Gracie's Spring Music Program

Youth/ Adult State Tournament in Dickinson

The Pin Masters(Bowling)

The bowling season for our young bowlers has come to an end. This past week both Jerrin and Gracie had their bowling fun days and awards night. Both kids did a great job all year and seem to be following in the Baumgarten tradition of loving to bowl. I hope they keep it up.

Jerrin had a good season, but struggled staying consistent. He didn't improve in his average too much so he was a bit bummed about that and his team did not do as well this year either.

He finished up the year with a 77 average. He also placed sixth at the North Dakota Regional Bowling Tournament that was in Enderlin. Way to go Buddy!

This is Jerrin's bowling buddy, Bethany. They have competed in three different bowling tournaments over the course of the school year together. They really make a great team.

The final photo of the team from this year together. They called themselves the Warriors when they went to tournaments.

This was Gracie's first year of bowling and WOW did she improve. The very first week of bowling she rolled a whopping 17 and by the end of the year she finished up with a 53 average. That is a 36 pin improvement.

She also won a plaque for the girls highest game with a 111. SUPER JOB, Gracie.

The award winners of the 1st and 2nd grade divisions.

Gracie and her bowling buddy sporting their awards and very proud smiles.

Jerrin and Gracie you both had a great year and we are very proud of both of you.

New Puppies

Jaylen's daycare provider, Dawn has recently welcomed 6 new friends to her house, but they may not be the friends that most daycare's would welcome. Well, how could you not welcome them, but they may not be the friends you are thinking of.........

Dawn's dog, Joe, had 8 adorable puppies; however only 6 survived. Joe is a yellow lab who was bred with a chocolate lab.

That brought to the Lubber household, 7 brown and 1 black puppy.

Our big kids even get to visit every now and then to sneak

in some cuddle time with the pups.

Here they are proving to be a bit demanding, ready for lunch.

Who wouldn't fall in love with these mugs.

Luna, Charlie and Jaz are just to name a few.

"Pleeeeeesssssseeeee mommmmmyyyyy!" He loves me." says Jaylen.

Wow does he have it figured out!!!!!

Thanks for shareing your babies with us Dawn. They are so much fun and cute.

Ready, Set, Sail, or should I say BLOW!!!!!!!

Varsity Rules.......Way to go Buddy!

YEAH!!!!!! A couple of weeks ago John came home from practice, of course after stopping at Grandma Colleen's first, and shared with us that he had made the Varsity Baseball Team. We were so excited for him, but did have to ask, "Now what does that mean? Will you be playing on both the JV and Varsity teams?" John's response was, "No, only varsity." YEAH!!!!!!!! Now we were even more proud and excited for him. As supportive baseball parents, Dad and I didn't have a doubt in the world that John was good enough to make the team or that he wouldn't make a great addition to the team, but I have to be honest and say that we did feel it would be a lot harder to pull it off. This year's school ball team had 9 (yes 9) returning seniors to the roster, only leaving a few spots to be filled by underclassmen. So to make the team was a huge accomplishment in our book. Way to go buddy! But there is more to the story........

The first game was in Valley City at 4:00 last Tuesday. The one thing that I will not like about this baseball season, is that it makes it very difficult for anyone to make it to a 4:00 game. I left for work that morning and there was no one in our family able to make it to the game. Now if you know me at all, I wasn't going to let that happen if I could help it. So, I loaded up the kids and headed to Valley, but we did not leave until close to 5:00, meaning we were going to miss most of the first game. In my head however, I thought that it would be fine since John would not be playing the first game anyway. We put the petal to the metal and headed for the game.

We arrived at the game with blankets and sweatshirts in hand along with a bag full of tractors, combines and snacks to keep our lil' man occupied. We ran down the steps to the field and found a place to sit. We made it, bottom of the fourth, we were in the field. It looked as though it had been a great game with a score at the time of 6 to 6. As we settled in and got everything where we needed it, I finally looked a little closer and tried to figure out who was who and where everyone was playing, but as I scanned the field I noticed a pretty tall, dark, and handsome kid playing first base. At the same time I noticed him on the base Jaylen yells out, "Hey Johnny B!!!" He was right John was on first base, playing the first game how can this be? Had he been in the entire game? I needed to find out.

I leaned back to another mom who was sitting bundled up in blankets behind me and asked, "Has John been in the entire game? Did he start? She, with a smile on her face answered back, "Yes he did. I think he was surprised." Surprised!!! No, I was the one that was surprised. I was so excited and quickly watched intensely. The game did not turn out as we wanted as they lost 8 to 6, but it was a great game. I went over and talked to John between games and found out he too was very surprised but yet excited that he started and would be for the next couple of games. We sat back and waited for the second game to start. But my luck he did not play the second game. They won in three short innings 10 to 0.

A long story short.... We are very proud of you John and can not wait to continue watching you throughout this school ball season. Keep up the great work!!

(Disclaimer....... I apologize for the quality and the number of photos that are here. I apparently had the camera on the wrong setting and did not realize it until the photos were uploading on here. If you know our two year old yet, you will understand why there were not many photos.)

Papa Dan's Birthday