Alpine poppies

There is a field in Alpine where wild poppies bloom each year and I have always wanted to find them (well, at least since finding out about them several years ago). This was the year we finally did it. We went on a Sunday afternoon after church and after hiking around and getting lost for a bit, we found them! They were so pretty and we were lucky to have some time there by ourselves. I left Molly in her church dress hoping she would let me take a few pictures. I managed to sneak in a few pictures with a couple of the boys at the end, too!

Baseball 2019

Life has been sort of unreal busy this year. I have major catch up to do! I'll start with a post about this year's baseball season. Both Jackson and Bode played again this year. Jackson played in the minors on the Cubs and Bode in the rookies on the Angels. Jackson had another successful year pitching and had a lot of fun playing ball with so many of his friends on the team, even though in all honesty we didn't love the coaching this year. Bode had a lot of fun with his dad as his coach again. This is Bode's last year in rookies and he'll move up to minors next year. Bode had a great season and primarily played pitcher, and sometimes first base. Both Jackson and Bode went on to play on all-starts teams and in the all-stars tournament after the regular season. Bo's team ended up taking second place! Next year, Davis will be a new rookie and get to finally be on Sean's team! Sean started coaching the rookie Angels back when Jackson was in minors and it has been a lot of fun. 

I don't think there is anything cuter than boys in their baseball uniforms!

Jackson in play

Jackson's all-star team

Bode in play

Angel rookies 2019

Bode's all-star team

Charlie became the official mascot of the Angels this year :)