Baseball update

Since I have a 3 day break from baseball i'm going to post a quick update on how the season's are going. Kasen's team is doing pretty well. They have won 3 and lost 2 machine pitch games and they are 1-1 in kid pitch. The season started with machine pitch and just as they were getting the hang of it they switched to kid pitch. Currently they are 4th in the standings. In the first kid pitch game Kasen got the pitch the first few innings and he was in high heaven. He is thinking that he is pretty dang cool now that he is playing "real baseball" like his older brother. They have 5 games left (1 being machine pitch) and hopefully more go our way than not. Peyton's city league team has won all of there games. They are on a 5 game winning streak and currently in 1st place. Their best game was a 12-0 shutout against the A's. The biggest competition has yet to come. The Mets are a half a game back and 6-o. We meet them in the middle of May and play them 3 times in a row. Those are going to be some great games. Peyton's super league team won their first 2 games they played. The first game their bats came alive and went from being tied to winning by 4. They kept their momentum in the second game and won 12-4. The second week was a rain out and by the looks of the weather report it may be one for the third week too.
Like I mentioned before all of this running from game to game night after night is a bit overwhelming but so worth it. Peyton and Kasen are having tons of fun and they are both doing so great. And Kylie, well......she is doing great too. Every night she asks me "what do we have tonight?" and her eyes light up when I say "nothing". She is such an easy keeper (sort of). She just hangs out and cheers them on. She doesn't know it yet, but when she gets older she will love being around all these boys night after night.
Keep up the good work boys, you are making me proud!!

Happy Birthday Kasen

So, now that I have a little free time I will do what I should have done 3 days ago and wish Kasen a Happy Birthday.
April 20, 2003 Kasen James came into the world 3 weeks early on an Easter Sunday kicking and screaming. 6 years later the only thing that has changed is that he screams much louder and kicks much harder. He is my little half and half. He doesn't have a worry in the world and yet he worries about the littlest things. Example: one day we were late getting the boys from school and I told Josh that when we got there Peyton would be in tears and Kasen wouldn't even know anything was wrong. I hit the nail right on the head, Peyton was in tears and Kasen was just moseying on right behind him watching the birds. Then in the same night Kasen kept getting out of bed asking if the doors and windows were locked. He is a bit careless yet cares very much for his brother and sister. I love him for that.
He brings so much fun to our family. I have been told that I have a Jered on my hands. And for those of you who know Jered, please keep me in your prayers ;) ;).He is my cute "little guy". I will be so sad the day he gets is growth spurt and turns into a young man. The cutest thing I absolutely love him for right now is the way he wears his hats. When he puts them on they never quite fit him right and always push his ears down. The other day I saw him put one on, adjust it a bit and then feel his ears. Oh my gosh I could have died. It was so dang cute. My heart will seriously break the day that his hats fit him and his ears no longer stick out. Happy 6th Birthday Kasey Bugs. I love you with all my heart and am so proud to be your mom. I love the way that you keep a hold of me when I give you good night hugs. I love your cute little laugh. I love, but hate, when you cry over EVERY little thing that happens to you. I love when you learn something new or do something just as good as your big brother and have that proud look on your face and I love that you ask for a snack morning, noon and night. I love being your mom and all that goes with it. You are going to turn into such a great young man one day and I know that I am so lucky to be here to guide you along and watch you grow!

Happy Easter

I can't believe that Easter has already come and gone. It seems as if it were just January and basketball was in full swing.
We had such a great Easter weekend. Friday night we went over to Justin and Janeil' s house for their neighborhood flashlight Easter egg hunt. My kids loved hunting for eggs in the dark. Who ever thought of that idea is genius. It was tons of fun! On Sunday we went to Jered and ShaRee's in the afternoon for food and fun with Debby. She put together 175 eggs for 11 grand kids. They were all over the place. We ate ham, potato's, rolls and ice cream. yummy, yummy!! The kids played their usual game of backyard baseball and there was the usual pouting, fighting and crying. Other than that, it was a good time. In the evening we went over to Glen & Gloria's for another egg hunt and more food. The kids got to decorate buckets before the fun began, but I have to say that this was no ordinary egg hunt. The big kids went in the front yard and the little kids stayed in the back and just had a free for all, but then....they dumped all their goodies in a trash bag to be sorted out evenly. Every piece of candy and toy was counted out before hand and written down to be remembered so everyone got the same amount and it was all even. I couldn't help but laugh. Gloria is to, to funny! After the hunt we went in and enjoyed tons of yummy food and a lot of good company. So much food in one day....I was a bit sick the rest of the night. Thanks to Jered and ShaRee for the use of your home, to Debby for the yummy ham and potato's and to Glen and Gloria for the cute decorating idea and unusual egg hunt. Holidays are always so much fun! It is just a great excuse to eat a lot of yummy food and hang out with family.

A little bit of R & R

Last weekend we went down to Monticello to spend a few days. We were suppose to be in Mesquite for Peyton's baseball, but that was cancelled. Since Josh already had the time off, which never ever happens, we decided to skip town.
Let me tell you a little about the place. Monticello is a little town with one stop light (no more that 5 yrs. old) and one grocery store. My moms house is about 2 blocks from the mountain, a half an hour from Canyonlands and an hour from Moab and Arches National Park. My graduatin class was like 68 people. It is kind of like the tv show Cheers, you go there and everyone knows your name (and your business). There have been so many changes over the last couple of years. So many people have sold their homes and have built nice new ones. People are even building on the mountain. To me that is a sacred place so it strikes me as odd that someone would build a nice house, not a cabin but house, on the mountain. Josh makes fun of us because we say we are going "downtown" when we go to the store or gas sation because it really is only about 5 blocks or so. You can see Main Street when you are at the end of my mom's street. I remember when Josh visited while we were dating and he asked me to turn on the fire. I couldn't stop laughing and told him to go and get some kindling and wood and I would teach him how to build one.
I love going down there. It is such a nice break from home where we are always on the go. Whenever I let my mom know that we are coming down she always say "oh good we can go 4wheeling or to Canyonlands or on a picnic" and my response is always "that all sounds really fun, but we (Josh and I) just want to sit and do nothing." The kids, of course, always want to be doing something. I'm glad that we went. It was such a good trip. It is nice to spend time with my mom, Jack, Josh and the kids. Very rarely do we just get to hang out and do nothing.

Take me out to the ball game

Baseball is officially underway (well for Kasen anyway, Peyton has been playing since February)! After having their first games cancelled last Saturday Peyton and Kasen both played last night....and won! Peyton 11-6 and Kasen 2-0. Peyton's first at bat was mashed to the outfield (his words, not mine). It was only a single, but he got a RBI. Kasen's last at bat, he had 2 strikes against him in the 5th with the winning run on third. He got a great hit down the first base line bringing the runner home. My boys are awesome!
Peyton is doing two leagues this year, city league and super league. He plays 4 games a week, twice on weekdays and double headers on Saturdays, plus about 4 tournaments. He plays with an awesome group of boys (8 of them play on both teams) and has some great coaches. He has played with most of these kids and for three of the coaches going on 2 years. The rest of the kids joined the group last summer and they plan on them all playing together until high school, how great would that be! I love all the boys, they are so cute and tons of fun to be around. An extra bonus is that they all have great parents I get along with.
Luckily, Kasen isn't quite there yet and is only playing city league. He is loving it this year....not only does he get to have his cousin Tyson on his team (for the third year), but his dad is coaching him! I love to watch Kasen play. He is so little, but thinks that he should be playing with the big kids! It is so cute when he wears the catchers gear and batting helmets, they drowned him. I can't help but smile when I watch him. He is seriously so stinkin' cute out there.
Josh thinks that he is superman and is a coach on all three teams. I get to be team mom for two of them and poor, poor Kylie. What else can I say, she is such a trooper. I love her! And..how lucky are we, with 4 games during the week there are never two games at the exact same time and there are only 3 that are on the same day but have about an hour start difference. I was worrying I would have to choose whose games I missed. It's also nice that their fields are right next to each other, so I can just stand in the middle and watch them both.
Even though running to 6 games a week for the next three months doesn't sound like much fun and will be a bit overwhelming at times, I am going to be loving it. I am so grateful for the lessons that they are learning, for the life long friends they are making and for the memories that they are creating. It is times like these that they will remember for the rest of their lives. I am so proud of them for going out, doing their best and trying their hardest when sometimes that is all they can do. Love you boys, keep up the good work!