The Season Starts!

Both boys opened their baseball seasons today. It was a typical West Texas day, sunny, windy, with dirt blowing about 40 mphs. Anyway, the games were on! Jeffrey started this year in machine pitch. Jeffrey managed to get two hits in the game out of two at bats. The video at the bottom shows his first hit. Joel got three hits in his game and, by finding a stray baseball, made an out by picking up the ball and quickly touching his base! (he played third base). Again the video shows Joel's first hit as well. I didn't know I was merging both videos together. You can hear the wind blowing if you have the speakers turned on. Not sure if Jeffrey's team won or not. I had to leave with 20 mins left to play to go coach Joel's team. I heard that Jeffrey's team won 7 to 6. We started out down 4 to 0. I think it helped that I left.

Anyway, both boys had a great time and their dad did too. I'm very proud of how they played and behaved out on the field. If you ever had a chance to see a 4 yr old T-ball game it more for entertainment than anything else. We had kids chasing the ball that they hit and returning it to their coach. Of couse the dirt was kicked and weeding was done by both teams. All-in-all it was a good day and a great start to their seasons!

Opening Day!

Spring Break.....Way too short

Spring break is on it way to being over and it went by WAY too fast. I wish that I could say that we had a restful Spring Break, but.....for some reason I can't. We didn't do too much, but it definitely wasn't restful. We started out the week with lunch with Grandma and Grandpa in Midland. We had baseball cards to exchange. We had a great QUICK visit with them. We left from there and went on to Abilene. The boys were going crazy. They had no idea where we were going or what we were doing. We had a scenic tour around places in Abilene that I wish never to revisit. Needless to say, we don't know our way around very well in Abilene. We finally got to the motel and got all checked in. As far as the boys were concerned, we could have stopped right there. They would have been perfectly happy just staying at the motel and swimming. They were so excited! We went to eat and to play putt putt. Let me just say that Putt Putt with a 3yr old is interesting. As we were paying for a game, Jeffrey bent down and picked up a $20 bill. I knew we kept him around for a reason. Tuesday morning we got up and went to the Abilene Zoo. We had a GREAT time. For a smaller zoo, this was one of the best ones I have been to. Every animal had a name from the movie Madegascar. We got to actually feed some of the animals. They have a bridge that you can walk on and you are at head level to the giraffes. WE FED MELMAN!!!!! From there, we went to the Grace Museum. (Not that great for kids.) We ate lunch and messed around a little longer and then made our way to Mark and Jennifer's house in Albany. They fed us supper before we headed home.












After the adventures in Abilene, we came home and had a day of inpromtu baseball practice and then a day for REAL baseball practice. That was followed by a day for T-ball practice. Friday was boys night Spring Break Style.




Before we knew it, Saturday was here and now we are at Sunday evening. Time for supper, bath and bed. School starts tomorrow.

Stay tuned for Rock Band highlights featuring Jason and Jeffrey from Mark and Jennifer's house.

Playground Pals

Levelland has a pretty cool playground that Joel and his buddy Trent spent the afternoon at.

4 Year Old Tball Practice

Joel's team had their first practice this past Monday. The weather has been awesome here. Can you spot Joel in this first picture?



Joel and his buddy Trent. They could be twins.

Lil Shoes

Big boy Joel gets to play T-ball this year so, of course, the boy needs some cleats. Well, easier said than done. To find cleats that fit a four-year-olds feet is a feat in itself! Fortunatly, we found one pair at the Lubbock Academy store. A picture just had to be taken and yes the little pair of shoes were in a box more than five times larger than needed. You can also see a comparison to his older bros cleats.