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Spring!

It’s going to be a beautiful week in Seattle – it was almost 75 degrees yesterday and we were sweating! In celebration, we have some Spring posts for you.

Last month, we traveled to visit Grandma in Palm Desert. The week started off just right, because my cousin Anthony happened to be flying through Seattle on his way home. He and I sat next to each other ALONE on the airplane. (Well, Mom and Annabel were a couple rows back, but still!) He got to act as 3rd base coach at my tee-ball game during his layover:

Here he’s cheering me on while I run home:

Then we hopped on a plane and went to Palm Springs. We love the Palm Springs airport – palm trees greeted us:

Once at Grandma’s – we met up with Katy and Gabe – always a great day, when the Atchity cousins are all together.

As Annabel and I are quickly learning, vacations are full of things we don’t normally get to do at home. Sun and swimming aside, we got to do some other things we love.

Mani Pedi:

(My sister’s ability to sit still for grooming is astounding. Strangers were taking her picture.)

We went to Target to stock up on goodies:

Eating lunch at our favorite place:

Laying in the sun

Going out for gelato in Pajamas (I know this is shocking to many of you)

and a little golf:

This is the life:

And here are some swimming and golf highlights – we are all so proud of Annabel’s swimming achievements.

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Posted by benbbillings on 05/08/2012 in Family matters, Milestones, My favorite pics of me, Places I've been, Sports, Stuff I'm into, Videos

Not quite spring

17 Mar

It’s still winter here, especially in the mountains. I had Friday off of school, so mom and I headed east to Steven’s Pass for a day of skiing. There was 13 inches of fresh snow from the night before and 24 inches from the last few days.

There’s definitely a few more weeks of good skiing before the end of the season and I hope to go up again.

By Fridays, I’m usually toast from a busy week, so I needed lost of breaks.

Yup, those are candies in my hot cocoa, mom is fun to ski with.

Her favorite part? Snuggling on the lift:

We did quite a few blue runs, so we went pretty slowly. Here ate my stats from the day (minus the last two runs – which might have been the fastest and longest)

Here’s how I amused myself while waiting for mom to return her rentals:

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Posted by benbbillings on 03/17/2012 in Sports, Stuff I'm into

Cool big cousin

16 Mar

I idolize my big cousin, Anthony. He plays baseball and is awesome at it!
He just sent me this, thanks!

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Posted by benbbillings on 03/16/2012 in Family matters, Sports, Stuff I'm into

Tee-ball

09 Mar

It’s spring! That means it’s tee-ball season and I’m so excited!

This is my first go on a team – 7 of my teammates live on my block – who could ask for more?

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Posted by benbbillings on 03/09/2012 in Sports, Stuff I'm into

Park City 2012

05 Mar

What a way to spend our winter break!

Here are some highlights of our trip to visit Havana and Charley in Park City, Utah and get a little skiing in.

I was proud of my parents because after not skiing since high school, they both gave it a try and did quite well. While, they couldn’t keep up with me, they still did a great job – Mom didn’t even fall once! (She did run into a tree though.)

That’s me in the crazy pants between cousins, Mark and Natalie.

You can’t miss me flying down the mountain. (I don’t use poles because when little kids first learn to ski, poles just get in the way – or fall of the lift…)

We skied a path through these trees – Tia Karen lost her pole and had to hike up, Natalie fell hard and Mom ran into a tree – Mark and I did just fine!

A beautiful place to be…

Apres Ski – one of the best parts of skiing – the time spent in the lodge after a day on the mountain. Annabel didn’t ski this year, but kept the lodge warm for us.