Ahh...finally some sunshine without the humidity and chance of storms/tornadoes.. I thought I would make a quick blog post in between running kids everywhere. It has been a very busy past week but very enjoyable.
Baseball and softball continue to take up our world. Alex has his last week of AAU this week. Combine that with Park and Rec and he has 9 games from today until Friday night! Busy boy! Their AAU team continues to do very well and winning the majority of their games. Alex is doing great and loving every minute of AAU. Yesterday he had a double header against Decorah, who they ended up crushing, and Alex had his own little cheering section as his grandma Janet and Papa came. They brought a special visitor along to help cheer on Alex, my brother's dog, Cal. hehehe. It was great of them to make the trip up just to see Alex play.
Elyse. . . .don't really see much of her lately in her busy schedule. She spent the last week at softball, basketball, volunteering, and babysitting the last 5 nights in a row so I didn't see her too much. Her softball team is doing very well as well and have not had many losses all season! She also had her own cheering section last week at her game as both grandmas, Sara, Graham, and Connor came to cheer her team on to a win! The laughter of the game was when my sister cheered, "Come on Blue. . . There are two duckies on the pond!". (meaning 2 girls on bases to get home as Elyse was batting). Oh Sara!!!! Good times!!! I know Elyse appreciated having everyone there! She and I did have a "girls weekend" - when she was home that is- as Wayne took Alex and some of his friends for a weekend of tubing, kneeboarding, and jet skiing at the cabin. Bonding weekend for all!
As I mentioned earlier, my sister, Sara, and her boys came down for a few days to visit and watch the kids play ball. The rain didn't cooperate with Alex's games so she only saw a little bit, but we loved having them here and miss them already! Connor is getting bigger, and it was fun to cuddle with him. Hard to believe he will be a month old this week. I found a new toy for Graham, a motorized Gator that a friend of mine was selling. He loved it! We all thought he would be scared to death of it at first, but he jumped right on and calls it his tractor! So cute!!! Alex was just bummed as he didn't fit (explains the picture).
It's another busy week of baseball (9 games) and softball (2 double-headers)before we head out for vacation in the Outer Banks, NC, and Fripp Island, SC. Lots to do before then but very excited about getting away. I have a wierd, nervous, sad feeling about going back to the Outer Banks without Ken being there but I know he would want us to have a fabulous time. We know we will be missing him and thinking about him. . .as usual. Bitter sweet return to Outer Banks I guess. The kids have friends meeting us in South Carolina who are flying in with Kirstin and Nate so we will have a full house full of laughter! A good vacation before a new school year full of big changes . . Elyse and her 2 friends, Megan and Molly, will be going to high school, Alex and his friend Spencer will be going to middle school, and Kirstin will student teach and graduate from UNI. Tear. . . tear. . .Life goes so fast.
Enjoy the sunshine and great weather!
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