Small Successes - July 22

Haven't done this in a long time... here it goes

1) since our church did not have VBS this year we are trying the Holy Hero's Summer Faith Adventure. It is our first time doing this and it is going OK could be better.  The kids loved VBS last year but I don't know if it is us but they are fighting it

2) doing my best to stay out of it

3) I am running out of clothes to wear.  Everything is too big!  Got to love that.

Wednesday without words....

Stay Out Of IT!!!!

I have to reminde myself to stay out of it or I will dragged into it

Church & Life

I really love being Catholic.  I love taking the Eucharist and participating in Jesus' gift to us.  Lately though I have these feeling that I am not Catholic enough for a lot of the Catholic Blog-o-sphere.   I read these blogs and listen to the pod-casts and just feel inadequate in my faith.  I listened to  recent Faith & Family podcast talking about books they are reading this summer and I truly enjoy the books that do not require a whole lot of thinking on my part.  I read for pleasure and joy.  I read trashy beach novels, mysteries, and non-fiction.  I also am reading books on my faith.  However, I did not like that these ladies kept referring to the type of books that I like as outside the faith.  I can follow and believe in my faith while reading these books - can't I????

Another sports 'hero' gone

want a horrible evening in my life and my kids lives.  I know that this is silly to be upset about -- this person is just a basketball player, no one who has a direct effect in my life or my kids life.  However, once again a sports 'hero' decides to leave Cleveland.  This is the first one in my young kids lives.  I hope this will be the last.  It hurts - we will move on - but still SUCKS

wanted to post these photos.....

Daniel at about 3 months......

Daniel at nearly 8 years old....

last day of the month

It is nearly July and I am looking forward to what it has in store some good and some OK.

The good is that we have family reunion at the end of the month, 4th of July (I love fireworks), and a bunch of off days from work.

The OK is that Tony is in MO for 2.5 days starting July 12.  The upside of this is that I get to play stay-at-home mom those days.  We are heading to Cleveland on the 13th but outside of that not much planned.  The other OK on the down-side of OK is that I have a workshop at work - not looking forward to those days.  I guess you have to take the ups with the downs.

june is now over

as i say every month - where did the time go.  I know I have time to blog I am just choosing not to.  SAD really.

This month we celebrated my birthday, my mom, Daniel's and Grandma Ts. 

We also celebrated the last day of school, t-ball and baseball!

I love summer!!!

Gifted Testing

Boys are being tested for the gifted program with the local school district.  Hopefully they do well! 

Happy Birthday!!!! To ME!!!

Today is my 43rd birthday and I am at work. The kids told me to take the day off and go bowling with them (they would have to miss school to do this).

This month is full of birthdays - mine, my mom, my grandmom and Daniel!

Baseball and more Baseball

It is a week of baseball in Marion - last week we had rain everyday and they cancelled all the games (3 in total for our family). 

Monday the boys played, yesterday Miss C, today the boys, Thursday Miss C (we may skip this game), and finally Friday the boys.

I love baseball but this seems to be taking forever this year....

Patrick

Daniel

Colleen -

feeling bored

I am very very bored right now.  Today we had ball and the boys team lost.  They are not doing so great this year.  We at dinner at 4PM in order to go to the game.  When we got tot he game Colleen and I hung out at the playground while the boys practiced.  Once the game started - she continued to play while I paced around.  I just could not settle down -- it probably doesn't help that no-one talks to me.  I am sure they think I am stand-offish but I'm not. 

Right now I am sitting at home by myself - kids sleeping - Tony working -- and I am so bored.  I don't even want to read - that is how bored I am.

UPDATE....

School is nearly over - I can not believe it.  Only 9 days of school left and it sounds like fun, fun, fun for the kids.  I know that Patrick & Daniel are done with their grades.  Miss C would love to stay in K forever (or at least with Mrs. Crabtree).  Today they are seeing a movie at the Palace Theatre. 

All three kids have had strep this past week.  None are contagious as of today but both Patrick & Colleen had to miss class because of it.  Daniel could have missed today but wanted to see the movie and play ball tonight. 

Baseball started about 3 weeks ago.  Boys seem to be having fun - Patrick is the only 3rd grader and Daniel is with all of his friends. Colleen is playing t-ball and has a whole lot of fun with it. She likes to talk to her friend Maddie the most (I think).

Colleen is now a Brownie and the boys have advanced in rank to Bear for Daniel and Webelo for Patrick.

We are trying to plan a vacation - not going well.  But we are down to Northern MI, Chicago, Atlanta, or Niagara Falls.  We need to make a decision soon.

It is May

Once again time flew and I did not post anything for nearly one month.

Patrick's birthday went fine.  We are going to buy Patrick a new bike (when is the big question - hopefully prior to Daniel's birthday).  There is one he wants at CostCo so perhaps this weekend.

Daniel celebrated his first communion.  It was a nice day.  The rain held off.