Updates and pics

 It is nearly impossible to keep this blog updated, but I don't want to regret not capturing our kids' lives, so I am going to set a goal of sharing at least a few pics per week!

Emmy turned 17!!

We took a hike together to celebrate :)

Owen is playing Tec again 

And is pitching! 

We've been having lots of great family dinners out 

Josh coached Owen's basketball team again with 4 of his best buddies 

Grandma and Julie came to visit! 

Emmy killed it at water polo again this season 

It doesn't feel like we ever had a winter this year

Ryan was named tournament MVP!

We saw the WHOLE family in Denver! 

Role reversal - Owen won his first travel tounrament and Ryan was there to cheer him on!

Ryan got a new do ;) 

We spent Thanksgiving again at our favorite place - Playa del Carmen! 

Ryan and Zach kept their duo costume tradition for Halloween 

Me and Owen to Vegas for baseball! 

Josh and Ryan took a surf trip with Ryan's friends and their dads

SD Tacos dominate in Cooperstown!

 Ryan's baseball team has been fundraising and preparing to play in Cooperstown for years before he even joined the team. This week-long tournament was our summer family vacation - and it was SO FUN! First off Ryan's team and their families are the best so it really was like vacationing with 40 people, All Star village far exceeded all of our expectations, Emmy made fast friends with 6 other teenagers and the Tacos won 10 games in a row to make it to the championship game! It was a magical week, one of the top things we've done as a family. Tacos played a national team, meaning they were pulled together from different place just to go and win. The tacos are a mom and pop team who have played together for years and were the Cinderella story of the week. To hear crowds of people cheer "SD Tacos" during the chamionship game was one of the coolest things ever. They fell short - lost 3-7, but they battled, and Ryan hit a home run in that game to total 5 of the week. What an epic week!

Emmy's possy for the week 

Walking to the bunks where the boys stayed for the week

View from their bunks! Pretty sweet! 

Opening ceremonies were CRAZY! Each team runs around the outfield and there is a spirit competition, which we did not win :(

The team and dad's took a trolley to the baseball hall of fame! The rest of us drove and met them 

We stopped at a restaurant on the way home. So much grass and trees! It was so pretty 

First HOME RUN! 

The yougest siblings were obsessed with making look bracelets - they made a jump rope!

He took a break to take a nap. Ha!

Big thing to do is trade pins with teams from all over!

The best easy fun - even just a little volleyball one night 

Incredible fireworks!

This kid was living his best life the whole week 

So close... but to place 2 of 82 TEAMS is an INCREDIBLE accomplishment