Bath time!

Ava Kate loves taking a bath!

And we all love watching her!

Benjamin is such a big help!!

Thank you buddy!

FIrst day of school

I can't believe I have a 1st grader and a 3rd grader!

They had a great day and we ALL love their teachers!

Lots of friends and family at school this year!

Fun times!!!

1 month old...

Wow! I can't believe it! Ava Kate is already a month old!

What a sweet girl!

We are so blessed to have her in our family!!

Football camp

So football camp is this week...it is so hot!!

Even though it is at night, this is how Luke looks afterwards!

I am bringing extra clothes tomorrow!

He absolutely loves running the ball...

it's pretty high up there with tackling:)

We had to remind him several times that

there was no tackling this week!

Full pads are next week... so he just had to "touch" the

other players and pretend to tackle them...

this was the look I got after telling him that...

"seriously, mom, no tackling?"

I know! What fun is that!

Football is here!

So Luke is playing football again this year....LOVES it!!!

Actually, I can't believe how much he loves it!!

Him and our neighbor have already been practicing!

Aren't they cute!

Ava Kate

Well she's here! She blessed our family on July 6th at 2:05pm!

She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long...

perfectly healthy and absolutely beautiful!

Easiest delivery I've had, so that was great!

Everything has gone amazingly well so far!

I think that I am getting the hang of being a mommy of 4,

it is definitely overwhelming at times,

but I know it will get easier as times goes on!

I am so thankful for Gods hand in all of this!

Ben and I feel so blessed to have this little one in our family

and can't wait to see what God has in store for us!!!

Happy 4th!!!

Hope everyone had a fun and safe fourth of July!!

Love you all!!

The Freeman Five

(for 1 more day)

Uncle Justin and MaKayla come to visit...

My cousin Jarod got married and

asked my brother to officiate the wedding,

So fun! So him and Makayla came to visit for a few days!

So glad to spend time with them,

although we missed Jessica and Jadyn..

Luke, Makayla and Ella Grace

Uncle Justin and Ella bella

splash park!

deciding that she didn't want to wear Ella's bathing suit anymore!

the fact that it was too small didn't help things either!

Sorry Makayla!!

playin in the water

silly girl!

waiting for the downpour...

trying to "catch the water"

according to Ella!

Makayla's outta there!

We loved seeing you guys!! Come back soon please!!!

and bring the rest of the fam!!!

Crazy girl...

Ella is now 2 1/2+ years old..

I can't believe how much she has grown and changed!

She is so much fun and she loves target!!

She loves to shop for clothes and tells me

"that's so cute!"

She tries on my heels all the time and loves bows...

She's had her first official pedicure with mommy

and thought she was big stuff!!

yet, she'll still go dig for rolly pollies with the boys...

We just love her to pieces!!

how she endures the baseball games...

hello kitty bag and gatorade!

so grown up!

loves the empty dug outs!

playing with friend Eden!

I think that she's had too much popcorn at this point!

deciding to try out Ava Kate's gear before hand!

she asks me every morning if

"Aba Date's coming out today?"

She is already her little sister's biggest fan!!

Bulldogs, spring 2010

Wow! What a season for these boys!! They lost their first 2 games...they looked like they had never played before... the coaches were frustrated, the parents were wondering what was going on with their boys... then something clicked.... and then it was all up from there!!

Benjamin, #1

triple.. listening very hard to coach

maybe decided if he should "give 5 " or not...

Battin to dad...

After all was said and done...

1st place trophies for the Bulldogs for the season!!

Championship game 25-12

They deserved it, they worked so hard!!

Can't tell who's happier?!!!

Uncle Justin even got to see the championship game!!

Benjamin was thrilled!!

Way to go Bulldogs!!

What an amazing season, Benjamin!!

You loved playing pitcher, catcher

and you said that playing second base was "ok":)

We are so proud of you!!!

Ava Kate endured a lot of "baseball mom" screaming

for the boys this year... I wonder if she will come out saying..

"GOOOOOO.......... RUUUUUUUNNNN!!!!!"

movie night...

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs...

nothing like a movie outside with great friends!

deciding she was too good to hang with the boys

and chowing on mexican food instead!

Tulsa Tide spring ball

When spring gets here, the freeman house in in full baseball mode!

We are SOOOO busy with 2 boys on 2 different teams!

But I guess that is what life with boys is all about!

Luke #11

Excited to be playing catcher!

doing a great job!

Even Ava Kate made the games...

took 1st place in tournament!!!

Woo-hoo!

end of season trophy!!

End of season pool party showing off their new trophy's!

Most of these boys have been playing together from the beginning,

so it is going to be so much fun

watching what the future holds for this team!!

Fun times!!

Getting ready for summer!

So when the pools not open yet and its super hot outside...

it's time for a hose fight!

I wonder who will end up with it in the end?

Look at her..all posing!

I wonder if she will join in?

peer pressure...and she joined the fight..

Benjamin won, he had control of the hose and everyone got it!

lettin me know that she survived and is ok!

Luke's K-5 graduation, May 2010

Well it is official! Luke is a first grader!

Luke and Mrs. Ophoff

love her!!!

Luke and friend, Isabella

Luke and friend, Tessa

Luke and friend, Corbin

Daddy and Ella getting ready for the show

Luke saying his "history" lines about George Washington..

he did so good, no mess ups at all!

that's a lot of pressure for a 6 year old!

singing their class song

waiting patiently for his name to be called for his diploma..

finally it's his turn!

papa and gigi came to celebrate

Wow, Lukester, I can't believe how fast the time is gone!

We are so proud of how well you did in school this year!

Highest honors in your class and then the loving spirit award!

We love you, Luke!!