A fun Memorial day at the park

We decided to go to the park today and play a little baseball, soccer and fly kites. Well the wind was not helping us out today so we mostly played baseball! Jacob would play ball until the sun went down if we let him! He is quite the little slugger! Kevin had a fun time pitching and It was great to see Mitch up to bat again! He can still really hit the ball hard even though we were playing with Jake's little bat! He busted the seams off a few balls! Thomas and Maddi took their turns at bat and I even took a swing at it! Baseball is my favorite but I would rather watch than play! It was a fun day to hang out with all of us together! Back to school tomorrow, then 11 more days and.... SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!!!!!!!! WAHOO!!!!!

Tuba time

Thomas had his final band concert tonight at the high school. It is pretty amazing how his band teacher can turn a bunch of out of control 7th graders and turn them into an actual band that sounds pretty decent! Thomas started out with the trumpet but his band teacher moved him to the tuba, just like Mitch! They played three songs and sounded really good. Thomas is the only seventh grade tuba! So see everyone, he actually does things that don't involve swimming!

I had to stick in another baseball shot because our Twins finally won a game tonight!!! Jacob had two really good hits and we have the cutest little kid on our team with cerebral palsy that Kevin had been working with to get him to hit the ball, well he hit both times up to bat tonight! It is things like that that make it all worth while! Winning isn't everything!

He should have won!

Maddi and I were mad last night that Adam lost American Idol, silly I know, but we LOVED him! He was amazing and his song with Kiss last night was way cool! Kris was great but Adam is AWESOME! Now that he lost and my fav couple on Amazing race didn't win ( the deaf kid and his Mom) and the 18 year old didn't win Biggest Loser. I may be forever done with reality shows! Ha Ha which is funny considering that we really haven't been able to watch an entire episode of any of them (except Amazing Race... never miss it!!!) because we are never home!

Well maybe if Maddi and I had the time to vote for Adam he would of won! It was all our fault!

5K in August

O.K so after the BBQ Saturday a few of you wanted to know more about the 5 K our family is doing in August. It is the 5K Dash for Donation run/walk. It is at Sugarhouse park on August 8th at 8 am. The cost is $20 and it includes a t-shirt. To register go to http://www.yesutah.org/ click on Sugarhouse under the donation dash sign. This will take you to runnercard.com and you just click on sign up for this meet. Don't sign up until I find out what our team name is. Kevin's brother's wife had a double transplant a few years back and every year they put together a team but we are not sure what the team name is yet. It will be $25 if you sign up without a team so wait for the team name. You have until August 7th to sign up online then day of race the fee will be 5 dollars more.

It is a lot of fun and very low key so if you can't run you can walk it, lots of people do!

So you all have a little more than two months to get ready!!! I will post the team name as soon as we find it out! So hit the road!!!

Busy weekend

Wow this one was a crazy one! It started out Thursday night with a baseball game for Jacob,then staying up late making and frosting sugar cookies for a family party on Saturday. It was up bright and early and off to Jake's school for a field trip to the Planetarium and Capital Theatre and a picnic lunch at the park, I had no idea that first graders could be so loud on a bus! I checked Jacob out right after the field trip and then went over to the high school to get Maddi as Kevin was checking Thomas out early so we could head to Logan for the weekend for.... you guessed it, a swim meet! Mitch stayed home because he had work and soccer games and lawns to mow and we are not as fun as his friends! Thomas did great at the meet, it was the first meet of the long course season and he won the 200 backstroke. After two LONG days at the pool we headed back home and off to my sisters house for a BBQ. It was fun to get together even though my two older Bros were in pain and walking around like little old women because of the marathon they had run that morning. Good job guys!!!! The kids had fun playing with all the cousins as usual , its always fun to get together!

Is it summer yet???

Here is what happens when you are 17 and in the span of a week you go see the midnight opening night showing of Wolverine, get up the next day at 6 and make it to school, work every night after school then mow all of the cute older ladies lawns in the neighborhood( one had grass taller than Jacob... took him like 3 hours!) then don't forget all the hanging out with friends and going to the late show of Star Trek,taking little bro and sis to see Wolverine, taking the AP English test and preparing for another AP English test next week and having a killer case of allergies!!!!! Whew.... no wonder this is how I found him this afternoon! Only 4 more weeks until graduation.

SHE MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maddi had try outs for the high school dance company today, both she I were nervous wrecks all day long! Well they just posted the list at the school and..... SHE MADE THE DANCE TEAM!!!!!!!!!!! She is so dang excited , this is something she has wanted to do for ever but they can't be on the team until their Junior year. Good job Maddi!!! You did it!!!!!!!