I have neglected my blog for so long that the whole blogger set-up has changed on me!  Wow...

So, hello...I'm alive.  You were starting to be concerned weren't you?

I appreciate that.

Truly, I do.


What I need in life is just a few more days to the week.  Just a few.  Preferably days I could be at home.  And, maybe since I'm just dreaming, those days could have a few more hours.  You hear me, right?

We've been busy with stuff like baseball practice and soccer games.  This, my friends, is the beginning of the end!  We now have more than one child in sporting activities!  Ugh...it's as bad as I thought.  This Saturday we have a baseball "jamboree" and a soccer game going on all at the same time in two different locations!

I know, I know...we're not alone.  You've been there, maybe...  Don't worry, I'm doing all kinds of sucking it up!

I guess to bring you up to speed with our "stuff", I'll just cover some of the major goings on...some of the "firsts", if you will...

Colin shot his first turkey!  It was, in Chris' words, the fastest hunting trip he's ever been on!  It was a good one too, I guess.  What that means is that Colin will have turkey tail-feathers hanging on the wall in his bedroom...oh joy!  I really have an issue with dead animals, or dead animal parts, hanging in my house!

As I mentioned above, Ty is now participating in organized sports.  He chose soccer, instead of baseball, for his spring sport.  I think Chris may have been upset about it...just a little.  I think Ty knows himself...baseball, especially at his level, can be very, very boring.  He's much happier in constant motion, and man can this kid play soccer!  It helps to have a very athletic, older brother who has shown you the ropes!  He's been nicknamed "the hammer"...

This is the first year that Colin will be able to pitch in baseball.  He is , in my unbiased {and biased} opinion, the best pitcher on his team.  He seems to have a real talent for it.  He's been lucky enough to work with a family friend, who used to be a pitching coach, and has learned a few helpful techniques.  I'm extraordinarily proud of him...this kid is going somewhere in baseball!

Also, it's Chris' first time as head coach.  He's great with the kids, but it's been tough.  He's been travelling with work which has taken him to PA, TX, and MN.  Unfortunately a lot of his travel has occurred during the weeks of baseball practice, so it's been harder to coach.  Also, only about half the kids on his team take it seriously.  They either spend a lot of time goofing off or don't show up at all.  Coaching takes a lot of time, and is a big commitment...it's too bad some families and players don't respect that.  { I sound like a 90- year- old, I know!}

Miss Eden is just growing away on me.  She "gave up" the paci a few months ago.  It wasn't nearly the drama I thought it would be, thank goodness!  Since then she hasn't stopped talking.  There are occasions that I wish we still had the paci to stick in her motor-mouth!  She also has been dabbling in some potty-time.  She has yet to tell me when she has to go pee pee, but on several occasions she tells me her tummy hurts, which means she has to poopy.  Won't be long now, I guess, which breaks my heart a little bit...she's growing up way too fast!

And, as I mentioned above, Chris has been traveling a lot with work.  His traveling means I'm single Mom-ing it for days at a time.  It's been a rough adjustment, but I'm getting better with it.  It makes me appreciate him so much more, and that's a good thing that has come from it I guess.  I'm not saying I didn't appreciate him before, but some things I took for granted...let's just say that.  If I give him too much praise his head will swell upon reading this and I'll never hear the end of it!

So, that's what's been going on around here...

Have a great day!  I'll be back, no worries!

*p.s. has anyone had trouble uploading pics to their blog?  This post was a nightmare trying to upload these pics!