The Pecks: Play ball! Kickball that is!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Play ball! Kickball that is!

Last week we went with our office to a park to play some kickball before the boys had to go to work! Kickball is definitely one of the best games ever invented and we were sooo excited!

I think this one may be our Christmas card!

Woo woo! Here's our totally awesome daddy playin' the field!

Here are some of our friends out here in Virginia. From the left is Bobi Sue and her little girl Taylee, then Mandy with her husband Trent next to her. They are such fun girls (and Trent) and Easton and Taylee are basically best friends. I've been so lucky to have the other wives out here to do things with!

Here's another one of daddy. Check out that ball! Kicking that was pretty intense!

Here's Easton and his Uncle David! He's been out here selling with us this summer and Easton loves playing with him! (And we love the free babysitting! :) )

Here's me going to kick my homerun! Well, maybe not quite.. but I did get on base!

Easton was a good cheerleader in his little baseball uniform, and we decided to head back to the park that Sunday and try out the playground! As I was putting these pictures on, I decided that Easton makes the silliest faces in the world!

Notice the nice halo around his head? Yeah, that's his fuzz. Easton has this lovely mop of the thinnest, finest blonde hair ever that sticks straight up all the time! And I love it! I tried to come it to the side the other day for church, and when it dried it still stuck straight up, only now it had a bit of a slant to it. It gave him a nice windblown look. :)

Oh yeah, we took on the big slide... and Easton thought he was quite the stud!

We had a blast... for about ten minutes. You can only go down the slide so many times, and with a 7 month old who is still scooting on his belly, there's not a whole lot else to do. Although, we did enjoy the three-year old who kept running up to us, singing his ABCs, then clapping his hands for himself until we clapped with him! I'm excited for Easton to get bigger and for many more trips to the park!

8 comments:

Jacque said...: Haha! How fun Linsi!
When will you being coming to Utah? Soon? Please let me know! I would love to see you!; August 22, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Chris and Brindy said...: Kickball huh? I love kickball! :) I actually played in a league when I was like 7! haha I can't believe how big your little boy has gotten. Can't wait to see you guys. Have a safe trip!; August 23, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Tashina said...: You have a blog!! And you never told me!! Rude! But, I am glad that I found it! I am so glad that you are coming home soon! I am missing you guys like crazy!! Call me!! :); August 23, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Alex said...: Linsi I found your blog! Easton is so cute and I love his hair. Zeke lacks in the hair department but it is coming in slowly and flat to his head. We are totally going to have to have a playdate when you come back to Utah. I am glad I found your blog. Keep in touch!; August 23, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Tanya said...: Linsi! This is Tanya..Kolby's wife..I found your blog and your baby is so cute! I can't believe that he is so big already! I have a blog but it is private, if you want a link to it email me and I would love to add you. middleguy@hotmail.com (i know the email address is tacky but I have had it for like 10 years and am too lazy to change it ha ha); August 25, 2008 at 8:52 AM
Kaitlin Phelps said...: Linsi and Jonathan-
I've been blog hopping and found you guys. Linsi, I don't think we have met, but I went to high school and ran track with Jonathan.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi, and tell you how cute your little boy is. Hope you are doing well.
Kaitlin (Potter) Phelps; August 26, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Evans Family said...: Love your blog page. It is so fun to see you guys. Hope to see you soon!
Love ya,
Diana; August 28, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Maclaine & Sara said...: Johnny--long time, no see! You have a beautiful family and I am glad you guys are doing well. Since I have never met your wife I had to address this to you because she would have no idea who I am. Maclaine & I are doing good, just loving our two girls, working, etc... We have a blog but it is private, so feel free to send us your e-mail address and you can look anytime. Take care!
Maclaine & Sara Hamilton
h_SaraMae@yahoo.com
(Since you see Christian & Amanda more than we do, please tell them hello from us!); September 17, 2008 at 12:43 PM

My Silly Boys

Easton LOVES nursery! I told him we were going somewhere fun today and he said, "To nursery??" and got all excited.
Easton pays really close attention to what we say. He calls me "babe" and Jonathan "sweetie." Often he'll say, "Whatchya doin babe?" or "Is sweetie at work?"
Easton woke up from his nap and went straight up to Caden and patted his head and said, "Hey, cool haircut baby."
Easton calls everything silly. When we're running if a bush whacks him in the face he says, "Oh, silly bush!"
Easton pulled a rock out of his shoe and said, "Hey rock! Whatchya doin?"
Easton started whimpering to me and said, "Mom I'm crying" and when I asked why he said, "because your love your love your love is my fun!" and danced away.
While driving, Easton will look out the window and say to himself, "Watch the trees. watch the mountains, watch the cars" and sometimes just start naming things like, "watch Dora, watch the temple, watch lake powell, watch the swimming cool."
At breakfast, Easton asked me to blow him a kiss and when I did he slapped his cheek and said, "Oh, right in the face!"
Caden loves to sing and dance! It starts with the head bob then moves to an entire torso bob and then he gets the "Uuhhh uuuhh" singing going! So cute!
We were swimming and Easton came up and poked my thigh and said, "Squishy leggies!"
I was getting ready and Easton came in and asked me if he could wear a white flower in his hair.
Me: Easton, if you go in the toilet you can have Kachow(Lightning McQueen) underwear. Easton: Mmmm.... Kachow diapers?
Jonathan said he was going to take a shower and Easton said, "all by hisself!" because he hates showers and didn't want to take one with him.
After I get done running on the treadmill Easton cheers "Yay mama" and claps for me. Lately he hops on and says "Didi's turn" and runs in place.
Easton calls himself "Didi." We have no idea why.
Caden pooped in the tub and Easton said "baby no poops bubble bath cucka!"
I asked Easton who his best friend was and he brought me his stuffed Syd the Sloth from "Ice Age" and now he takes his "bres fren" everywhere.
Whenever someone sneezes Easton says, "Bess you!" It is soooo cute!
I said the prayer in Relief Society so about ten minutes into the lesson, Easton walked up to the front of the room, folded his arms, and said a prayer then smiled and came and sat back down by me.
I was singing "I Am A Child of God" and when I sang "...find the way" Easton must have misheard me and sang "no way" with me for the rest of the song.
If you blow on Caden's tummy he giggles!
We were teaching Caden to roll over and Easton pushed Jonathan over and then clapped and cheered, "Yay Dada!"
Cadens favorite game is when you blow raspberries at him so he constantly sticks his tongue at us till we do it back and then he smiles and gets all excited.
So last night we went to Applebees and it was karaoke night and Easton was going crazy dancing to the music! It was hilarious! The manager even came and started dancing with him! What a funny kid.
During their bath, Easton threw a ball at Caden and hit him right in the middle of the head, not trying to be mean, just funny. I waited to see what Caden would do, and he just looked at Easton for a second and then got a huge grin on his face! Yay, another kid that loves being hit in the head!
I gave Caden and Easton a bath together last night and I have never seen Caden so happy! He LOVES Easton and just kept smiling and cooing and gurgling at him!
So, a few nights later we were trying to leave for our ward Christmas party and Easton tried to walk right out the door with the bucket on his head. Then he had a fit cuz we wouldn't let him wear it. Next time I'll just let him.
So last night Jonathan and I were doing the dishes and we heard a crash in the living room. We found Easton walking around with a bucket on his head! He kept running into things and tripping, but for some reason thought it was fun!
Easton likes to get on his hands and knees and then says "bebe" and wants us to put the baby on his back so he can be a horse.
Now that Easton understands the concept of "baby" anything small can be a "baby." For example, Grandma called little cars "baby cars" and now all of the sudden we have baby flowers (leaves), baby snow ( ice), baby vroom vrooms (little cars) and baby basketballs (little ones). Of course, with Easton's limited vocabulary these come out "be-wowa," "be-no," "be-vroom," and my favorite (which is a tongue-twister for him), "be-ba-be-be-ball-ba-be-ba...be-be-b-ball!"