Happy Father's Day!

We had a great time at "Family Day" at the Dome on 

Father's Day!  There was a family game where Gardy 

pitched to the kids and they announced the starting line up with all

the families!  It was a lot of fun!  When we got ready

for the morning Aunt Becca put on Eli's jersey and he said

with a VERY serious face, 

"Everyone is going to think I'm Scott Baker today!"  

It was very cute! We can no longer go ANYWHERE 

around baseball without people knowing what player

we belong to because the boys favor daddy so much!!

Its okay with me though, because obviously I think my hubby

is VERY cute so I'm glad the boys take after him!

The Baker Family!

Becca and Leann

The Twin's wives!

Mommy and Easton

                 A group family photo!

     Daddy pitching to Eli and mommy catching!                            

Daddy and Easton

Easton saying "catch Daddy!"

Gardy pitching to Eli! After every hit he ran the bases! 

He is batting SO well! He is not missing a thing not being in little league...

after all he is practicing on a major league field!  

Rachel Kubel and Becca 

Mommy's handsome sweet boys! (Yes- I even think Daddy is 

handsome and very sweet :) )

Playing at the Minnesota Children's Museum!

Breakfast with Clifford! 

So last blog we forgot to post some really funny stories from Chicago!  One day (a very raining day).... we decided to take a taxi to the pier and take the boys to the Children's Museum!  While getting out of the taxi Eli wanted to exit the taxi all by himself and literally fell flat on his stomach in the street and straight into a huge water puddle!   He didn't get hurt, thank goodness, but he was soaked and we ended up in the bathroom using a hand dryer to dry his clothes!!!  More stories to follow..... we are in Milwaukee and they boys are napping but we are getting them up to go take a boat cruise!!!  More about that later.......

Happy summer everybody!  We are loving the mild weather here in Minnesota!  We have been very busy this past few weeks!  We have taken the boys to Chicago, the pool, to have breakfast with Clifford, and to family day on Father's Day at the Dome!  We are loving all of our family time, even though the schedule looks like we are not home much- we are going to see Scott on the road quite a bit!  We are headed to Milwaukee and Kansas City next week!

The outdoor pool at the Maple Grove Community Center!

It was in the 80's- 

Scott batting at Wrigley Field- a very crowded game!

Leann, Kieffer, Lauren, and Becca in Chicago

at Harry Caray's!

Everyone enjoying dinner- the boys

sat through a long dinner and were great as usual :)

Baseball life has made them well behaved 

in places like this! 

GREAT seats at Wrigley- a few rows behind home plate!

We had a BLAST in Chicago!

Having snacks at the game! 

Watching some baseball!

Shopping in downtown Chicago!

Watching a movie and coloring on the way to Chicago!

Easton being SO silly in the car!

Watching Daddy pitch on TV- he was in Oakland! Hence their PJ's- 

the game started at 9:00 here!

Eli had to have this mustache out of a 

quarter machine! It was very funny!

Check back soon for pictures of Father's Day and Family Day at the Dome- we HAD a BLAST! 

Okay... there hasn't been a blog in a while!  We have been busy!  Its amazing how two little boys can keep someone SO busy!  We are almost completely settled here in Maple Grove! And we LOVE it here!  We couldn't have chose a better place to live!  The boys love it here! There is SO much to do!  Minnesota is really a great place to raise a family!  And all in all, this is where most of our time is spent!  So at least we picked a great one!

Owen, Blake, and Rachel (Jason's sister) came over for dinner and a play date!  The boys all play so well!  

Owen and Eli

Both boys wanted to clean!!

At the children's museum for a birthday party!  Ha- all three boys somewhat matched- and not on purpose!  Remember we are up north now- matching is NOT the IN thing here! :)

Giving Mommy flowers.... what a sweet boy!

Nana and the boys at the Minnesota Zoo! 

Mommy and her two cute boys!

Both boys glued to the TV!

And batting next.... Easton Baker....

Taking ground balls....

Eli signing at his spring sing at St Marks!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!  We have lots of fun things planned! Aunt Becca is coming for the month of June and we are traveling to the Cubs, Royals, and Brewers games!  Its going to be a busy month, but SO much fun!  

I know it has been a long time since we have posted on the blog..... We have been SO busy..... We took a trip to Minnesota for Mother's Day and less than 36 hours after arriving back in Shreveport.... Mommy went to NYC for 5 days with Daddy WITHOUT the boys.... And now, 5 days after NYC we are back in Minnesota until September!  Nana and Papal are here this week! We have been busy getting everything done to leave for almost 5 months!

Our family on Mother's Day and Family Day on the field!!!

Riding the rides at Como Zoo....... 

They LOVED it..... 

so much that they have season passes!

Happy Mother's Day Gammy!  We all had SO much fun on our trip! We know Gammy will miss the boys SO much!  Thank you for watching them when I was in NYC.... I know they were spoiled rotten!

Mommy was SPOILED by her three wonderful boys on Mother's Day!!

 Daddy is very sweet to Mommy! 

 I hope the boys learn this from Daddy and SPOIL their wives when they are older!  

Gammy with all of us at Family Day!  The boys enjoy her baseball skills on the field!  Hey- maybe Daddy got some baseball talent from Gammy!  She is very athletic!!

Easton loved standing on the bases!

Gammy playing baseball with Easton!

What a lucky little boy..... daddy pitching to Eli with the Twins hitting coach catching and giving Eli hitting instructions!  

Joe Vavra telling Eli where to place his feet!  I hope he retains all this!!!

Easton LOVES being with his Daddy!  

Kisses are the thing when he sees Daddy!!! So sweet!  

Baseball season has official begun for the Baker family! The boys love wearing their jerseys! And yes- Mommy let them wear them to the game because the boys stay downstairs in the family room! The babysitters there are great- and Mommy (and Gammy too) get to watch the games in peace! We had a great trip to Minnesota! Mommy left the boys and got on a plane and surprised Daddy in Florida! Mommy got to watch Daddy's rehab start! He was so surprised that Mommy flew 4 hours each way to see him for only 48 hours- and he had no clue until I knocked on the front door! It was such a wonderful time! Mommy could get used to this!!! It was so good for the both of us to see each other without little ones! And we are so lucky to have Gammy to watch the boys! The boys adore "Ah-Ah", as Easton says!

Proverbs 3:5-6

Below are the boys at the Como Zoo! It was such a nice day that we had to get outside! It got up to 75 degrees there one day! So yes- it snowed and was bright and beautiful all in the same week! Welcome to Minnesota- they say - stay a week and you may experience all four seasons in 7 days!



This was so CUTE- a baby giraffe- born in February- and in two months it was that big! We also saw twin baby monkeys and a baby gorilla! We had a great time at the zoo! Next trip- we will try and go to the other zoo and the great children's museum! Minneapolis is a really great city for kids!!!

This is such a sweet picture! This cute little monkey was interacting with Eli for a good 5 minutes! It would follow his finger and follow Eli!

It was very windy at times in Minnesota.... it felt almost like Mommy and Daddy were back in college at Oklahoma State! Easton kept wanting to put his hat on and he kept saying "cold" over and over!

Mommy and her cute Daddy-look-a-likes! Obviously these are the cutest two little boys in the world! (I know... I'm partial... after all they look like handsome Daddy!) This was right before the game in the family room! What a lucky grandma Gammy is that she has two grandsons that look like their daddy! And by the way.... she isn't partial either!

(Below)This is Easton at Easter brunch downtown! It was delicious! Although Mommy had to get a new plate after Eli spilled his orange juice...... yep- straight in my plate! Good thing it was a buffet! The boys were wonderful! Even at church service! We attend a church in Maple Grove, called Church of the Open Door. It was VERY family and kid friendly! They encourage children to be brought into the sanctuary! We can't wait to go back!

Easton got served orange juice in a fancy stemmed glass- all was good till Eli got one!

(Below) The boys Easter morning..... sorry I don't have pictures of them with their Easter baskets or of their egg hunt with Owen Kubel! (They were taken on a different camera and of course it is in Minnesota- and we are now in Shreveport!) They both loved their Easter baskets.... what a smart Easter bunny- both boys got exactly the same thing, down to the color and everything- he or she must know that they always want the same thing! :) And notice in the picture who is eating candy at 9 am before church! Eli isn't eating any because he doesn't like candy! Too bad the Easter bunny didn't give him real carrots- Mommy will have to remember to tell the Easter Bunny next year! Hey- peas might appear in some eggs next year! We'll see whose children, other than Eli, like that!!

Ephesians 3:17

We will post again when we return to Minnesota May 7th! It will be an event filled week, as it is Mother's Day weekend! Hope everyone has a great next few weeks! Please keep our family in your prayers, as mommy and the boys spend another 20 days without Daddy! God has given us such great family and friends to help us along our journey. Thank you Lord!

By the way... Eli told me that he prayed, so Mommy said that was so good and was curious to what he prayed about.... so he said he prayed that Mommy would give him his batman toys back! The toys were in "time-out" for Eli not obeying!