We then picked some raspberries from our bushes in the backyard. I went over to Jeff's late for a meeting on the houses.
100615 - Slide Berry
100615 - Up an worked all day while the boys played out in the backyard with some friends on a slip and slide.
We then picked some raspberries from our bushes in the backyard. I went over to Jeff's late for a meeting on the houses.
We then picked some raspberries from our bushes in the backyard. I went over to Jeff's late for a meeting on the houses.
100614 - Church of Baseball
100613 - Up and everyone to church. Home and D made lunch for everyone. All outside and the boys played in backyard L trimmed flowers & Garden I read the Bible a bit. In the afternoon D had baseball game and the field was flooded. D did good and I dug a ditch to ddrain the standing water away from the boys dugout. Gma&paW came down for the game and dinner. D&I then went to Meijer and bought a big cooler, cart & Ice for the upcoming hot game to take water for all the boys on his team.
100612 + Deer Creek
When L&D got home we loaded up and headed south to Deer Creek state park. We found a couple of playgrounds, a dam and some geocaches. One of the caches was way out at a point in the lake. It was getting dark and DJG&I headed out, then it started thundering... G went ballistic and cried until we found the cache. then we sang songs amongst the thunder all the way back to the car. Back home, boys in bed and L&I watched a movie.
100611 - Berry Musak
100611 - UP and to the desk for the day for work. L took the boys to pick strawberries for the morning.
After work J&I went to the gas station and got $20 worth of candy. We met up with LD&G at Friendship Park and listened to an Elvis impersonator while the kids played and played. Home and watched a movie with the boys and ate our candy!
100610 - Fam Finders
100610 - Up and a full fast day at the desk. L had a job interview that went well and then took the boys to the pool. We all rushed to G's baseball game for his pictures and Lucia & GmaW joined us.
Afterwards we all went to Red Robin for dinner. Then we introduced Lucia to Geocaching! We found 3 of them tonight around Easton. I think she is hooked or soon will be ;-) Home and got the boys baths, played in the playroom a bit and 'all boys to bed'.100609 - Up and Hectic busy productive day. Gave myself a hair cut. D's baseball game was canceled so after dinner we hung out in the backyard playing catch and G hit some balls. All in and cleaned up. L had the boys make chore sticks... The boys and I watched the Velveteen Rabit and got them to bed. L&i then watched 'This Is It' about Michael Jackson, it was pretty good.
100608 - LAST DAY!
100608 - Up and bfast with the boys as they prepare for their last day of school! Down the road they walked for the last time as a 4th grader & a Kindergatener; so big they are. L&G were at the school most of the day for awards ceremonies and picnics. J home and glad to be done! He got all good marks on his grade card.I finished my day and D came home with ALL A's!!! a couple of awards and a frisbee we played with in the backyard. We headed out for a pizza celebration dinner.
After dinner we found a new playground to try out between rain drops. We also made a couple stops looking for skateboards on the way home.Home and ready for bed we read and took noted on a book about knights. I then stayed up late getting educational apps for L's iPad.
100607 - Pride &Pain
100607 - Up and an actually very organized smooth Monday at work. In the late afternoon D rode his bike and I ran to Jeff's to help him take the top off his new car(87 Mercedes). We got home ate quickly and headed to the ball fields.
Tonight was a perfect night for a game, not to hot and loads of people there to watch D: Lucia, Nicole, Rich, Sam, Lena, Gma&paB & LJG&I. D struck out his first at bat and was sort of not playing his position at shortstop very well... Another chance came about and up he went (this is where the Pride part happens). When Dylan took the plate, the other teams coach stepped around the fence and motioned and said to all of his players 'Back Up. BACK UP!'. WOW! What an amazing feeling it gave me to hear an opposing teams coach say that about my son. In all my life all I ever heard was 'easy out' or see the opposing coach pull the players in. Not in my wildest dreams did I expect Dylan to be one of the players that other coaches noticed and had their player back up for. I was floored! Dylan of course deserves it. He has gotten a hit nearly every single at bat this year. He worked his way up to the second position in the line up, not like years past where he was at the bottom of the order... Up he went. And STOOD there.... 1 strike... The coaches urge him to swing... 2nd strike... No swing... Coaches again say 'come on you could have blasted that one!' Here comes the third pitch, Dylan stands there, takes a hand off the bat before the ball even reaches the plate and is struck out! WHAT JUST HAPPENED??? He didn't even try! The next inning in at short stop balls made it past him and he didn't even move to attempt to get them... His coaches even benched him because they told him 'you are not even trying tonight'. Something was wrong... After his team took another miserable beating we ask him what was going on? No response...
We get the boys home, cleaned up and to bed. I go in to Dylan's room and tell him how proud I was when that coach told his team to back up when he got up to bat. How I never experienced that and how amazingily moved I was when that happened and how proud he should be of himself for that! I then told him he could not ever again give up like he did tonight. Not ever again. Not in a baseball game, not on a school assignment, not in any situation: 'Quit' is NOT in our family vocabulary! I told him he was one of the players that his coaches and fellow team mates always counted on. That he is REALLY good at baseball and he must always do his best. He was crying and I felt both proud and pain. I hope he learned something tonight...
Talked to Joe, Mary started chemotherapy today... All ok so far. Got Doc and met the Bible Bangers.
Tonight was a perfect night for a game, not to hot and loads of people there to watch D: Lucia, Nicole, Rich, Sam, Lena, Gma&paB & LJG&I. D struck out his first at bat and was sort of not playing his position at shortstop very well... Another chance came about and up he went (this is where the Pride part happens). When Dylan took the plate, the other teams coach stepped around the fence and motioned and said to all of his players 'Back Up. BACK UP!'. WOW! What an amazing feeling it gave me to hear an opposing teams coach say that about my son. In all my life all I ever heard was 'easy out' or see the opposing coach pull the players in. Not in my wildest dreams did I expect Dylan to be one of the players that other coaches noticed and had their player back up for. I was floored! Dylan of course deserves it. He has gotten a hit nearly every single at bat this year. He worked his way up to the second position in the line up, not like years past where he was at the bottom of the order... Up he went. And STOOD there.... 1 strike... The coaches urge him to swing... 2nd strike... No swing... Coaches again say 'come on you could have blasted that one!' Here comes the third pitch, Dylan stands there, takes a hand off the bat before the ball even reaches the plate and is struck out! WHAT JUST HAPPENED??? He didn't even try! The next inning in at short stop balls made it past him and he didn't even move to attempt to get them... His coaches even benched him because they told him 'you are not even trying tonight'. Something was wrong... After his team took another miserable beating we ask him what was going on? No response...
We get the boys home, cleaned up and to bed. I go in to Dylan's room and tell him how proud I was when that coach told his team to back up when he got up to bat. How I never experienced that and how amazingily moved I was when that happened and how proud he should be of himself for that! I then told him he could not ever again give up like he did tonight. Not ever again. Not in a baseball game, not on a school assignment, not in any situation: 'Quit' is NOT in our family vocabulary! I told him he was one of the players that his coaches and fellow team mates always counted on. That he is REALLY good at baseball and he must always do his best. He was crying and I felt both proud and pain. I hope he learned something tonight...
Talked to Joe, Mary started chemotherapy today... All ok so far. Got Doc and met the Bible Bangers.
100606 + Antiques & Finds
100606 + Up and all to church. Then over the Cole's for a great turkey feast and playing. Then we met Gma&paW in Delaware to stroll through some antique shops.We grabbed some dinner and headed to Mingo Park. After dinner we played on the playground and then introduced Gma&paW to geocaching. Grant got to lead the way with the iPhone to the caches and was thrilled.
We found 2 geocaches at the park and then headed to the ice cream stand. Everyone had a yummy treat and we ran into the Wentzle's. Home and got the boys to bed then ran over the Joe's to help him cut down a wind damaged tree.
100605 - Shoe Hunt
100605 - Up and baseball called off because of wet fields, so we cleaned out the garage and found some SHOES!We then all headed out on some errands and picked up Connor the neighbor boy to go with us. We hit the gas station, bank, donation center and to the main library downtown. We picked up some books on knights for the report D&I are doing. It was a great library, but u know we can't stay in a library long with Grant...
After the library we headed to the World's Largest field of cement corn in Dublin where the boys ran back and forth and touched all 72 giant ears of corn. Back in the car and to a nearby park where we introduced Connor to geocaching. We found the cache only minutes before a horrendous thunderstorm blew in. We took refuge in a DQ and had a treat.Home for a bit and then to Logan's for dinner. Home and watched 'Mr. Limpet' with the boys. Got them to bed and L&i watched 'Serendipity'.
100604 - POOL!!!
100604 - Up and full stressful day at the desk. Fast dinner and then time to vist the pool on opening day! We all swam and threw a ball and jumped in and splashed and had a great time. Home and cleaned up and watched 'Them!', a show about GIANT ANTS! The boys loved it and G was very nervous. I got the boys to bed after checking under all beds and in closets for giant ants.
100603 - Ubuntu
100603 - Up and a full day of work followed by a fast dinner and off to G's basball game. G did pretty good but a bit distracted tonight. Home got the boys clnd up and off to bed. I stayed up and watched a couple of movies while I installed Ubuntu on L's laptop: not real impressed with it.
100602 + Skating
100602 - Up super early to do testing. D&J had field days at school today and L&G went back for the races. J won a blue ribbon. I stopped over at Jeff's to talk about the properties. 100601 + Up and a not so fun day with the bank. Got focused and knocked work out. D had a baseball game and the boys took another horrible beating. Home and we watched Wipe Out before bed.
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