The Muckdogs are the 12U Champs!!!

That's right! We beat the Rangers tonight 6 - 3!!!! It was an intense game and the Muckdogs did it. They won it all!!! Jordan actually nailed it into the outfield at the end of the game although it was caught. It was still amazing to see him hit that ball that way. Everyone was screaming and cheering for him! I don't think he's stopped smiling since that hit.

Go Muckdogs! Way to go!





Afterward the game, the coach took all the boys to Outback to celebrate!!! Thanks for a great season Muckdogs!

New Kids On The Block

Yes, I love them. I always have. And I'm going to their reunion show!! I was online Monday morning at 10 am waiting for 11 am to come. At 10:55, I was quickly hitting refresh until it said Find Tickets. I got us awesome seats!!! I'm beyond excited! There are six of us going. October 2nd can't come soon enough!!! My tickets came by UPS this morning. And yes I have a picture!



You can check out where are seats are here!

A long, hot and great weekend

Well we went from winter to summer! I personally love the heat. I'd much rather be hot than cold.

Saturday morning started out at 8 am at the baseball field. Jordan had a play off game at 9. We had a big cooler full of cold water and Gatorade and we were all sunscreened up. They played against the Rangers, which is a really rough team. They won! They beat them 7 - 5. Jordan played a good game. He's really coming along. We are now in the Championship game Wednesday night. If we win, the Muckdogs are champs. If we lose, it goes to Thursday night.

After Jordan's game, we went and picked up James. We took him to his football games. They won both games. The first game was really great. The second game was even better. James was captain of the second game which I think is why he scored two touchdowns!! He did great. Jamie gave him some great tips at the one game he was able to make and you can tell he remembers them. It was a great season.

Here is James out doing his captain duties before the game



Then we came home and vegged out. The kids wanted to go to the pool but I told them I think we all had had enough of the heat for one day.

So that leads to Sunday. I did a little grocery shopping in the morning and then after lunch, we went to the pool. We only lasted about two hours though. I burned my legs pretty bad on Saturday but didn't want to miss out on going to the pool with Jamie and the kids.

Jacob and Jenna played some in the baby pool



Jenna looking for the ice cream man





Finally the ice cream man came!



When we got home, Jamie fired up the grill. He grilled burgers, hot dogs and corn on the cob! YUMMY! After that, the kids had more ice cream. I had gotten these really cool M&M shaped ice creams on a stick. I forgot to get pictures of that. Then they wanted watermelon.



Jordan doesn't like watermelon so he was just being a goofball



It was a great weekend!

This week is going to be another hot and busy week! Jasmine has gymnastics tonight. Jordan has baseball Wednesday and possibly Thursday. I'm getting a DVD player installed in the van on Wednesday. Friday, we are going to the mountains. Saturday, my cousin is getting married and we are going to the wedding. It's going to be a great week!

Tattooed

Oma got the kids these really cool temporary tattoos markers and stamps last year. Jacob and Jenna found them today and wanted to be tattooed up! Uncle Will would be so proud! They picked out what they wanted. They told me where to put them. They told me which colors to do.



A picture of what my garden looks like right now. I can't wait until things start growing and blooming! I'll definitely be posting pictures!

Go Muckdogs!!!

It rained yesterday and both of the boys' games were canceled. Of course, it wasn't until we were there and all the chairs were out and the rain started.

Jordan's game, which is his first play off game, got moved to today. They played against the Ironbirds and won! The final score 15 to 10! It was a great game. Jordan did awesome. The first time up to bat, he struck out. The second time up, he nailed it to left field!!! Oh my gosh! Everyone on the team and all the parents were screaming for Jordan! It was awesome. The grin on his face was priceless. It was a great moment. He came in to score that time. His third time up, he hit a pop up that was caught. He played right field and while he didn't catch anything, he was really quick to get what came to him back into the cut off man. He played a great game!! He has another game tomorrow against the Giants (one of the teams that has beaten us!).

Other than the games, we just hung out a lot of the deck this weekend with Jamie grilling. I swear he has for the last week. It's been super great!

I can't believe we only have 9 school days left! The year has flown by!

Memorial Day 2008 Weekend

We had a crazy busy weekend and it was a ton of fun!! We had Jordan's game Friday night. Then the kids and I got super duper lucky this weekend ~ Daddy was off Saturday and Monday! A three day weekend! That's like a mini vacation for us! It was so wonderful having him home all weekend. So on to what we did with all that time.

Let me say that we had the most beautiful weather this weekend! It's been so chilly for late May and Saturday started what turned out to be just a beautiful weekend!

Saturday, during the day, I spent most of the morning running errands for the weekend. That night, we went to Uncle Will's party for graduating. It was a blast! They had a pig roast, a moonbounce, William, of course, had the music going, a ton of food and lots of family and friends. It was a great time! We didn't leave until 11ish! That's super late for us! We are just so proud of him too! We love you William!

I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked to but here are a few.






On Sunday, we had a neighborhood cookout in the evening. The morning was spent getting food ready for that. That started around 5ish. We had a great time, as we always do during neighborhood get togethers. Tons of great food and lots of great conversation. The kids all had fun running around, having popsicles I brought and later, Jamie and I gave all the kids light sticks. FUN! I can't wait for the next one 4th of July weekend!

Monday was quite busy and productive. During the morning, Jordan had batting practice (well totally voluntary since we are coming up on playoffs but Jordan really wanted to go). I went and got flowers at Lowe's while he was there. I planted when we got home! YAY! I love planting and making the yard look nice! After I finished up, Katie and I took all of our kids to the pool along with a new girl in the neighborhood, Alex. The water was ridiculously cold but the kids could have cared less! Quite a few neighbors were there. Jamie even showed up a bit later. He was helping Jason put their new screen door on. Somehow, through Jacob and Jenna's secret powers, they got Daddy in the freezing water. They had so much fun with him. Jacob and Jenna loved every second of being frozen. Jordan, James and Jasmine got in and had a ton of fun with their friends that were there but they definitely didn't enjoy the cold. Around 5, we left so we could get ready for dinner and our wonderful neighbor, Martha, let all the kids (minus Jacob, Jenna and Taylor) stay with her. She's the best! They stayed until about 6:30. Then Jamie grilled burgers and hot dogs. Jason, Katie, Kaylee and Taylor came over for dinner. We also dragged Richard down as well.

Muckdogs defeated

The Rangers defeated us 9 - 7 tonight. It was a good game though. You win some and you lose some. We are still in the playoffs. I think it was a little good for the boys to get shaken up a bit before going into playoffs. I think the game tonight was that reminder they needed to play hard and play smart.

Musical Concert at School

Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade had a mini concert at school today. It was packed! I don't think they realized how many parents were going to be coming. I got there early and staked out my spot near the door in case of any bathroom breaks or quick exits that were needed. We could hardly see anything. It was almost standing room only. Anyway, they sang a few songs from Disney movies and they did really great. It was a super cute concert.

I have no idea why my pictures are so dark but at least you can see our beautiful girl!

Rush Hour

We got James this really neat game called Rush Hour for Christmas. You have these cars and trucks on the grid that you can only move forwards and backwards. They can't jump over other vehicles. You have to figure out how to move them to get the red car out. It is a pretty tough game.

James, Jordan and Jasmine often sit and play it for a few hours. That in itself is amazing! I have to say that I love playing it too. I knew Jacob *played* it a few times. I just didn't know he could really play it. He wanted to play it this morning so I set him up on a table and watched in amazement as he actually did it!

Going strong!

Jasmine had gymnastics tonight. She did really great. We asked if she could move up to the next group. They have the 5 to 7 1/2 age group and then 7 to 10 age group so we wanted to find out if her teacher thought she could move up. One of Jasmine's neighborhood friends, Megan, goes there as well. Kelly and I were hoping to get them in the same class for the summer so we could take turns taking the girls. Her teacher said she can definitely move up! Yay! And on top of that, this age group practices for an hour and a half. Jasmine is so excited. Kaylee, another sweetie in the neighborhood, may take the class as well.

I missed pretty much all of Jordan's game. Jordan said he hit the ball once but then was out and struck out his other times at bat. He said I didn't miss much of him playing. They did win 16 - 4. Jordan has another game tomorrow night. It appears that the Muckdogs will be making the play-offs! Yay!

Jamie and Jacob's weekend

Jamie and Jacob went to the mountains this past weekend. They brought along Joey. For those that don't know, Joey works with Jamie and is usually his helper. Jamie had a ton of mowing to do so Joey and Jacob hung out, fought and rode the four wheeler. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Please don't mind the mess on Jacob. This is what happens when it's a boy's weekend! Sheesh!

Roasting marshmallows



Putting Joey to work ~ Jamie has a ton of trees to cut up that have fallen down



Playing with fire





Roasting marshmallows and smoking (Remember the candy cigs that you got as a kid? The little store up there has them for like 15 cents a box! The kids always get them. Jacob was teaching Jenna how to *smoke* when he got home.)









And a picture of Jazzi on her scooter

Another day of sports

What a LONG day! I am WORN OUT! Jamie and Jacob are still in the mountains, mowing so I knew I'd definitely be on my own today. Jordan had baseball pictures at 12 with his team. That went good. James had football practice at 1 and then his game as 2 as usual. Jordan was supposed to have his game at 2 but it got pushed back to 3 (which was actually a good thing so I'd get to see most of it). So after his pictures, Jordan went with his coach until game time while I took James. Jordan had to be there by 2:15 for warm ups before his game so that's why I sent him with his coach. He actually had a great time as two other kids stayed with him as well so it was Jordan, Ryan, Gannon and the coach's son, Calvin.

Off to James' game. When we got there, we saw James' name on the announcement board. He won two tickets to see the movie Narnia! I really have no idea why he won them but he did. Pretty cool. So while they practiced, the girls and I ate lunch and talked. The game started at 2 and James played almost the whole game. He was really running that ball. He didn't score any touch downs that game but he certainly got the ball down the field and pulled flags off the other team. They won 24 - 21! James was so excited. He played awesome.

Over to Jordan's game (are you tired yet?). Right as we get out of the van and start walking to the field, we hear a big crack of the bat. Jordan hit the ball! Jordan hit the ball! He's gotten pieces of it here and there but nothing like this. Everyone on the team is screaming and cheering. Oh and telling him to run. It caught him by surprise and he froze for half a second but not so long because he still made it to the bag. Oh you couldn't wipe the smile off of his face if you had tried to! The next few boys up hit awesome as well sending Jordan home. YAY! (Coach's wife, Deby, told me after the game that she had told Jordan before the game that he would hit the ball this game. She had a feeling. Boy, was she right! Also, today was Coach's 40th birthday. After the game, Deby told Jordan that him hitting the ball like that was the one of the greatest gifts Coach could have gotten today. Pride was oozing out of Jordan at that point.)

Next time up to bat, they walked him. We had bit time hitters today so again, Jordan scored. The innings were over fast this game as in this age group, after 5 runs, that part of the inning is done. Amazing game. The boys all played awesome. They looked like a real solid team. They beat CSA Coyotes 15 - 4! Go Muckdogs!

On a side note, James told me one of the funniest things I heard in a long time while we were at Jordan's game. He said "Jordan and I saw this really funny new show on TV the other day. It's like our new favorite show. It's called Mama's Family. Have you heard of it?" Oh yeah, I laughed. I laughed hard. I said "honey, that show is old. It's been around a long time but yes, it's hilarious!"