Recent photos of the boys - March 2015

At Dara's for a haircut.  All done and as always, she gave him a treat!

Max riding in front seat!

Max with Ryder and family at Earthquake's game!

Bring on the sugar..

And some more..

 

Back home from Saturday's game - he did awesome!

St Patrick's Day boys

Green wine for mom and green milk for boys for St. Patrick's Day



Sweet Max

Silly Finn

Silly Max

Baseball season!

Baseball season is here!  Finn has been waiting for two years to play and now finally, his first season of T-ball!  He is on the Bulls team with coach Gutierrez just as Max was when he played T-ball.  Leading up to his first game, Finn slept with his uniform neatly folded next to him in bed.  He could not be more excited about baseball.  He is loving every minute!  Max is playing A-ball fro the second year on the Giants team and is doing awesome.  He is definitely ready for AA next season.  Here are some photos from the two recent games. 

Finn's first game with The Bulls.  First hit - a really good one!

 

Loving every minute!

Max and Owen - The Giants

 

Max playing catcher

East Coast in mid-November for Joey-Lynn and Tim's wedding

Here finally are some photos from our trip to Wilmington and Philadelphia in mid-November last year!  Joey-Lynn and Tim were getting married and we made a long weekend out of it in order to do some sight-seeing.  Click on the video clip to see Max and Finn dancing at the wedding reception.  They loved it!

sightseeing in Philly

Finn being silly at rehersal dinner

At Liberty Bell

Fun times!

With Grandmom Barbara at the wedding reception

 

for his 4th birthday, finn received a gift certificate for butterflies!  let me explain...  you send for the caterpillars which come in a cup with all the nutrients needed.  from there, you follow the transformation into chrysalides (pupae) and that's when you transfer them to the pop up tent seen in the pictures below.  7 to 10 days after that, the butterflies emerge from their spun pupae!  we fed them orange slices and sugar water. after a few days, we let them loose.  max loved picking them up carefully and setting them free.  finn wanted to just watch. what a great experience!  thanks uffelmans for the great gift!

about to open up the net and let the butterflies loose!

max wanted to hold them but finn didn't

some photos of our boys from late summer..

Finn at a Spartans football game

Out for dinner, just Mom and Finn

Max at Sawyer's birthday party

halloween

i haven't blogged for so long now.  time to catch up.  

here are pictures from our visit to a pumpkin patch at arata farm near half moon bay from mid-october.  we have been there once before, a couple of years ago.  it is a fun place.  they have pony riding, a petting zoo, a haunted house, a hay maze and of course, tons of pumpkins!  finn rode a pony and went into the petting zoo area but didn't want anything to do with the haunted house.  max and brent went.  we left with several pumpkins of all shapes and colors.  a successful outing!

lunch in pescadero on the way to pumpkin patch

arriving at a rata farm

 for halloween, max and finn decided to both go as football players, 49ers players to be specific.  on halloween morning, max wore his costume to school for their annual halloween parade.  several of the boys in his class went as football players as they had planned.  in the evening, we went trick-or-treating with the uffelmans just as in prior years.  we met up early, fed the kids and headed out.  it rained for most of the day but stopped in time for us heading out.  we had the best time!

pumpkins in place

max (third from left) with his football player school buddies

our football players are ready

with the uffs