Summer is still busy

Summer is supposed to be full of rest...not for us!


Gracie has been training a Peanut the Pony for a couple of weeks now.  She is loving it even though Peanut bit her on the shoulder.   She has such an amazing love for all animals but especially for horses and ponies.  She got to jump poles on Peanut the other day and she absolutely loved it.  He is just her size.  Although, she loves Peanut she really loves riding the big horses...Sunny, Touscan, and Pie. 

Hayden has been practicing like crazy with travel ball and Middle School ball.  Plus hitting and pitching lessons.  Oh and don't forget speed and agility....and people wonder where we are all the time!  My days are so busy filled with all the things my kids enjoy.  Hayden's pitching is looking good but it is a lot of work.  This mommy has to suit up in shin guards and a face mask to help her practice.  That says a lot about how much I love her because I never even played ball as a kid.  I have taken many hits to my thighs and legs....and it HURTS like crazy....but I hide my tears and push through so she doesn't lose confidence or see me cry like a baby!  She has a fantastic batting stance that we are perfecting.  When she puts it all together she is going to kill the ball!  Right now she is playing 2nd base, 3rd base and pitching.  She plays the outfield on some occasions but not lately.  She looks good no matter where she is.  She has a huge love for sports!

Colton is practicing his hitting this Summer.  He decided this all on his on.  He gets his bucket of baseballs and bat and finds Daddy or me to pitch to him.  He prefers his Daddy...I can't imagine why...being that I am such a great ball player!  He said he has to practice hard because he is going to be a home run hitter all season in the fall.  I sure hope he is.  I love watching him do his thing.  However, I think he may need to work on his fielding.  He likes to play in the dirt rather than field the ball.  Hopefully this season that will change.  I think he is going to be a baller like Hayden. 

As for Mark and I all of our enjoyment comes from making our kids happy.  The camper is our thing!  The kids love it too and always want to know where we are going for the weekend.  It is like a vacation every week to somewhere different....but these vacations are the kind that we can afford.  Our budget doesn't allow spontaneous beach trips or any of that.  The camper is like our home on wheels...we can go anywhere that is cheap!

New Title to fit our Life

Hayden wanted to know why I quit doing the blog.  It started first with I was just too busy.  Then it became something else that HAD to be done everyday.  It became a chore instead of something that I truly enjoyed.  I loved it when I first started doing it.  I loved it even more because I had lots of people that checked it first thing in the mornings to see what I wrote.  Then it was like pressure of updating the post and then waiting for 5 hours for the videos and pictures to upload.  Because lets face it that is what everyone wants to see. They don't really care what I write...they just want to see the good stuff.  Then it was me getting angry and the dang thing when it wouldn't update what I wanted it too....then it just ruined the dang night.  

So I have decided that this is more of a way to talk to my kids when they decide they want to read this one day.  A place for me to put down my thoughts for them to read.  A place for them to see how much I really do for them(haha).  A place for them to see how much I love them.  

So everyone was taking pictures on the last day of school, before school to show social media the first day of school picture compared to the last day of school picture.  Guess what not us.  We didn't have time to snap a dang picture before school on the last day of school. Because...I lost my last contact Friday morning and couldn't find it anywhere.  I was crazy, crying trying to find it. Finally, found it around 7:20 and we needed to leave around 7:45.  There was no time for that at all.  I felt bad but I mean that is just another thing that social media has made all moms feel like we have to do!  I consider myself to be very organzed and well planned but stuff like that is just crazy!  

Thursday night was Colton's Kindergarten graduation.  He was so stinking cute and I am so very proud of him. Even though he absolutely hates getting up early to go to school....he made it all year.  Only missed one day! I still can't believe that my last baby is 6 years old now.  We are officially done with Kindergarten at our house.  I find myself sad that my babies are getting so big but then it is quite nice not to have to pack up the whole house to go somewhere for the day!  He was so confident Thursday night, nothing shy about baby boy for sure.  I am pretty sure he is going to be a great leader! His teacher even said the same thing.  On the other hand, he may end up being the dang class clown too!  I love him and all of his silly traits.  He always makes me laugh even when I really don't want to.  I love that he still sits in my lap and tells me how much he loves me over and over again.  He loves me all the way to the moon and back, the north pole and back, and to the dinosaurs and back.  I mean that is a whole lot of LOVE there folks!  

Friday, Hayden graduated 5th grade! Wait!  What? Yeah, that is right 5th grade!!!  I can't believe that my first baby is going into Middle School next year.  Where, oh where does the time go! It really needs to slow down.  I'm not sure I am ready for Middle School, but it is here.  Her graduation cap that she had to make was perfect.  It was all softball related and I worked really hard on that hat.  That's right I worked really hard.   She did help but with our busy schedule I had to get it started for her.  She was super proud of how hard her Mama worked on that hat and she wore it proudly.  She got several awards at graduation.  She received A-B Honor Roll and the PE award.  She always gets the PE award.  I mean you have to absolutely love and admire her love for athletics and fitness.  I wish I had it, but I don't!  She also made the GWA Middle School Softball Team, which will add even more to our crazy busy schedule.  I don't care though because I love watching her do what she loves.  I am so excited for her to go down this journey with the school.  She will make so many memories this next year with her team.  

Gracie, my middle child didn't graduate from anything this year. She did receive one of best awards though.  She got the Citizenship award and the Math Award.  I am so proud of her!  She has really had to work her tail off at Math this year, but it paid off at the end of the year.  She is still riding horses for the Diamond D Cowgirls and loving it.  Right now she is helping train Peanut the Pony because she is the only person small enough to ride him.  She loves it...she has been twice to train and tomorrow she will get to do a trail ride on Peanut and Obstacle course.  She has trotted him and loped him.  It is so funny to watch because Peanut it so tiny he makes her look big.  

So here it is folks!  I am going to give it another try.  Don't expect too much because I really dislike the way you have to add photos on the blog.  Why can't they make it as easy as facebook?