All Islander Softball Tournament 2

So there were two contests (strongest arm & fastest man). Rocky decided to do the strongest arm contest. The idea is to throw the ball from outfield (maybe 200 yards or so) and hit a board that is behind home plate. You get five tries.

If you hit the board on the throw it's 5 points, one bounce 3 points, dribble in 1 point. It sounds pretty easy, right? Well that's what a lot of the guys thought.

Not only do you need to be able to throw the distance but you also need to be accurate. Quite a few guys were surprised when they didn't even hit the board once. Needless to say my baby didn't win. But he sure did put on a show for everyone. Hence the no shirt with his buddy. Prior to him throwing, he also did push ups and sit ups. What a ham!

This would be a few other times, Rocky distracted players. He would throw them off their game by lifting his shirt up to show his tummy or his pant leg to show his white legs. Anything he could think of. The third picture is actually the last play of the championship game. He put his shirt up over his nipple and made the batter pop up. The crowd sure does enjoy Rocky's entertainment. It's all good fun.

Just one of the series of pictures I got of a good play. Love it when the frames work out to show the action.

All Islander Softball Tournament

Friday, July 3rd we started the tournament. There were a total of 10 teams that showed up. They came from Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. It was a three game guarantee with a double elimination.

The prayer before the games & the guys first huddle.

Our grand-daughter playing with Dishane. Rocky already worn out.

My honey & me.

Just some pics from the tournament.
Rocky batting left handed to mess with the pitcher.


Iokepa & Putput.

Holiday Preparations

This 4th of July Rocky hosted the "All Islander Softball Tournament" here in Boise. So there was a lot of things we needed to do to prepare. One was making lumpia. So here are the girls (Tashy and Putput) helping me out. I didn't get many pictures of all the preparations so these will have to do. But many thanks also to Jeannie, Elisha, Summer and all the boys for helping me!

Natasha aka Tashy & Britanya aka Putput

Um, um, ummm good. Wish I could have actually ate some once they were cooked.

My Gardens

The progression of part of my gardens.

These were taken 08/20/06

These were taken 05/28/07

These were taken 07/15/07

These were taken 05/03/08

These were taken 08/01/08

These were taken 06/11/09

I really enjoy working in my yard and making it beautiful. It's a challenge on trying to figure out what plants and flowers will work where. Especially when you need to consider sun light, soil and watering. But it's definitely something I take pride in and love doing. If only I had more time, my gardens would be immaculate. This part of the gardens has some really lovely scents as well. It's wonderful to walk through this area and smell slight hints of cinnamon and chocolate mint, along with the stargazer lilies and roses. Ummm, heaven.

The pictures don't really do it justice and looks so much more inviting in person. But you get the general idea.

I think this part of my garden has gotten to the point where I don't really need to weed it and it has flowers and greenery from spring to fall. It's only taken me three years. Now, for the rest of the gardens.

Scrapblog

For Father's Day I made a little scrapblog. Just another cool way to scrapbook on-line. It's really neat because you can email the link or book to anyone you want or even publish on-line for viewing. There are several backgrounds, stickers, tags, etc. to choose from. Or you can even create your own pages. You can add music or videos. Just a lot of neat things you can do.

I thought I would test posting it to my blog site to see how it turns out and I really like it! See Fathers Day post below.
If your interested click on Scrapblog and make one yourself.

Happy Father's Day

Father's Day Weekend

What a Father's Day Weekend! We decided to drive up to Seattle, Washington for the weekend since Selena had a dance recital on Father's Day at Sumner Performing Arts Center. And what a better way to spend Father's Day then to catch a Mariners game and watch Selena perform.

So we took the girls...oh I mean...the girls and I took daddy to the Mariners vs the Cardinals Saturday evening.

Our seats were right behind Ichiro.

This was our view. Not bad. The players actually look closer than in the picture. I just think it focused more on the heads in front of me.

All of us with our Mariners gear on. Yeah, go Mariners!

We didn't make it in time to get a free shirt but...

that didn't stop our girls from waving their sweaters.

This is Sunday, June 21st - Father's Day & Selena's Dance Recital. I wasn't allowed to video tape or take pictures of the recital because they video tape it and sell you a copy. Someone is always trying to make a buck. It isn't cheap either, $30.00. Oh well, I guess it goes to support Selena.

So here is a picture of us after her performance. She did a great job!

So these pictures are from Meeker Days in Puyallup, Washington on Saturday the 20th. Her dance group did a little performance there so I was able to get some pictures. Great job Selena!