i almost forgot...

Baseball for Brad and KayLea is OVER!!! YIPPEE!!! and we have a week off of games (no weekday game) for Hunter.. DOUBLE YIPPEE>..so Hunter has his first playoff game on Saturday to a team that beat us the previous 2 times we played them.. but not by much so it might be a close game.. (anything other than a loss will be too close for me!) so there MIGHT be some light at the end of the tunnel but really with only one out of 3 kids to get around to everything it's going to seem like a vacation...
I already know Brad won't do baseball next year.. he's pretty discusted with the whole thing right now and I have to say KayLea didn't have the best time so we'll see.. i'm not going to really coax any of them to do it next year.. i'd be happy if only Hunter did it...
anyway there's my almost last baseball rant... hopefully i'll be doing a happy rant that it's all over by Sat...
ta ta

pictures

we are at the library this morning, so it's time to catch up on some pictures..
Ok just so it proves i'm not totally anti baseball.. i have taken pic's of the kids..
above: brad batting below Hunter catching...

above: Hunter getting batting tips from his coach.. he's all wet because it was the hottest day of the year so far (around 90) and the field we were at turned on the hose for the boys to cool off.. i wasn't too sure about this idea but in the end it was probably the best thing that could have happened..

above; here's KayLea batting and then her on first base.. below: she always holds her helmet because it almsot falls off everytime she runs..

We were so Close!!

to being done with Bradley Baseball.. then they had to go win a game!!! URGGG! so He has another game on Saturday.. it is single elimination so fingers crossed the'll loose.. don't get me wrong i don't want them to be humiulated or totally wiped off the floor.. but a respectable showing but then a LOSS will do me nicely...

Hunter on the other hand has another week and a half and THEN playoffs.. although they are kind of in the same boat as Brad's team we havn't really won any games last night we did tie.. Hunter had kind of a rough night.. he got hit in the thigh with the ball as he was playing catcher it was kind of his own fault because he was kneeling the wrong way behind the batter and his thigh was totally exposed but no matter he "cowboy'd up" and played out the rest of the inning then came to me away from his team and cried on my shoulder and told me it "really hurt" we got him some ice but it was SOOO hot last night i also think he got a little dehidrated because he had a head ache and was VERY cranky the whole way home... So needless to say i won't be heart broken when Baseball is OVER..
does this make me an aweful Mom??? i hope not because even if someone said it did.. not sure it would change my outlook...

I'm also thinking we might bag scouts tonight.. i need just ONE night that i'm not rushing around and i already have to go into Concord 3 times the rest of the week and the Gas budget is well it's hurting...

Everyone say a little prayer for us.. they've cut Ben's hours.. not dramatically but there is absolutely NO overtime (unless someone is out on vacation and even then they are being asked to work short)... i guess this is a far cry from other airlines who have to lay off so we should be thankful but it still seems quite sucky! we'll manage and be complaining that we never see Ben in the winter pretty soon so "this too shall pass"...

So yesterday was a wash

Yesterday i was pretty much useless.. Once a month i'm incapicated for 2 days (hopefully it's not too much info brothers!) anyway Yesterday was the 2 days rolled into one (Yes, mom i know i need to make an appt with the Dr.. after yesterday i'm looking online to find one today)..and Thankfully Ben was home all day because Night before last we went to a Fischer Cat's game it's a minor league baseball team we have locally it's always fun, it's a rather small stadium and we got Free tickets because the boys participated in a reading challenge they had, we actually had to pay for one ticket but it was only 5 bucks so that barley counts.. i don't think we've EVER paid for fischer cats tickets.. Ben usually gets a few each season and i think if you can't find some free ones somewhere it's probaby not worth going because once your there you've got to spend a minimum of 40-50 bucks on drinks and snacks alone.. we always eat before we go but somehow we can't escape with out our token to the baseball gods.. and we had finally hit our financial limit when the boys claimed they were thirsty i sent them together and told them to find a water fountain and fill up the empty rootbeer bottle.. they came back and said they coudn't find one and they even asked someone who worked there and they said there wern't any.. so i (standing firm on not giving in to more money) told them to go fill it up in the bathroom faucet.. they griped and said "TAP WATER?" i asked them what they thought a water fountain was??? anyway they came back looking discusted but with their bottle filled.. Hunter came back handed me the bottle and said "feel that?" and i realized the water bottle was filled with pretty much HOT water.. they don't have hot and cold handles it's just a button that shoots out warm/hot water to wash your hands.. what happened to the days of no hot water in public restrooms.. anyway i gave in and got them a $3.75 bottle of COLD water but they had to share..

Ahhh what a night..

today Brad gets his retainer.. i'm hoping they won't have to re-fit him he's lost, no lie, 5-6 teeth since they fit him... i called and left a message asking if this was going to be a problem and no one ever called me back so i'm guessing it's fine... we are hoping the retainer route will fix his cross bite so that if he does need braces it will be very minor experience... funny thing.. Brad's baby teeth are actually larger than his adult teeth.. this is actually a VERY good thing which is why we can do the retainer route and not just b-line to braces..

wish us luck

ta ta

Finally got the boys baseball pic's.. ok off in the mail they go to Grandparents... or maybe just to CA i'll bring them to AR with me net week...

Baseball has begun..

Believe it or not ALL 3 kids are playing baseball this season.. YES little KayLea is old enough to play T-Ball and although she wasn't sure about it all she shined today in her first game. She was so excited We found her a bright pink glove; a month or so ago we found a pink glove and then Brad said "hey it has an on/off button" we discovered it was complete with lights.. we passed on it (with KayLea in tears leaving the store) knowing KayLea would be paying way too much attention to her "light up glove" rather than the game.. so She was delighted when we found a Pink glove minus the lights. KayLea's team is the "Mini Pines" all the T-Ball teams are tree names.. very cute! She is very into it which is good because i was worried she wouldn't want to run but she even has stopped covering her face when she sees a ball coming her way.. remember baby steps!

The Boys are just as excited.. and Thankfully they are on the same team.. we had asked if this was possiable (technically Hunter misses the deadline by a few days but they over looked it since he was going up rather than down)... this will be so awesome that we only have to cart to two different teams rather than 3!

Bradley our lefty, has a great swing in him and is getting better at Catching... once he hits it you'd better watch out because he's pretty fast...

Hunter is excited to work on his running and is begging for a stop watch so he can run around the house and better his time.. He also has a great swing and although he doesn't really like running is learning that it's a necessary evil!..

Well this is our life for the next couple of months of saturday's (and tuesday nights for the boys)... i think KayLea only has 6 games but the boys have 8 and then play offs.. Oh YEA and the boys won their first game by a pretty great margin... KayLea's game they don't keep score and there isn't any outs or strikes (it really is great entertainment watching her team)..

(You can click on any picture to see a larger image)...