T-ball

So someone had this awesome idea to put both boys in YMCA t-ball, we won't mention any names...Anyway, since the Y splits 3 and 4 year olds we had 2 teams to deal with. Zachary's team did not have a coach and none of the parent's on the team were willing to volunteer so Jerry did. It's been a good season for the boys, we found that Zac really enjoys playing, pays attention and hustles when at practice and games so we don't mind putting him on a city team since the other parent's on the team left a lot to be desired, I'm hoping that since we have to pay for a city team the parent's will be more involved and focused.


Kaleb finally came out of his shell and really started to enjoy practice and games about 3 weeks before the end of the season. He won't be old enough for the city league next year so we will have to go with the Y for him again.

Zac's 5th birthday

Another better late than never birthday post. Zac had his first party with friends this year, he had 4 friends which was perfect. We played a few games and everyone won at least one game, the cake was awesome and Kaleb's expressions when opening presents were priceless. Our boys have almost decided on their own that they each help the other open their presents on their birthday, cuts down on whining and crying and since they share pretty well while playing no one notices they didn't get anything new that day.







The day after the party we invited one of Zachary's friends, Maddox, to a Redhawks game. Everyone enjoyed the game and the Redhawks won. We had Zac's name up on the scoreboard which he thought was neat. So even though it was hot, it was fun.

To Move or Not To Move...

Pros to the new house:
Has a den + 3 bedrooms
HUGE master bath and closet
No updates needed
More carpet than tile
Smaller yard
Walking distance to several places
Real hallways to separate living space and bedrooms
Smaller well layed out kitchen
Large attic space

Cons to the new house:
Backs up to commercial property
Small garage
Dinning area completely open to living room
Can only have very small shed for storage
Smaller laundry room
Cross house trek with groceries

Pros to this house:
Quiet neighborhood
Lots of space for the boys
Making progress on getting it the way I want it

Cons to this house:
Kitchen almost too big
Living room too spread out
No friends for the boys
Boys will never be able to walk/ride their bike to friends houses
Still a lot of work/updates to be done
Way to much tile

Ahhhh, July!

This month has gone considerably better than last. First I got all the Redhawks ticket vouchers from the ticket office to replace the ones that were lost. Then Red Robin said they'd make sure I got my free birthday burger yesterday, which I did! Then today we got the TT&L paperwork in the mail for the new car, our tag should be due by this Friday, the 9th, the tag agency said it's not due until the 22nd! That's awesome because it gives us more breathing room to pay the $880 we'll owe that day. Then, also today, I went to 1/2 price books to turn in the reading logs for the boys and get their $3 gift cards for this week, I asked the cashier if there was any way to replace the ones that were in my now lost/gone wallet and he said sure, and gave me 4 to replace the ones that are gone! I even found a rug for my kitchen for a good price at Bed Bath and Beyond, it was originally $39.99, on clearance for $19.99 plus a 20% off coupon! I'd love to get another one but didn't have a 2nd coupon, maybe I'll get one next week and they'll still have a rug left.

In other news...I've decided that my kitchen cabinet organization makes no sense, all my dishes are by the stove and usually only get put on the table, so the cabinets they are in are furthest from the table and dishwasher, all my baking supplies are in the cabinet over the dishwasher, across the kitchen from where I always use them; so next week I'll do a complete reorganization of the cabinets, which I'm sure will make Jerry so happy!