long time no blog...

OK, so I haven't written in a while. Let's see what I can fill ya in about...hmmm.

* Summer Work - Well, the best part of the summer (for me) is fast approaching, THE END OF IT! It's been pretty successful this year with minimal complaints or problems as far as Summer Recess goes. July 4th was a very very busy day, with not enough time with my little birthday boy, but it turned out really really well! The turn out was great, the concert was great, the fireworks were great AND we didn't catch anything on fire! haa haa!

* Bedroom Bliss - The Saturday before July 4th...I needed a project to keep me from worrying about the event. I had been getting more and more fed up with my room, and I also had been looking for a new bed for a while. Well, I found it, but I JUST couldn't put it in my shabby room with it's awful wallpaper! So down it went and up went fresh paint & bed. I have committed to NOT allowing my room to be the 'laundry hub' that it once was and so far it's been working. Not only that but I found all my missing flip flops! I have been spending more time in there and it's a place of rest now rather than a place to work and sleep. I almost feel like I am in a hotel.

* MLB Baseball - Dave and I have been talking about taking the boys to a professional baseball game for a while now. We were discussing about how that was a big memory from our childhoods that we would like to share with them. Originally we were going to try and hit up the Houston Astros and then travel down the coast, but we just couldn't find the time to do it justice. So, when an unexpected opportunity came up we jumped at the chance to head to the ballpark for the weekend! Dave's nephew Zach is down for the summer visiting from Florida, so we met his parents and Zach in Arlington for some good clean American fun. Little did we know that before we left tragedy had struck a family from Brownwood, TX when a father reached too far over a railing to catch a ball tossed by a player from the Texas Rangers, Josh Hamilton. The man fell 20 feet and left the park with EMS alive and talking about security looking after his 6 year old son...unfortunately he passed away shortly thereafter. There are just no words for something like that.

We arrived at the ballpark and their flags were at half mast in honor of the man and his family. The boys were decked out in their Ranger finest, and were super excited! We got through the gates and the sights, sounds and smells were amazing and definitely added to the excitement! Gavin was really concerned about the "excavators"...he had never rode an escalator that tall before! Once we made it to the seats we got the boys hooked up with some cotton candy, drinks and little bats. We even made it onto the Jumbotron thanks to the 7 guys behind us with Rangers spelled out on all their chests! They were all in High School and were really good about watching what they said about things around our boys, but they were flippin' funny! For example, after a call that shoulda been a strike: "why don't you flip the plate over and read the instructions, Blue!?!" LOL

After a lot of back and forth during the game the A's get ahead by one run at the top of the 8th inning...it's crunch time and the pressure is on! The A's get shut down at their turn at bat, then the Rangers get a single, then the next two guys get out. Then up comes Josh Hamilton. He gets two strikes. Then SMASHES a two run homer winning the game! It was amazing and the atmosphere to be in! People were hugging and cheering and high-fiving all the way down the escalators...it was an amazing way to introduce the boys into baseball! :o) We then drove all the way home the next day, to have the boys want to go to their dad's within five minutes of arriving, so they could play video games. Go figure.