boating .. with ginger ..

we boated wednesday before memorial day ..

spent the afternoon on the boat with the kids and ginger ..

before the crazy weekend started ..

our calm before the storm ..

she is a good boater .. 

she watched the kids swim .. 

she listened to the kids hollar that the water was COOOOLLLLLLDDDDD !

she watched jeff work .. 

she napped .. a lot .. 

and she watched cash drink enough grape pop that his mouth matched his 

life jacket by the end of afternoon .. 

it was a great day .. 

the fish eye ..

I borrowed a fish eye lens from borrowlenses.com ..

i have wanted one for a long time .. i think it would be fun to have one ..

so instead of forking over the big bucks .. 

i rented one for a bit to see what i thought .. 

i have not got to play with it to much yet .. 

but so far .. it's kinda fun .. 

it's a 8-15mm so you have to be super close ..

graduation !?!?!?!

cash graduated from kindergarten last week ..

ugh .. 

ellie helped jodie pass out the programs .. 

for the record .. he is not a first grader until august ..

soccer .. soccer ... and more soccer ...

we have been playing lots and lots of soccer lately .. 

lots of running for little #19 ..

sometimes she gets to stop and stand still for just a bit .. 

but not for long ..

ellie is 10 and playing with the under 12 girls in grove ..

to say that she is one of the shortest girls on the team would be accurate ..

we ended the season with a soccer tournament in tulsa last weekend ..

they won !!

go team !!

what a send off !

the baseball team is headed to the state play offs today in oklahoma city .. 

so in true ketchum style we lined the streets with signs to wave at them as they drove by .. 

ellie and jodie sure hope they win !!

give it your all ellie says .. 

so we waved and hollared and shouted and cheered ..

all this at 8:15 this morning .. 

good luck boys ..

take state boys ..

thank you grandpa ..

thank you grandpa for taking me racing ..

for driving 3 and half hours so i could race for 20 minutes ..

thank you for working on my bike for 2 days just to make sure that it was ready ..

and for letting me eat doritos in your truck ..

thank you for making sure that there were no ruts at the start so i wouldn't get stuck ..

and for loading all my gear in the cold rain while i sat inside the warm truck ..

but most of all grandpa ..

thank you for a day that i will never forget ..

race day ..

since i was not home last night to double check cash's gear bag ..

i left him a check list ..

granny and grandpa showed up a little before 8 to pick up the big bag and the little racer ..

i didn't get a pic of him because he darted out of the house

 and into the truck before i could even get my lens cap off .. 

so off they went ..

the race was in missouri .. on the other side of springfield ..

about 3 hours away ..

mom sent this ..

they are on their way home as i post this ..

she also sent it to our sweet friend lana in texas ..

her response was ..

grandpa and motorcycle .. $6000

camera helmet .. $450

earphones .. $250

doritos and a nap .. priceless !!

perfect words if you ask me ..