Big League Dreams

Mike played in a softball tournament a few weekends ago at Big League Dreams. It is a complex in Gilbert AZ. So cool! Built like some of the big league stadiums. He played on Wrigley. There is a pic of him playing right field. Dad the St Louis Cardinals pic is for you :) There is a clubhouse with great food and batting cages that I just couldn't resist. Tyler and Jenna loved the outing.

Indiana Family Vacation Part 2

I actually had a million pictures from this trip, so to save everyone, I just posted my favs. These are from our trip to Belleville. We went to the St. Louis Zoo with Grandma Jan and Uncle Bob. I absolutely love that zoo. Our fav exhibit was either the hippos or the penquins. The last pic is so funny to me because between the animals and carting 2 toddlers around we were seriously wore out :) We had a great time hanging out at Grandpa Art and Grandma Karen's house. Aunt Suzy and Tyler made Jenna's baptism cake - Tyler loved the icing. We went to a park the day before we left and truly enjoyed the weather and green grass. Tyler kept tell me it was sooooo green :0 Enjoy the slideshow

Indiana Family Vacation Part 2

Indiana Family Vacation

This October the Mike, me and the kids took a 2 state Midwestern tour for family vacation. We honestly couldn't have had better weather, had a fantastic time visiting family and ate way too much home cooked food! This is just the first half of the trip from when we were in northern Indiana. I have way too many pics so just posted some of my favorites. We had a great BBQ at Al and Helen Loggins. Spent a great afternoon with Doris Loggins and Aunt Mary Ann at a Railroad Diner. The rest was mainly enjoying the local park and grass since we don't have much of the green stuff here. The last picture is Tyler being a goof in the car on the way to Illinois!

Indiana Family Vacation Slideshow

The Hideaway

There are days when you just wonder if you will ever be able to get ready for work with 2 little ones wrapped around your legs or playing in cabinets that you would prefer them to stay out of..... and there are days when you can't help but giggle at 2 little ones cramming underneath the sink to play "peak a boo". These two are just a riot ... Mike and I never know what to expect!

Loggins Halloween 2008

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Pizza and Pumpkins

The Loggins had their first annual Pizza and Pumpkin carving. This year proved to be more pumpkin carving for adults and truck pushing for kids. It was Jenna and Dylan's first time with the pumpkin guts and neither really liked it. Tyler had a blast flinging the pumpkin seeds and guts across the garage which turned into spraying the floor down just to clean up the mess! It was a great time, the kids loved it, the pumpkin seeds were tasty and we look forward to next year.

Pumpkin Picking

Well I have not been so great at updating my blog, but hopefully will get it caught up this week. We had a fantastic visit back to Indiana and Illinois at the begining of the month so be expecting my fav pics from the trip as well as pics from Jenna's baptism. But first I wanted to upload this weekend's pics since Halloween was so much fun! We had such a great week. We went to a pumpkin patch so Tyler and Jenna could pick out pumpkins. Unlike most fall events, it was 93 degrees that day and the three of us were sweating out butts off picking the pumpkins. I guess dressing for fall in the desert isn't the best idea :) Tyler, of course, picked the biggest one he could find. We loaded it up in a wagon and he tried to pull it around the patch, but gave up when the pumpkin and his sister outweighed him! Below are some pics. The kids were hot and ready to go by the time I got out the camera, but still cute.

Tyler checking out the pumpkins
Really like this one!

Hmmmm... so many pumpkins so little timeTaking a break in the shade

Closet Fun

Tyler and Jenna love to play in her closet. While playin in there one day Tyler found the baby doll we originally bought to teach our dogs not to jump on us while we were holding it and for the dogs to get used to the idea of a little baby. Anyway, Tyler LOVES this doll. It is his "baby". As you can see he likes to hang out with her. The funniest thing is the doll is 1/2 his size so not easy to maneuver, but he can still toss it over the side of the crib for her nap. Quite funny. Jenna has really taken to pulling all of the blankets off the lowest shelf in the closet. It is her daily mission to somehow sneak in there and pull the blankets. If I am quick enough to catch her in the act, I get this devious grin (note above pic) and hysterical laughter. She is such a hoot!