BJ finally gets to celebrate turning 11 - only a month late!

Nearly a month after BJ turned 11, we finally had a good weekend to celebrate his birthday with his friends. We had a climbing party at the new Dale Turner YMCA in Shoreline. They got a chance to do some climbing on the Turner Tower and had a blast. They went from climbing to some friendly basketball games of bump. To cap off the afternoon the boys gathered up their energy for a couple dodgeball games. Even Brennen got in on some of the fun and was his own team on the dodgeball court, grabbing a ball and tossing it at whoever was closest!

All in all I think B had a great time and thanks to all of his great friends who were able to come and celebrate it with him. He was bummed when we didn't get a chance to celebrate closer to his birthday, but all of his friends coming together and celebrating today made his 11th birthday a very memorable one. Thanks to everyone that could make it!

Check out some more pics from the day here ...

Click on any of the pics to take you to the actual album on the web -- Enjoy!

BJ turns 11

Happy Birthday B - It was only 11 years ago you were so little!

Fanfest & Snow???

Most of you that know us, well, you know we're not a big baseball family. We enjoy the occasional Mariners game, but as of now our boys haven't played much.

On Saturday I took the boys to Fanfest down at at Safeco Field to get ready for the spring Mariners Season. It was snowing ... even inside Safeco with the roof closed. We stayed for about 2 hours and I don't think we could feel our toes by the time we left.

The boys had a great time, they got to run the bases, sit in the dug out and throw some balls out in centerfield and the bull pen. B thought it was pretty cool to hang out where the Mariners play.

I really wanted to do this for Brennen 'cause he doesn't get to do much right now and he's always such a great sport getting dragged to all of B's activities. I think if anyone in our family is a baseball player, it'll be Brennen. He does love the Mariners.

Here are some more pics from the day.

Basketball for the New Year

Some highlights from BJ's Select Game Jan. 24th, 2009. His Bothell Team is doing very well and right now sitting tied for the top spot.



Over the long weekend Bothell also played in the MLK tournament down at the UW. The team went 3-1 only losing in the semi-finals to Redmond, one of their bitter rivals this year. They ended up winning the 3rd place game, out of 12 teams, 3rd place is nothing to hang your heads about boys! Go Bothell!!!

Here's a team pic and a couple pics of BJ during the tourney.