Baseball season is over

While it got off to a rocky start for Tonio, team sports are tough on him, the teams did pretty well over all . Antonio played for the Rangers ages 9-11 this year which is now pitched by the team instead of the coach. they had a pretty good season with 3 wins i believe and 5 loses. Devin played for the Red Hawks in the 5-8 yr old so he was top dog for his team. Devin tried diligently to get that ball to the fence this year since I made him a bet that if he hit the fence i would give him 100$. ( Secretly hoping that was impossible) He managed to almost do it this year! He made about 6 home runs this year. Tonio had a tough time with the fast pitching and struck out alot. But near the end of the season he did manage to hit 3 balls into the outfield. I was so proud of him! Chon managed to come to a whopping 2 games this year.... due to Drill SGT work. I hope that playing baseball gives the boys the skills to see what it is like to work as a team and for a team if nothing else.

Summer visit from Grandma

Since the base always celebrates independence day early here My parents and my grandmother decided to drive down and spend the week with us. We had a great time, I took them all to see the new Infantry Museum , and we cooked out on the newly made deck ( my mom paid for) she is so nice! We even had our first guest ( note the small caterpillar in the picture with Wyatt) The fireworks were great this year, I didn't get to spend much time with my husband at the park since he was tasked with watching the privates there but then again , I'm used to that. comes with the job. We've been spending tons of time at the pool this year but all that is about to end with my classes starting just around the corner. I've been so busy getting ready for it that Ive had no time to post for a while so sorry for the absence.

Old fashion lemonade stand

Today the boys decided to start earning cash for the summer by opening up a lemonade and Kool-aid stand, Devin, Tonio , and their friend Jesse handed out the goods and kept the cash while Wyatt reeled the customers in with his cuteness ( or was it the ninja costume) holding the sign they made up . At any rate they amazingly made about 20$ in an hour, is that insane or what? LOL just goes to show you that kids are cute! lol enough to tip for a cup of lemonade.

Sisterhood

I wanted to share with you all that yesterday was my sister's 25th birthday. I can still remember when Mom brought her home from the hospital, all I wanted to do at the age of 7 was play mommy to her. lol As she grew we became best friends, I took her shopping and to movies with me all the time. After high school, she decided to go to cosmetology school to become a beautician. She came a long way from wanting to be a waitress when she was 13. lol She now works over in Troy at Glamour nail &hair gallery. She is a wonderful stylist, I get my hair done every time I'm up to see the family. She is such a sweet person, and very kind. I am so glad her and I had the chance to grow up together as sisters. So here's to you sis, enjoy your birthday !

Free Swimming!

It's officially summer here now in Georgia with temperatures in the 90's. So we were going to get the boys swimming passes to the pool on post this year but turns out for some unknown reason all the pools are FREE this year! Talk about good luck. The boys found a new favorite one to hit up its got a low diving board and a rock climbing wall . Wyatt would like it better if he could touch the bottom however, it starts at 4ft. so I bought him a float ring and he will get in with me. I can't wait to get rid of these pasty white legs anyway!

school is out and it's time for summer

School ended on Wednesday here and kids are already cramming in as much playtime as possible and for me that means tons of added work. Since Chon's back to being a Drill Sgt. and they just picked up their new batch of troops I wont be seeing from him for about a week or two. This means its just me to get everything done. There are some good things that are coming out of this summer though, Mom is allowed to come down and visit us, and they made the outdoor swimming pool on post FREE this year so I am taking the kids every weekend to go swimming since I wont have class on Saturdays. Wyatt is enjoying his summer days playing as well as school. While summer has gotten off to a rocky start with me hitting a piece of metal on the road and blowing out the tire on our car, I think we will be okay and I'm hoping that my interview for the LPN program went better than my sonography one and I get in this July. I always enjoy summer time so much, being outdoors talking with family, playing games going to watch the kids play baseball, grilling out, there is so much to do and not enough time, and with Tonio turning 10 this next month its getting harder to figure out that boy by the second. lol So enjoy your summer months!

Helping out a friend in need

As you all know, I was up in Ohio this past week, visiting my mom. They were absolutely shocked that I showed up. The day of the surgery arrived and I could tell she was nervous. My Dad, brother, sister, and her brother and sister all went down to the hospital with her. I wanted to go but knew that I could better server her by taking my grandmother who's 88 now, down when she wanted to go. So I helped take care of her all day. As we sat in the waiting room at Miami Valley Hospital, talking and telling stories, I wondered how the operation was going and what kind of news we would get. There were people there with clearly bad news so you kind of expect it. I mean after all people don't come to the surgery ward in the ICU area for minor stuff. When the doctor finally did come back to let us know the surgery was done he asked us to come to a debriefing room. I knew my grandma didn't want to go by the worried look on her face and my Uncle didn't either, he was way to upset I think. They were gone for a long time, and when they finally appeared none of them looked happy, so we assumed the worse, but turns out everything went okay. We spent the next 5 hours waiting in the waiting room for her to be brought to her room in the ICU and plugged in and stuff, finally we got to go back in groups of twos. It was a very long day, but the next day and the few days following we went back. Just me and my Dad went the next couple of days but I was there every step of the way. After all , she is my best friend. I was sad to leave before she got to come home but she was doing great and got to come home the next day! They told her that the tumor was not related to her breast cancer and just lucky that they found it. It was also benign(not cancerous). So her prognosis is good. I'm really hoping next trip up will be more lighthearted and I can come and visit some of you. But I wanted to let you know that the doctors said they had never seen anyone her age recover that fast from brain surgery so those prayers must have worked well. Thank you !