New Room

I guess it's now the Bat Cave???

The AWESOME trophy case my dad made for me where the old window was. I LOVE it!!!!


This is going to be a closet someday...hopefully soon!

With Elder Mitch coming home soon, we felt kinda bad for Thomas having to move back upstairs and share a room with Lego master Jake. Also we felt bad that Jake would have to hear Thomas' swimming alarm go off every morning at 5:30. So we decided to turn my old craft room/Kevin's office into a new room for Thomas. The room was once a kitchen so we had to tear out some cabinets, left some in for his bookcase and took out a sink and stove. We have been working on it for a while , doing a little at a time and we finally moved him into it yesterday! He is pretty excited. We are still trying to figure out how to make the closet and we are in need of a dresser but he is at least sleeping in there and most of his stuff is out of Mitch's room so I can start getting that ready for him to come home.
Thanks to my super incredible awesome dad for coming up from St. G to help out with the room. We could NEVER have done it without him!!!!

Homerun, solar eclipse, swim meet and hiking

Wow this week has been a busy one. Of course we are always super excited to have a baseball game but lately our little team has been struggling. Jacob has been in a bit of a batting slump and was VERY frustrated but last game he was first at bat and the first pitch he hit a homerun! He ws sooo excited, he hit the ball the other two times up to bat as well an got a double and a triple. Our team lost again but I think Jake's confidence at the plate is back so this weeks game should be fun! Thomas had a swim meet in Logan and so we spent the weekend freezing beside the outdoor pool. He did great, he won 4 out of 6 events and got his best time in a couple. He starts long course training this week so to do that we his first long course meet with no long course training is awesome.
The other day his coach made him swim a 5000 which is 3 1/2 miles. He got out of the pool and his coach told him that he better go home and get a good nights rest because he was going to swim it again in the morning and he was going to do it in under an hour. Thomas was not thrilled about this, in fact he was down right angry. But, he got himself up at 5 a.m and drove to the pool and swam it again and h did it in under an hour. So he swam 7 miles in less than 24 hours. Ouch!
Last Sunday Maddi helped Jake make a solar eclipse box so he could see the eclipse. We didn't think it would work but they got it to. Wow college kids and 4th graders are so smart.
Today was Memorial day and so we took the family on a hike, it was really fun and we had a picnic after. Only 4 more days of school. I know some mom's hate the end of school but I can't wait for it to be done! I love having the kids home. I love summer!!!! I don't want to wish the summer away but I can't wait for August 15th!!!
Also, Mitch was transferred and he will be emailing on Saturdays now so if you read his blog, watch for his updates on Saturdays now.

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100

The countdown begins! 100 days from now Elder Sheridan will be home! HOORAY!!!!!

Pinewood Derby

After the baseball game we ran to the Pinewood Derby. Jacob and Kevin worked on his car in the little time in between school, baseball practices and games. We were surprised that his car did so well. He raced 4 times and won one and came in second all the other races. We seem to get better with each kid we have. I told Kevin too bad we didn't have another kid because by the time we got to that kid we could win the whole thing ha ha . I am not a fan of scouts ( Pack meetings are THE worst because parents just let their kids run wild and it makes me insane!!!!!!) and with the sports schedule it is hard to make it every week , but this was a fun night and Jacob loved making the car and racing it.

This week in Baseball

We snuck in a game last night before the storm hit. We won 10-0. Jake pitched and did an amazing job! It took him a little bit to get warmed up and in the first inning had bases loaded so we were getting worried, then he kicked in and started striking them all out and the rest is history! Our team is undefeated. We will see on Saturday if we can keep up the winning streak!
Also, Jacob had to have one of those necklaces the players wear, he thinks it makes him play better, I guess it worked last night! :)

Lilacs

I am so happy to have a few blooms this year on my lilac tree! So exciting! I seem to only get them every other year.