Little League Tournament

Well, yesterday Rachel had her little league tournament. It is a single elimination tournament. We played at 10:30. The girls played great. I think it was their best game all year. The rules are that they play based on time or innings. After 4 innings our girls were up 2 -1. They had time to play another inning and unfortunately the other team got some runs and won. The girls played great though. I was kind of sad to see them lose but was glad we didn't have to spend the whole day at the ballpark. :)

Update

Well, it sure has been awhile since I have posted on this. Things have been busy. Rachel was in a play at the Emmetsburg community theatre. She was a mouse. She is also playing little league softball. That season is winding down and we will be having tournaments this weekend. We have a college girl come into our house and babysit for the summer. The kids love her and she takes them to the pool, park, library, lake, and wherever else they can talk her into going. Tim is spending most of his time with Marty farming. Seems like summer is already flying by. Hope you enjoy the pics.

Our Little Irish Dancer

So, this is Rachel's second year as an Irish Dancer. She performed last weekend at the Pageants in Emmetsburg. She will perform again on Friday at the Ceili and in the St. Patty's day parade. Below is a picture of her. I recorded a movie of her as well, but the file was too large to load.

Update

Not much new going on in the Geelan house. We have been battling sick kids. Connor came down with an ear infection and Braden has pneumonia. They are both on antibiotic and seem to be getting better. Rachel will perform her irish dance at the Little Miss and Miss Shamrock pageants tomorrow, so stay tuned for pictures from that. Also, next week is the annual St. Pat's celebration in Emmetsburg, so look forward to some posts of that as well.

Here are a couple of pics of Braden. He is so funny when he knows you are taking a picture, he squints his eyes. Do we have another farmer? Time will tell I guess.

Geelan Update

Okay, it has been quite awhile since I have gotten anything posted. Rachel had her first slumber party for her birthday (9 years old, can you believe it?). She had the girls from her class over. They stayed up past midnight. I think they had a really good time. Marty said he knows why we only have one girl, I think the giggling gets to him...

Rachel has also been doing a basketball clinic. Today was the last session. She won a trophy for the most "hot shot" points out of the third graders. Hot shot consists of shooting from 5 designated spots for a certain time. You get 5 points if you shoot from all spots and then you get more points for every basket you make. We are very proud of her. She also played at two of the halftimes of the Emmetsburg boys games.

The kids also had a program at school. The catholic school does not put on a Christmas program, rather, they do a program for Catholic Schools week. This was Connor's first performance. He said he was nervous in front of all those people. That was funny coming from him, who never seems shy or nervous of anything.

NOt much else is new here. We are just looking forward to Spring.

Geelan Update

It has been awhile since I posted anything to my blog. Not much has been going on though. Work has been really busy for me as we are going through a software transition. Marty has been busy battling the weather (snow and cold). I am looking forward to next week as I have taken the whole week off (except for Monday). Last night we braved the weather and went to church afterwards, since the kids were all dressed up I decided to finally get a Christmas picture taken. I have new respect for photographers as getting all 4 kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time was challenging.

Afterwards, we had supper and of course Connor didn't like what I made so I gave in and made him his favorite, pizza. Below, is a picture of Connor and Braden watching the pizza cook in the oven.

Our Goddaughter - Emily Schaben

Over the weekend our niece Emily was baptized. Here she is in her baptism gown that was made out of Marty's mom's wedding gown. She did a great job during the ceremony and didn't cry at all.
And Rachel holding Emily, what a pair of cuties!