Bandits

Elissa's softball team "The BANDITS" had a great learning year. This year the girls understood the game in a whole new way. Half of this team plays on the Redhawks with Hailey so the other girls not on that team were forced to improve to a level that they themselves didn't know they could.

Elissa's biggest strength is her speed so her coach had her bunting (sometimes left handed) and she ended up being the best bunter and fastest runner on the team!

These bunting and running skills just earned her a place on the All-star team this year. The games start in a couple of days (July 5th) and we're all excited to see how they do in tournament play.


Elissa bunting


Coming into home....It's a close one!


Safe!

The tallest player on the team (Avery) and the smallest: our Elissa

Redhawks

Redhawks is the brain child of Trents’. He wanted the girls in the valley to be able to compete at at higher level if softball. He was fortunate to be able to use the boys "Redhawks" logo and fly under their colors.

Here are a few pictures of Hailey playing ball.

45 Minutes to Broadway

Elissa's second play this year was a hoot. She loves performing and we love watching her so excited. She can't stop smiling the whole time.

Thank goodness this was a comedy!

We weren’t allowed to take pictures during the play but above is a picture of the cast and below is Elissa's final bow.

Ok, I couldn’t not show her in "Toy Camp" were she plays a puzzle piece.

Hailey's 13th birthday!

Hailey turned 13 in May........she is now officially a "TEEN" !!!

She had a birthday here at the house with games and a wonderful cake that she made. Her gift from Trent and I were tickets to see the Jonas Brothers. What better way to bring in her "Teen" years with her first concert! (pictures coming soon)

This is the cake she decorated with fondant.

Here are her closest friends, all different ages (10 through 14) and we have homeschoolers and public school girls. Some had just met for the first time and they all got along beautifully.

We have a projecter so Trent set it up to show a movie outside on the garage. We built a fire and set up a table with snacks, it was a lot of fun.