Harry Potter 7, Part II

Their wands are ready!

We took a nap at 9:30 p.m. and woke up at 11:00 p.m. to attend the midnight premier of Harry Potter 7, Part II.  We LOVED it, though the crowd was a little annoying with their reactions, and we hated the last scene.  They totally destroyed Rowling's masterpiece when Harry and Voldemort finally confront each other one on one.  The director threw in some lame scene where Harry and Voldemort jump off a cliff and fly through the air, pulling at each other's melting faces.  It is almost comical and so upsetting!  That last scene in the book is incredible!  But oh, well, we loved the rest of it and were glad, even when we got in bed at 3:00 a.m.!

Happy Birthday, Cy!

Wake up, Cy!  It's your 8th Birthday!

 

Dad's piggy back ride up to the kitchen.  

Presents and time for breakfast!

Coleman gave Cy an airport mini figure!

Calvin very creatively wrapped his gift in the Cat in the Hat's hat!

It was a new Lego Magazine!  Perfect!

Later on, it was time for the party!  Cy invited a few friends and cousins and we went to Jump On It!

 Kale gave an awesome Star Wars book.

 Pure joy brought by the money Jacob and McKay gave him.

 Ty Ty gave Cy the Forbidden Forest Lego!

 Cannon gave him a cool bionicle.

 Playing with the new presents.

Cy's beloved Sand Cake!

 Kale doing an awesome jump!

Tyler.

Cannon loved the Star Wars game.

McKay.

Jacob got to climb the wall.

Cal loving it.

Jacob's back flip.

McKay's front flip.

Be careful!

Cy flying through the air!

Hot and sweaty!

Eating cake!

Cy got the long awaited Burrow for his birthday!

The Little Team that Could

 Cal's baseball team lost just about every regular season game there was.  Most of the games were pretty painful.  None of the kids really cared.  Most of them just wanted to go home or to keep playing with the dirt in the infield.   I usually brought a book to read.  But something happened when they reached the end of the season.  All of a sudden this team banded together and they started to care.  And they won their first tournament game.  And then they won again, and again, and again.  Suddenly, we were in the championship game and no one expected it.  They had to play the Dodgers last night, whom they barely beat the Saturday before.  The Dodgers played all week and came through the loser bracket to try to beat us again.  The first inning they scored one run.  The next inning, they scored 5!  It looked like a lost cause, but then this scrappy little team came together.  The next inning they tied them 6 all.  The next inning, both teams were held scoreless.  The Dodgers got back up to bat and we held them.  Now all we needed was one runner to cross home plate.  The first two batters were walked, then up came some little guy.  He ended up hitting, bringing in the only runner we needed and the game was called.  The Yankees won the tournament!  Who would have thought?  We were so proud of all of them!  Calvin did awesome!  Way to go!  

 It was so great to have Grandma Shirlee, 

 Cynthia and her kids,

Coleman,

 Grandpa Rand,

and Grandma Reeves there.  Thanks for ALL of your support!

Calvin with Coach Snyder