contributors.
Calvin with his Bruce-made bike!! A hit for sure!
Henry had two games - one was the season opener - which they won 10 to 0 - and the other was a Pitching Machine Tournament - which they also won - but by one run!
The happy team with their medals. Going into the bottom of the last inning, Henry's team just had to hold on to their one run lead - first batter struck out, 2nd batter got on base, 3rd batter struck out, another batter got on base. A line drive to left field - which Henry got and threw to first to get the third out. To say there was excitement is putting it mildly!! What a great way to start the season.
David is a busy man - and this is the only shot I got of him!!
Phoebe and Mandy with Evelyn and Amelia - identical twins. Mandy is in the same complex as Phoebe - and her husband is finishing up his residency, so they are moving back to Logan. All the Fillmores will miss their neighbors and friends - there is one to go with each Fillmore!!
By the end of the visit, Sully was warming up to me - naturally at the end!!
Phoebe always has projects for me - this was a tunic top she'd seen on a blog - it's a Lisette pattern from Simplicity. We were up late Monday night finishing it - only to find that it was too snug through the hips.
So we turned it into a "shaperon" instead!! It's still pretty cute. It was hard to make - the directions were quite vague and unclear - or maybe it was the fact that it was after midnight!! But Phoebe went online and found a woman in Australia who had made it and done a tutorial on it!! The day - or should I say night - was saved! (I did some of the work - but Phoebe did most of it - she's planning to start another one with more fulness in the hips - I can identify with that!!)
Just before heading to the airport to come home - of course Sully smiled when I held him!!
Agnes with friend and neighbor Zia - and Lourdes the Hippo - the little stuffed toy I'd started last summer when Sully was born - finished at long last!! (I had made a little stuffed dog for Calvin then.)
It was a great trip - brief but fun. Sunday Phoebe taught in R.S. and did a fine job - I'm glad I got in on that. Also - and I think this a record - I did not do any laundry!! (But I did catch up her mending - maybe that will be my new job!)
At dinner Monday night, Phoebe asked the children the best part of their day - Calvin said, "Playing
Golf and
Mormon Poker with Grandma!"
Can't wait to see the gang when they come to LA in July!!
