Horsing Around............

Hannah had her last riding lesson last night. She is only taking a break for the Summer as she is going to be everywhere but here all Summer long. For someone who is not the most graceful on her own two feet Hannah is amazingly so with the help of the horses other four! After taking her every week for 2 1/2 hrs. I now know things about horses I never thought I would. Did you know when a horse licks its lips that means they are thinking? I didn't. Did you know it takes a horse 3 times doing something for it to understand? If only that worked for Jeffrey life would be so much easier! Enjoy the pics of Hannah, as you can see from the look on her face she loves riding.

Winners even in defeat

This past weekend we had (oh surprise) another baseball tournament. The boys did a great job on Saturday and entered Sunday as the #1 seed. WARNING....I am about to shamelessy brag about my child......Jeff had 2 triples, a walk, and then took one for the team on the lower leg. Hey whatever it takes!! On Sunday they played a TRIPLE header in 100 degree weather with very high humidity. It was murder on us parents who had to sit there in that heat! :) They ended up losing in the championship game and they were heart broken. As you can see in the pic some of the faces tell it all. I believe this is the third time in the big show and they have come in 2nd place each time. They are hungry for the BIG win. Yet to all of us parents they are winners because of the effort and heart they put into each game. It's not always about the end result but how you get there.

Please don't be joking.....

I live for my kids. My day, week, month, and yes even year is totally controlled by their events. I love it and wouldn't trade it for anything but when an unexpected free weekend shows up I am doing the happy dance!! We have had only ONE free weekend since Feb. 1st and this weekend makes two. Jeffrey's tournament was cancelled or something(truth be told, I don't care the reason) and now we have the elusive free weekend. And what happens? I couldn't think of anything to do! I sat around until 11:30 wondering what I should do with myself. I drank coffee, ate breakfast and read the paper. I sat there thinking to myself what should I do today? Then it hit me......I was doing exactly what I should be doing.......not much of anything!!!! How lovely it was to not do much of anything. Hannah is off at a babysitting gig, Jeff is at a friends house and the house is really, really quiet. I am going to go listen to the quiet and go do not much of anything.
Bye