The shut out

Cameron's team won in a shut out game against Lyndon tonight to take 3rd place in the league tournament. This has been a great season, and we really enjoyed this team! Cam played a couple innings at catcher and a couple at 3rd base. It was an enjoyable game.

3 teams are done, one more to go!

Miss Independent

Because no outfit is complete in the middle of July without pink snowboots!

Quincy also had her first dentist appointment this week. She announced that she did not want me to come with her. She marched to the back, jumped in the chair, and had her teeth cleaned while I waited in the waiting room. When the dentist was done, she jumped up and announced that she wanted her toothbrush and bouncy ball. Guess she had seen this done before?

Pickin' and new friends

My grandma's friend needed to leave town for a couple of days, so she asked if we would like to pick her blackberries while she is gone. That was an offer we couldn't refuse! The kids had a great time picking! The boys might have done more eating than contributing to our buckets, but I can't really blame them - they are GOOD! And it was nice to see Cameron eating something that is not meat or sugar! Quincy had a little bit of difficulty because she was so excited that she forgot to pick just the black ones - we got home with a few red ones in our bucket!

After we finished picking the blackberries, we ran out to grandma's farm to take care of the pigs. Cameron and Preston managed to catch this lizard in grandma's flower beds. He is cute, and I am trying to teach the kids that lizards and snakes are our friends since they eat bugs...but grandma doesn't much care for either one! So we brought the lizard home and let him go near Bev's lily pond (she does like snakes and lizards). Now the boys keep running over to check on "Frank" the lizard. Poor thing is probably traumatized!

Overbrook Nightmares take 3rd place!

Despite having 2 players missing, theses girls did a great job!
Madison was a striking out machine!

Madison batting

Mallory batting

Mallory on 2nd - a pop fly catching maniac!

In the girl's last softball game for the season, they played a very hard-fought game against Eskridge for 3rd place in the league tournament. It was probably the best game they have played this season, and it was fun to watch. Madison pitched the whole game, and she did absolutely great! Mallory played 2nd for the night, and she had some awesome plays! They were excited to win, and this momma is excited to have the season wrapped up!

Cameron finishes his season tonight, and then we will have Colin's tournament next week. When ball ends, it seems that it doesn't take long for school to start!

Guess what we got???

When I got home from work today, I was greeted by a table full of boxes and one excited home school boy!

Quite honestly, I was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that Lawrence Virtual sent to us! I guess I was thinking that I would have to go to the library for support materials, but it would seem that these boxes came complete with everything that we will need! Even his science box came packed with modeling clay, a magnet set, beakers, magnifying glasses, and I don't even know what all! Cameron was so excited, he thought we should start working immediately! I think I will need a few days to digest it all, and we can start when the other kids go back to school. I am so very happy that he is excited, and I am praying that we are successful with teaching him, and nurturing his love of learning as well as his creativity! I am also very curious to see how the system works so that we can make a decision on what to do school-wise in the future.

Enjoying...

An evening at home before tournament games start this week for Mallory, Madison and Cameron (Colin's tourney is next week). The kids have been playing croquet in the yard and I even made home made bierocks.

Jim took Colin to the doctor today. The poor kid has been sick for days now, and yesterday he broke out in some weird hives. It would seem that his body was over-reacting to all the diseases he is carrying! He has double ear infections, a nasty cold, still has some poison ivy spots, and his asthma has been pretty bad. He is now on multiple prescriptions, so we hope he will be a new kid in a day or 2!

The kids pig walking seems to be getting easier, as the big guys (and Sarah Piglin) tend to enjoy being under the newly installed misting system that grandma and grandpa put in for them. They might walk a few feet, but then they turn right back around to go where it is cool and wet! I was worried about using so much water, but this system supposedly uses only half gallon of water per hour. I guess we will see how well it works when grandma gets her next water bill! My only fear is that they will not enjoy the county fair AT ALL considering that they will be so spoiled! (Spoiled is an understatement!)

What happened to the week?

Colin is the one in black - the photos didn't turn out very clear.

Well, its Sunday and I don't know what happened to this week, or for that matter this weekend! Yesterday was Quincy's 3rd birthday! She is such a fun kid! We are very blessed by her presence in our lives! She definitely keeps us on our toes! She was excited to get a new baby and some new clothes, and then we were off to Preston's last t-ball game....complete with a trophy ceremony. From the last t-ball game we ran to the Sunflower State games to watch Colin wrestle. Unfortunately, Colin has been very sick for the past few days, and so wrestling wasn't so good. He wrestled in his first match, and was pinned. When he came off the mat he couldn't breathe and was feeling really gross, so he had to scratch from his other 2 matches. He still placed 3rd since there were only 3 kids in the bracket! So he got a medal and a cool new shirt! He did enjoy watching his teammates wrestle...and a dad to some of his friends wrestled, so that was entertaining as well.

We also played our last regular season base/softball games this week. We are awaiting the tournament schedules and will have tournaments the next 2 weeks. Then we will be able to concentrate on 4-H projects and the county fair. This whole summer is flying by!

Also, for losing track of time, I am having a hard time believing that my baby is 3 years old! She came into this world 4 weeks early. She was the smallest little peanut of a baby - she didn't even fill out the nursery blanket! She looked up at us with those big blue eyes and melted all of our hearts! She is definitely a gift straight from God! Happy birthday big girl - we all love ya!