What a busy, but fun weekend!

Well, we had a great but busy weekend. It all started on Friday night with Cam's first game in Door County at 6:30. They won that game and he played great! The next day consisted of games at 10 am, 4 pm, and 8 pm! The first game they won and Cam had a great game again. We then headed to Sturgeon Bay for lunch at Applebee's. I am sure we are still being talked about. We pile in with 8 families and a lot of kids. It was a zoo, but we all left fed and ready for the next game. Duke was riot...he never napped and ran all day. He was a tired boy!! Sophia ran as well, and she was exhausted by the end of the day. We left our house at 8:15 am and didn't get home until 10:30 pm Saturday night....it was a looong day :-) but worth it!! The next game was at 4 pm and with another win we were ready to move on and play at 8 pm. Cameron did an amazing job catching this game. The score was 1 - 0, we were ahead. That point was scored by Ryan who hit a home run. After many scoreless innings, Cameron made an a really good play and threw a kid out at second base, which brought our team up to bat. We had runners on first and second and Bryce was up to bat. He smashed the ball so far, it was awesome. He hit a home run which brought in three runs and they won the game 4 - 0, which gave them first place in the whole tourney ;-) We hung out with some wonderful friends on Saturday night and Sunday which was a great time!! Our refrigerator is having some major issues that we are trying to figure out and it isn't a fun thing to deal with. So now we are deciding what to do about that. And then on Sunday Cameron had a scrimmage against Ashwaubenon and took a smash to the face when he was involved in a pickle with his other teammate. He looks pretty rough today, but he is so tough and I am so proud of him :-) Well that is it for now!

Duke playing at the game in his uniform!
Sophia watching her brother

Cameron enjoying his candy bar before the final game!

This is his face right after he was hit.

This is his face last night after we got home. Today it looks even worse!

This was the sign that was nailed to the field the boys were playing on! It cracked me up enough I had to take a picture with the boys in the background playing!

Cameron, Sophia, and Duke after the final game on Saturday night!

Party on....

Well here I am with some updated pictures! Sophia graduated preschool! She was so cute. I was sad to see this chapter of life end. She had the most amazing teachers! I can't believe my little girl will be in kindergarten next year, every day all day :-( She also had her birthday party at Snips and Giggles, what a day for her. It was right up her alley! She loves sparkles and glam and all that girly stuff so this party was perfect! Cameron has been very busy with baseball. Between his baseball games and helping with the JV baseball team he is living, eating, and breathing baseball -- which is an awesome opportunity!! Duke has been very, very, very, very, very, energetic lately. He ran all day yesterday outside. He is such a boy!! We had a great time with family this weekend for the Cellcom half marathon which was awesome. They all did a fantastic job, and we are very proud of them.

Sophia, grandma, grandpa, and grandma Sally at her graduation

Mrs. Mary Jane, Sophia, and Mrs. Barb

Sophia and her class on their last field trip to the Dairy Farm -- she loved this field trip

Sophia was a pretend cow during on the of presentations. Here she is ready to be milked :-)

Cameron the batboy for the JV baseball team. They are having a team meeting after the game.

Cameron was coming back from the bathroom at the JV baseball game so I managed to snap a shot of him and Duke

Sophia getting her nails done at her party!

The girls dancing on stage at Snips and Giggles!

This weekend

Hey everyone,

Well it will be a fun weekend! We will start off the morning with Sophia's birthday party with her friends at Snips and Giggles (one of her favorite places to go). It should be a fun time. I will update with pictures tomorrow. Then right after that Cameron has his first scrimmage of the summer (yes he will play outside, yeah!!!) against Ashwaubenon at 11:00. I am very excited to watch him play.

The kids had a good week. Sophia is winding down her school days. She has only two weeks left, I can't believe it. Cameron was busy again with baseball. He is loving every minute he gets to spend with the JV baseball team. He had a really good practice on Wednesday. They also received their team jackets which are awesome. I will get a picture of him in it today :) He is one lucky kid!! Duke is just amuzed at putting his underpants on backwards. He likes to see the picture from the front, but I can't believe he wears them that way considering how particular with clothes he is.

I waited a long time to join facebook. Well I caved and joined a couple of weeks ago. I can't believe the people I have met up with. I had really good friends when I moved away from Arizona 15 years ago and I have reconnected with five of them. I am so happy! That is what my main purpose was when I joined facebook. I can't believe I am talked daily with the people who were such a big part of my life. It is so cool to see where they have been and where they are right now :-)

Last note....I watched Marley and Me last night, what a great movie. It is so funny how that movie mimics our life around here. Three kids, a crazy job, and trying to balance it all :-) I am a softy and cried at the end. If you haven't watched that movie I highly recommend it. Alright have a good weekend.

Oops, I have been slacking!!

Wow it has been a long time since I posted an update. Shame on me!! I guess life went and I followed and it has taken me this long to get my stuff together. Oh well! Anyway well we have had Easter, basement progress, and Sophia's fifth birthday since my last post. Yes my baby girl is five -- I can't believe it. It went by so fast. She grew up in a hurry. Here is her baby picture taken at Marquette General Hospital when she was born and we were almost ready to go home.

Sophia Paige Shovald 6 lbs. 15 oz. 19 1/2 inches long

....and here is she is five years later

45 lbs. 8 oz.

45 1/2 inches tall

Here she is showing off her birthday outfit :-) She loves tutu's


I took the kids to a place called Monkey Joe's a month or so back. It is an inflatable air place. They had a ball. This was their favorite thing. It is a 20 foot slide. They both climbed up 20 feet and slid down countless times.

Yes that little body up there is my Duker!!!

This is the basement with framed walls. We are getting there.

This was just before they were actually framing. They were figuring out how to

lay out each wall.

Easter pictures....

Duke decided to go hulk style. Yes this came off a few days later.

Sophia ready to dig in.

Cameron digging in.

Who needs spoons and those tools that come with the kits to get your eggs out of the cup,

just use your hand!

Things around here are busy as usual. Cameron is the bat boy for the JV baseball team and loving every minute of it. He has an absolute blast. Now his team in ready for summer ball. They will begin their tournaments this weekend with a scrimmage against Ashwaubenon. I'm excited :-) Sophia is all set for Kindergarten. She had her doctors appointment today, got four shots -- she cried at the last two, but man was she a trooper!!! She is getting ready for softball and swimming lessons. Duke is also going to take swimming lessons, that will be interesting! But it will give him something to look forward to everyday for three weeks. Joe is busy with work. He is ready for warm weather since he is outside every single day of the year. Poor guy I want warm weather for him as well. I am just running around with the kids getting them where they need to go every day! WE are ready for summer!!!!

One year already!!!

It has been one year since we moved into our new house. Wow did time fly. One year ago on Saturday we signed all the paper work and started moving in. We are so happy in this house. The neighborhood is wonderful and the house itself is awesome -- we couldn't ask for a better set up. I think that was the best birthday present ever. We bought this house and stayed for the first night on my birthday :-)

A very productive weekend

Wow!!! We had a great weekend. The basement has been offically framed :-) Yes we have a bedroom, a playroom, a bathroom, a family room, and some storage! There are a few things left to be framed, but over all I can visualize what it will look like finished! We are very excited. We had amazing help this weekend and we can't thank them enough. Joe, Mark, uncle Dane, Cory, and Rob did an amazing job! Thanks to all of you for everything you did this weekend.

I on the other hand said I would stay away from helping out in the basement and that is what I did. On Friday I took the kids to Monkey Joe's -- it is an inflatable air place in Appleton. The kids had so much fun. They ran and jumped until they were sweating and beat red in the face. They had an awesome time. I will update pictures later.

I also started a project on my own last week.....I started painting my kitchen. I finally figured out what color I wanted and bought the paint on Tuesday. I painted a little each day and finished it yesterday. I love it. It adds a splash of color and makes the kitchen feel comforting. The color I went with is a green/blue -- it is hard to explain. I will also update a picture later so you can all see the color I chose. The color of the kitchen is almost the same color as the font color I am using on this blog update!!

Our dog, Papi went to the Wagg Inn, a doggie hotel, Friday and Saturday. This was the first time he spent the night without us at our own house. I picked him up on Saturday and he was pretty quiet. When he got out of the car he started limping -- Joe was pretty nervous. Well he didn't move all evening. He layed in the garage and on the porch the entire evening. Which is absolutely abnormal for this dog. I brought him inside and put him on his blanket and looked at his paws, well they were raw and bleeding. At the hotel they have this room full of gravel (very fine gravel). They let the dogs run around in there and play. His paws are not used to that and so it cut up his feet and that is why he was limping. Ever time he would sit down in front of us he would hold out his paw, like he was telling us to look at it, I felt so bad for him. Needless to say he hasn't moved since Saturday. He will barely walk at all. We have to force him outside to go to the bathroom. He won't eat or drink -- he has had two bowls of water since I picked him up. I am going to call the vet today to see what to do. He keeps licking his paws so they are not getting any better. I hope he gets better soon. He just isn't himself :-( That was the only downer of the weekend.

Have a great week everyone!! Check back for updated pictures later.

WOW!!!

St. Patrick's Day is always fun. It is a special day because that is the day Cameron and I left the hospital after he was born. So I always recognize it as a very memorable day. So this year we made green pancakes -- the kids thought they were so good.

This is a green pancake the kids had for dinner on

St. Patrick's Day along with their green milk.

The fantastic five Shovald's!

The cake -- it is an ice cream cake and yes they messed up his name!!

Cameron, Duke, and Sophia being silly!

Cameron and his grandpa aka as his buddy :)

Holy cow does time fly!! I have some updates to report. Here we are almost a week has passed since Cameron's 10th birthday. I was going to update the morning of his birthday, but instead I felt the need to clean up the Atlantic Ocean that Papi left on the kitchen floor. Joe gave him a big bowl of water before bed and he released it on the kitchen floor early that morning (he was whining but I thought he was just ready for someone to play -- boy was I wrong. So my plans of updating were not going to happen.

So anyway......Cameron's birthday went great. We went out to eat at Old Chicago (his choice), and we loved it. The food was great :) When dinner was over the employees brought Cameron a chocolate chip cookie with a candle on it and they had the entire restaurant sing to him. I managed to get some of it on my camera -- I didn't realize what they were going to do until they started singing so I missed the beginning. He was very excited and took it pretty well. He had his little grin on his face -- it was so cute!!! I still can't believe he is 10 years old. He now has to remember to write two numbers for his age!!

Happy 10th Birthday Cameron!!