On to the Championship!!

Through all of the rain we had the game still played on and Clay's team WON the Tournament and now are going to play in the Minor League AA Championship on Sat in Kuna! They really won by the hair on their chiny chin chin's. It was a close game, but I am so glad that they won. Clay has played catcher all year and I think he loves having all the action at home plate. Mick is the Umpire when we are home team, the only thing he hates is calling really close plays.
Something kind of funny, Mick and I both had Mr Blattner as our Ag/FFA teacher and now his son is a year younger than Clay but played in the same league this year. His son's team was the one we beat on Wed night. It's just too funny to see a teacher whom you had to respect now sit around and shoot the breeze with you 10 years later..

I'll let you know how Sat goes.. Keep your fingers crossed for the Padres!!

Sorry that it's been a while, it's been busy!!

Sorry, this will be long.. What do you expect when it's been a while since my last post. :)

Well it seems like forever since I have put an update on our crazy life. I have been so busy, I don't even know where to start. I think it's about 7:30p and this is probably the first time I have had an opportunity to get on my computer at home long enough to do more than check my e-mail and a few blogs and then head off to bed.

We are getting down to the last few games of Clay's baseball. Last Wed they had a tournament and Clay's team won and has advanced to the next Tournament. During that game Clay hit his first home run, it was just awesome!!! I was so proud of him and he was super excited that he did it. Tomorrow is the next Tournament and if they win that game they will advance to the Championship Game held on Sat. I hope that hit that milestone it would be great for the team!

Clay's pig is growing so much, it's crazy to see how fast those animals grow. Only about 2 months left and he will be showing at the Canyon County fair at the end of July.

Work is just crazy busy. I don't have enough time in the day to do all that is being asked of me. I did get a title promotion, I am now the Residential Install Coordinator. I have been at this job for a little over 3 months, I like it a lot, am glad I found it..

A lot of the end of the school year activities have been going on a lot fo field trips and what not. Clay had his Singing/Recorder Concert, this week is field day and other fun activities.This Thursday is the last day of school, I know, can you believe it? It's crazy to think I am going to have a 5th grader and 2nd grader next year! This summer they are going to the Boys & Girl's Club in Meridian. It is realatively cheap (only $50 week) and they go on a lot of field trips and have a lot of activities to do during the day. Clay is pretty much too old to go to a daycare, so this will make him think it's just a day camp.. Can't wait to hear all the fun things they will do. Makes me think of when my sister and I were younger we went to a YMCA daycamp, we had a lot of fun their..

This past weekend we went camping for the first time this year! It was great. The weather wasn't always the best but our canopy on the tent worked really well to keep us all out of the rain. Our friends Shawn, Christina and their daughter Kayla came with us. Kayla and Michayla are only about a month apart and were in Kindergarten together last year. They are great friends. Tessa thought she would show her courage and jump in the creek it was really fast moving and deep. Luckily she got out just fine, it's really only her 2nd time camping, next time we'll camp a little further away from the water.

Probably have more to say, but I should get the kids into bed. Here's the photos from this weekend..

Jackson Hole, Wyoming slide show..

a GREAT weekend...

This weekend was our trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was just beautiful. We left our of here after the kids got on the bus, and after a few errands we ran we were on the road by 9. It was nice driving just Mick and I, we hadn't been on a long drive the two of us in quite some time. Although Mick's driving, bugs me most of the time, this trip he did pretty good and I didn't harp on him too much.
We made pretty good time, before we knew it, we were rolling up into Jackson Hole around 3p. At first, the directions from Mapquest weren't telling us we had gone the right way and I had to eventually call the lodge and ask them how to get there.
Quite a few years ago, my family and I use to go to Jackson Hole, I think we went a couple times during Memorial weekend. The last time I had been there was the summer of 8th grade. Driving through town, I remembered the hotel we had once stayed at, it honestly hasn't changed a bit. The ski lodge where we took the tram thing up the hill was there, only now it has tons of buildings surrounding it, and to me looked a lot like Tamarack.
Friday night we went into town, and had reservations at the Million Dollar Cowboy Diner. It was nice, Mick and I both had Buffalo Meatloaf, it was so tastey, then we went upstairs and sat on the saddles in the bar.. Not being much of a drinker, we ended up going back to the Lodge by 8:30p.
Sat we got up, drove back into town, did some shopping for the kids. (We soon realized that it wasn't going to be as cheap as say Hawaii was) The kids both got stuffed animals, Michayla requested a horse, and Clay got a Black Bear, Clay also got a camo hat and Sis got horse ear rings. Mick got a camo hat from the Bar and I got a pink/camo hat w/ Jackson Hole on it. We then found the Elk refuge, that place was just awesome. To look out over thousands of acres and see hundreds of Elk was just breath taking. They have 23,000 acres fenced off where the Elk come in the winter to be fed hay, and we were told that by this time of year they are all headed back up into the mountains, but because of the hard winter, there was still hundreds of them down by town..
We rushed back to the Lodge where we had our hour massages, Mick was pretty tense, so I am not sure if he really got to enjoy it, but I know I did. It was great.
We went for a drive into the Teton Mountains, and saw some moose, then back to town for dinner.
It seemed to go by really fast looking back, but we really did have a great time together. Don't tell Mick I told you this, but we kind of got bored and decided to play hide and seek in the room (don't let your mind go in the gutter) it was just something dumb and fun for us to do. Although we are both almost 30, we still know how to mess around and keep the kid alive in us both!! :)
Sunday morning came too quickly, and before I knew it we were packed and heading out of town. We stopped in Idaho Falls and saw our friends, and then back on the road again. I did learn a spendy lessson about our truck, when an Idaho State Trooper pulled me over for what he said I was going 87 in a 75. WOW, you say, well I know I wasn't. Since pulling on the highway in Idaho Falls, I set the cruise at 78, the limit being 75.. I didn't argue, but was really sure that he was trying to meet a quota for that day. :) I took and went on our way, this time setting the cruise around 68-70! We'll have to look into seeing about that..

The kids were very excited to see us, as we were them. Now I am home, doing laundry, cooking dinner and getting the kids off to bed. I will post photos, but probably not until tomorrow..

I'll get to it, I promise..

Well, it's been hard to find time get on here. Here's what our week has been like:

*Monday, Dr appointment for Sis, her teeth aren't really doing too much better. Needless to say, they are still really lose and the braces are just holding them in place. What does that mean, well her nerves aren't growing anymore and we are suppose to see a nerve/root canal specialist. I don't know when, they haven't called. We are suppose to go back to the same Dr next week.
*Baseball practice and baseball games...
*Work, oh my, how work has just seemed to have gotten busier by the day. I think it's hard to get home at 5:30p, not enough hours in the evening.
*Try to find something to eat for dinner, sometimes nothing, so we eat on the run
*Get Clay over to baseball practice, oh and try not to forget to pick him up
*Clean up the house, maybe some laundry, maybe just sitting relaxing for a little while
*Last night the kids went to Jason & Gena's after school because there was a 7p 4-H meeting, and Clay needed to work w/ his pig. Clay also gave a demonstration on the meat cuts of a pig, and he did so well! He talked so we could all hear him and just did a great job, so proud of him
*Got home to load the dogs and head to Melba
*Baseball game tonight, although I didn't go because I am trying to get the kids, the house and Mick and I arranged for our trip to Jackson Hole this weekend.
*Deliver Scentsy to Jackie sometime before Friday
*Am really looking forward to this mini vacation!

Thank you Amanda for the great Mother's Day gift. I love it and will take it everywhere to show off my family!

Ok, well I probably won't get to post before the trip this weekend, but I will definately have pictures to share next week when we return!