Kate made a picture holder with a photo of herself at preschool for Fathers Day.
She loved giving it to him, it was a sweet moment.
The kids and I also gave him a few ipod accessories. We had the Hatches over for dinner, the kids performed...
Sometimes Tyson looks like this playing the piano.
But for his recital he stepped it up a notch. He played three songs, including Sofegiatto. He did a great job, and wasn't even nervous. We're really enjoying listening to his musical talents blossom. I love that he sits down at the piano seveal times a day, just to play. Altough I have a feeling some of those times he might be avoiding his list of jobs!
Tyson's coach gave him the Hutch Award, which in Major League Baseball is given to 'an active player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire to win' (wikipedia). 
It was really fun watching him play this year. He as quite the stance when he swings.
He had seveal good hits, and played all of the infield positions, including his favorite, pitcher.
Keep on slugging Tyson. This is the first year our whole family joined in the race. It's a 2.6 mile fun run around a country club. It was the 30th year our school has done it.
Ready to go at the starting line-up.
Tyson came in first place in his 9-year old male category with a time of 20:15 (that's 7:52 minute miles).
Bradley came in 3rd for the 7 year old males with a time of 30:23.
Rick of course beat us all, so he was the photographer.
And I came in first in my category, the pushing a 60 pound stoller category, with a time of 31: 15. Oh wait, they didn't have that category. I couldn't believe I was the only one pushing a stoller. Thanks to Rebecca for helping me push it up that first hill, and for Tia for haning in there with me.
Paige sitting pretty.
Kate comparing prizes, the important part! Actually she did get out and jog a little bit, it was cute.Tyson is excited to a 'tweener'. I'm not sure how I feel about that. But for now, he's a wonderful boy, that is so helpful and peacemaking. I wouldn't trade him for anything.
For Tyson's 10th birthday we had decided to go the the Museam of Flight, since he was wanting to learn more about how airplane's fly after we flew to Texas. I made him the traditional cut up cake.
He got a footfall jersy for his favorite team, the Steelers. 
It was such a beautiful day outside, and all of his friends were outside playing, so at the last minute we decided to through an inpromtu party. 
Rebecca Gealta had organized some water games for scouts that night, so she brought them over at a moments notice.
The did a bucket brigade, water balloon tosses and then just an all out water fight. 
It turned out to be a really fun party. I loved it because there were no invitations, pre planning, thank you cards, or worrying about who to invite, just fun, fun, fun, until a storm blew in at about 8:30 and we all felt like we were in Kansas! The only downer of our trip was an affliction of head lice. I discovered it in Texas, after Tyson's head started itching like crazy. I called Rick to inform him, and he verified two cases at home. We spent the remainder of the week calling back and forth commiserating about lice eradication.
Rick gave Bradley a 3/8" buzz.
Tyson and I in the men's bathroom in Walgreens. After purchasing the treatment we proceeded to wash his head twice in the bathroom right before graduation. We dried his head with paper towels and bought him a new t-shirt. 
Later in the week we gave Tyson a buzz, but not as short as Bradley's.
Luckily, Kate's case wasn't as bad, but with all of the new hair do's she apparently decided to have one too. (The clothes didn't recover and my bathrug had to be flipped.) After 9 days, and 90 lice checks, and 900 loads of laundy, I think they're gone, thank goodness. Hope we don't have to do that again.I can't complain about the gorgeous weather in Seattle lately, but I loved the heat of Texas. Tyson, Paige and I spent a week in sunny San Antonio. We missed having the rest of the family, but we just couldn't afford to take everyone.
My brother's graduation turned into a family reunion on my dad's side of the family because he has a sister, Rosie, that lives there. Her two children also live there. My Aunt Kay joined us from Chicago, as well as my dad's brother Greg and his wife Ginny and their daughter Amy and family from Colorado. It was the first get together of it's kind. It was amazing to 'meet' these cousins because I have only met them once 20-25 years ago.
The beautiful Japanese Gardens. Paige was more interested in the waterfall than posing for the picture.
El Mercado/The Market. A great place to buy souvenirs and enjoy Mexican eats and treats.
A hike we took, which was plan B since we decided not to go to Shlitterbaun (largest water park in the country), due to a 60% chance of thunderstorms. Didn't see a single cloud all day =-(. It had been thunder storming everyday.
An awesome collection of cacti at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens.
The Riverwalk from our boat tour. A lovely place, wish we could have spent more time there.
And the best part of all... the amusement parks. We did Six Flags first. They had a great collection of rollar coasters. My parents took Paige for the day, so Tyson and I along with Jeff and the Hatches did ride after ride.
The next day was Sea World. Even Paige got to go on a ride. We saw all the big shows and actually my favorite roller coasters were there. There were very few lines at either place so we got to go on rides over and over again without even getting off!
Jeff knew one of the dolphin trainers so we went and talked to her after the show. She took us behind the scenes and gave us a private tour, it was great.
Oh, and Jeff graduated! Congrats. We're proud of you.
