Softball, Scooting, and Scouts

When we came to visit Illinois when Mike was trying to decide where he wanted to go to school, we found out that there were several LDS law students here. When we moved here are started school, we found out that there are 7 first-year students who are LDS. It has been fabulous to have a great group of friends right from the beginning! Nearly all of the LDS students are married, and most even have kids. Here are almost all the LDS U of I law school kiddos (another was born a few days after this picture):

The law school has a softball league and of course the LDS students have a team. We learned pretty quickly that everyone who's anyone plays. When we visited, I think almost as many people asked if we played softball as asked our names. When Mike talked with the dean, he even asked if we were going to play. So, of course, we're playing. We are having a great time! At first we were a little intimidated by the intensity of it all. Our team takes the game a little more seriously than most (probably because the rest are half-drunk). Thanks to some great coaching, we have improved immensely! We really enjoy it. Our team definitely has the most fans. Picture all those kiddos in the dugout, along with supportive spouses (of the players, not the kids). Here is our biggest fan:

Eliza has a new mode of transportation. She has is a scooter! She can get across the room or down the hall pretty efficiently, especially if she sees cords or shoes (her two favorite foods). For some reason she loves crawling in between the piano bench legs and the piano. It's her little fort, I guess. I got these pictures just as she was leaving her fort (as you can see from the stack on the piano bench, we've been organizing the book shelves lately).

As for the scouts, they are with Mike out in the rain tonight! Hopefully they aren't too chilly. Tonight is the second night we have been apart in our 3+ years of marriage and the first since Eliza has been around. I am spoiled, I know.