Great baseball weekend...didn't come out with a win but Rich made it all worth it. Most of the team gave about NO effort in the field. My Rich never gave up nor hung his head. Rich ended his season 6-5. Not a losing season, but not the perfect season we had last spring.
As for Kiley, we had Storri watch her. They enjoyed their time together. We picked up subs and had dinner with them. I love we have dinner at least once a week with them. And love it more when it happens more than once!
Gearing up for the LAST WEEK of school! What a year!
31 May 2009
29 May 2009
School is nearly out! Lotsa updates!!
Friday, 29-May
Well...today I let Rich know...IT IS HIS LAST FRIDAY TO BE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!!! (Lord willing...). He got his official paper saying he recieved COMMENDED on his Science TAKS test. He has worked hard all year studying his science. We would copy his book by chapter so he didnt have to wag it home everynight. He totally deserved it and we are so happy for him. He actually found out 18-May, I think, but we got the paper today!!!
Kiley's little face is starting to peel. That nasty, thick dark peel. Lucky for her, she is still as tan underneath so she won't be spotty!
Thursday, 28-May
Mike took the day off to go to Rich's field day...since it is his last one we'll be allowed to go to. Mike had fun and got to visit with Kiley a little bit as well. At one point Rich's teacher let Mike know he needed to go to the cafeteria to check on her. Can you say DRAMA QUEEN!?!?!?!
WE PAID OUR LAST YMCA $55 for the school year!!! We get to save $220 for 2 1/2 months.
At work today An called to let me know mom's angiogram/catheterization is set up for next Friday morning.
Rich had a game tonight. They played awesome. He was in on some GREAT plays as well! Very fun to watch when you are winning.
Afterwards we met up with Tricia and family for dinner at Jimmy's! YUM-O!
Wednesday, 27-May
Today was Kiley's field day. Since they split field day up among the grades, I took Kiley's day off and Mike is taking Rich's day off work. First graders still wear you out! Rich and most of the 5th graders came and helped out during field day so we go to see Rich, too. After the festivities were over, Kiley and I snuck out of school and came home to nap (me) / watch tv (Ki).
We had 'Pa's Special' for dinner tonight. Kiley out of NOWHERE proclaimed that Pa had been gone 8 weeks and he has to come back NOW! We have missed him being around here since he is working out of town. I think we are all ready for him to come back!
Tuesday, 26-May
Back to school and work with our sunburns! OUCH!!! We were all slow moving. We are all ready for school to be out. A break from the hustle and bustle we have done the last 9 months.
Kiley is looking forward to field day tomorrow.
She had a game tonight. I didn't get to see all of it, but we ended up losing in the end. Bummer! It is a team we have beaten once already....double bummer.
Monday, 25-May Memorial Day 2009
The last few years we have gone over to Aunt Reda's and Uncle Billy's and cooked out and swam. This year was no different...except An and her family joined us with Kae bringing a friend and Storri, too. Jason and Erin and the girls joined us. Bertie loves her Aunt Jenny and let me take her around the pool. Belle wasn't so in to the water. Levi didn't like it until Aunt Ninny jumped in and then he wanted to. At least it got him in the water. It was a great day and we all had fun. It was nice and warm out, pool was cool, and we all got our 1st sunburns of the year. :) Grand!
Sunday, 24-May
More painting on the house. Finished all he could reach...I think. Not sure! I ended up leaving and going to Tricia's to visit since Andy and family were up.
Saturday, 23-May
Mike started painting the trim on the house. Hopefully it will last a few years!!! Now we need to get that deck top cut off and the storage building painted. Erin, the girls, and I set out for shopping. I forgot what it was like to shop with 2 little ones. Erin is such a trooper! I had a great day spending it with them. Even though we didn't really find what we were looking for...bottle caps! Erin bought or was given some cute frames with the girls' names on them. I'd love to duplicate them and give as gifts. Just gotta find those caps!
Friday, 22-May
He lugged his big project into school this morning, but didn't have time to make his presentation on PA. He'll have to wait til Tuesday.
Thursday, 21-May
Met Tricia and family in town for some good ole Mexican food! Rich has a game AND Kiley has a game........same start time! Lucky for us Kiley's started right on time and Rich's started about 20 minutes late! Kiley's team won and I flew over to the baseball fields (not literally...I drove the posted speed limit...you know I'm on probation for my speeding ticket....). Rich's team WON! Gotta love a double win! Rich played a great game defensively! He has got to get that bat going!!!
Tuesday, 19-May
Today is the day of the Math retest. He seems so confident he did well on it. Makes me feel a little better..but I won't feel good until I get the results of 'met standard'.
Monday, 18-May
Rich found out (not officially on paper!) from his science teacher he made COMMENDED on his TAKS test!! (Later we found out he missed only 3 out of 40 questions!!!).
He has a game tonight, but won't be playing. It is a late game and he has his Math TAKS retest tomorrow. I am praying the Commended on his science will boost his self esteem and really get him to score great on his math TAKS. I'm praying anyway!!!!
His team ended up loosing the game. It was against the 1st place team. Fortunately (being the WANNA WIN MOM I am...) we won't play them again...unless we meet up in the championship game in the end of season tournaments!!!
Sunday, 17-May
Gotta head back home. Rich and Mike have a report, presentation, and visual to finish about Pennsylvania for his Social Studies class.
Saturday, 16-May
We were supposed to have a baseball game.......but the rain came! So we decided to load up and Road Trip! We drove in the rain to Waco. We visited the Dr. Pepper museum and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Both were great places. We packed clothes for overnighting somewhere and ended up at Ma and Pa's house. We enjoyed dinner with them and Bill, Shana, and Weston. The kids were disappointed when we told them we weren't going to hotel, but they sure seemed to forget about it once we got to Hico.
Well...today I let Rich know...IT IS HIS LAST FRIDAY TO BE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!!! (Lord willing...). He got his official paper saying he recieved COMMENDED on his Science TAKS test. He has worked hard all year studying his science. We would copy his book by chapter so he didnt have to wag it home everynight. He totally deserved it and we are so happy for him. He actually found out 18-May, I think, but we got the paper today!!!
Kiley's little face is starting to peel. That nasty, thick dark peel. Lucky for her, she is still as tan underneath so she won't be spotty!
Thursday, 28-May
Mike took the day off to go to Rich's field day...since it is his last one we'll be allowed to go to. Mike had fun and got to visit with Kiley a little bit as well. At one point Rich's teacher let Mike know he needed to go to the cafeteria to check on her. Can you say DRAMA QUEEN!?!?!?!
WE PAID OUR LAST YMCA $55 for the school year!!! We get to save $220 for 2 1/2 months.
At work today An called to let me know mom's angiogram/catheterization is set up for next Friday morning.
Rich had a game tonight. They played awesome. He was in on some GREAT plays as well! Very fun to watch when you are winning.
Afterwards we met up with Tricia and family for dinner at Jimmy's! YUM-O!
Wednesday, 27-May
Today was Kiley's field day. Since they split field day up among the grades, I took Kiley's day off and Mike is taking Rich's day off work. First graders still wear you out! Rich and most of the 5th graders came and helped out during field day so we go to see Rich, too. After the festivities were over, Kiley and I snuck out of school and came home to nap (me) / watch tv (Ki).
We had 'Pa's Special' for dinner tonight. Kiley out of NOWHERE proclaimed that Pa had been gone 8 weeks and he has to come back NOW! We have missed him being around here since he is working out of town. I think we are all ready for him to come back!
Tuesday, 26-May
Back to school and work with our sunburns! OUCH!!! We were all slow moving. We are all ready for school to be out. A break from the hustle and bustle we have done the last 9 months.
Kiley is looking forward to field day tomorrow.
She had a game tonight. I didn't get to see all of it, but we ended up losing in the end. Bummer! It is a team we have beaten once already....double bummer.
Monday, 25-May Memorial Day 2009
The last few years we have gone over to Aunt Reda's and Uncle Billy's and cooked out and swam. This year was no different...except An and her family joined us with Kae bringing a friend and Storri, too. Jason and Erin and the girls joined us. Bertie loves her Aunt Jenny and let me take her around the pool. Belle wasn't so in to the water. Levi didn't like it until Aunt Ninny jumped in and then he wanted to. At least it got him in the water. It was a great day and we all had fun. It was nice and warm out, pool was cool, and we all got our 1st sunburns of the year. :) Grand!
Sunday, 24-May
More painting on the house. Finished all he could reach...I think. Not sure! I ended up leaving and going to Tricia's to visit since Andy and family were up.
Saturday, 23-May
Mike started painting the trim on the house. Hopefully it will last a few years!!! Now we need to get that deck top cut off and the storage building painted. Erin, the girls, and I set out for shopping. I forgot what it was like to shop with 2 little ones. Erin is such a trooper! I had a great day spending it with them. Even though we didn't really find what we were looking for...bottle caps! Erin bought or was given some cute frames with the girls' names on them. I'd love to duplicate them and give as gifts. Just gotta find those caps!
Friday, 22-May
He lugged his big project into school this morning, but didn't have time to make his presentation on PA. He'll have to wait til Tuesday.
Thursday, 21-May
Met Tricia and family in town for some good ole Mexican food! Rich has a game AND Kiley has a game........same start time! Lucky for us Kiley's started right on time and Rich's started about 20 minutes late! Kiley's team won and I flew over to the baseball fields (not literally...I drove the posted speed limit...you know I'm on probation for my speeding ticket....). Rich's team WON! Gotta love a double win! Rich played a great game defensively! He has got to get that bat going!!!
Tuesday, 19-May
Today is the day of the Math retest. He seems so confident he did well on it. Makes me feel a little better..but I won't feel good until I get the results of 'met standard'.
Monday, 18-May
Rich found out (not officially on paper!) from his science teacher he made COMMENDED on his TAKS test!! (Later we found out he missed only 3 out of 40 questions!!!).
He has a game tonight, but won't be playing. It is a late game and he has his Math TAKS retest tomorrow. I am praying the Commended on his science will boost his self esteem and really get him to score great on his math TAKS. I'm praying anyway!!!!
His team ended up loosing the game. It was against the 1st place team. Fortunately (being the WANNA WIN MOM I am...) we won't play them again...unless we meet up in the championship game in the end of season tournaments!!!
Sunday, 17-May
Gotta head back home. Rich and Mike have a report, presentation, and visual to finish about Pennsylvania for his Social Studies class.
Saturday, 16-May
We were supposed to have a baseball game.......but the rain came! So we decided to load up and Road Trip! We drove in the rain to Waco. We visited the Dr. Pepper museum and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Both were great places. We packed clothes for overnighting somewhere and ended up at Ma and Pa's house. We enjoyed dinner with them and Bill, Shana, and Weston. The kids were disappointed when we told them we weren't going to hotel, but they sure seemed to forget about it once we got to Hico.
12 May 2009
Monday 5/11
Grandma flew out this morning. We had a busy, fun visit with her though. Next time we’ll see her will be when we fly up for our summer visit. The countdown is on for the end of school!
Sunday 5/10 MOTHER’S DAY!
I think it means ‘Mother’s Day…In The Kitchen’! I got up at 6 and went to Walmart to get a brisket. Come home and put it on. Kids brought in flowers and Kiley’s stuff she made at school along with some cards for the occasion. Then, Linda and I went back to Walmart later to finish shopping for ‘our’ dinner. I made brisket and she made some yummy roasted garlic/parsley potatoes and we had a salad and bread. YUM! She and I worked in the kitchen forever it seemed. We did get a couple of games of Rumicube in and taught Rich how to play, too! Tricia, Chris, and the kids joined us for dinner. I totally forgot big news..........KILEY LEARNED TO RIDE HER BIKE TODAY!!!! FINALLY!!!! She is a two wheelin', crazy driving girl!
Saturday 5/9
We got up early this morning for more ball! We watched Nicholas’ team play a great game! Then Rich played. FINALLY we are back to a W-I-N! YEAH!!!! WHOOP WHOOP!! He didn’t get a hit this game, but made some fantastic plays at 1st! Good job, Mets!
Michelle’s sister ended up sick and we weren’t able to go over for dinner. They decided we would go to Spring Creek BBQ instead. I was fine with that, but it sure makes me and Rich miss ole Pop Pop! That was his MUST when he came to Texas. There were a few times we had it more than once a visit when they were down. He loved the ribs! Everyone came back to our house afterwards to hang out.
Today is Friday!!!! The day Grandma is coming in. We got an early call that she was on the plane and headed south. I took off early so I could pick the kids up and they could be waiting at the house for her to arrive. We were all excited to see her! Kiley had a game tonight. After a lightening delay we ended up on the losing end of the score. Kiley struck out twice and got an RBI her last at bat when she hit the ball straight down the 1st base line but got out. After the game we all (Uncle Stephen and his family, us, and Grandma) all went back to our house and ordered Pizza Hut (yucky! But I was a good hostess and went with what they wanted!). We were invited over to Stephen and Michelle’s for dinner on Saturday. She is making spaghetti! Guess we’ll take mom out another time to Joe’s…her new favorite place to eat when she is here.
Thursday 5/7
Today was ‘Signs of Appreciation’. I did the ole standby of pens with flowers stuck in a pot. But I did love the mini pinwheels that went perfect with them. I made some way yummy brownies with chocolate chip cookie bars. These were for the specials teachers and Rich’s other 2 teachers. So he had to carry in 6 bags this morning! He was loving me. He’ll be glad to see Teacher Appreciation Week end tomorrow. More baking tonight for tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow….Grandma Due is coming in for some baseball and softball!
When picking Kiley up from school today she sorta hurt my feelings and made me feel as though I didn’t mean anything to her. So I showed her! I didn’t help her get ready for her game at all….she got in the car with her hair still in the morning’s ponytail and carrying her socks and cleats that she depends on dear ole Mom to put on for her. NOT TODAY! She did convince Aunt Tricia to do her hair but she didn’t have her cute ponytail holder I made for the whole team.
Kiley had a game tonight and they WON!!!!!! She got some good hits and scored and even caught! I missed it as I was at Rich’s practice (and updating my over due blog!!!!)
Wednesday 5/6
Today was ‘You’re A Star’……I really was proud of myself on this one! I found some star shaped candy dishes at the Dollar Tree, spot glued some ribbon with dangly beads . I was lost as to what to put in them! Then it hit me………STARBURST!!!! Filled them with candy and wrapped them up. Of course Rich is done with carrying gifts in for his teacher. He claims NO ONE ELSE IS! I highly doubt it.
Tuesday 5/5
Teacher Appreciation Week! Today was ‘You’re So Sweet’. Kids took bowls of fruit for their teachers.
Monday 5/4
Teacher Inservice…NO SCHOOL! Kiley spent the night with Tricia last night so she could go to CiCi’s Pizza. Rich didn’t want to spend the night, but ended up calling and asking her to come pick him up anyway to go. Of course he enjoyed it.
Sunday 5/3
Last day of Catechism for the school year and the Crowning of Mary. We had a few pretty roses from our rose bush that Mike cut for the kids to take for the crowning.
Saturday 5/2
We are doubting we have a baseball game due to all the rain we’ve been having and more to come. So we went to the baseball fields early to catch a game or two. Sure enough……rain and no game for us!
Instead, we went to Tricia and Chris’s to hang out for the evening.
Friday 5/1
Kiley had a softball game tonight. According to Mike it was the best he had seen them play. She got a few hits and even scored a time or two. Enjoyed dinner at Whataburger with the Prater Family. It was fun catching up and getting to know them.
Wednesday 4/29
Science TAKS today. Mrs. Villa has Rich very prepared…as long as he tries his best he should do well. He did tell me he fell asleep a couple of hours…not really sure about that.
And yet another day of signing the book… Sometimes she just has a hard time keeping her mouth SHUT.
Tuesday 4/28
Of course not pulling the stick will last forever! It did though until today. Today Kiley decided to spit her highlighter at her friend. Not did she just get her stick pulled, but she also signed the book. All good things must come to an end.
Monday 4/27
Back to school…boring!
Saturday 4/25
Today was softball picture day. Luckily the rain held out! Then on to Rich’s baseball game. He was so excited because he FINALLY got to pitch. I think he was so excited that he sorta forgot that when you pitch, you also have to field the balls hit back at you. GREAT JOB PITCHING. Rich’s first at bat he was hit by the pitch. Ended up losing to the Astros. A little Jimmy’s after the game and all is good!
Friday 4/24
A miracle occurred this day in history! Kiley made her 2nd week in a row not pulling her stick!!! Let’s hope it can last. We were invited to Razoo’s for Chris’ birthday. Enjoyed dinner with the Williams family, Aunt Reda and Uncle Billy, and Uncle Bubba and Aunt Mary. Oh, and a guest appearance by Kay Kay! Mike brought in my 2nd love…my iPhone!!! It only took 2 weeks of absolute begging.
Storri stayed overnight.
Thursday 4/23
OK….I’m guessing not much has happened this week…I’m not remembering much anyway.
Saturday 4/18
No baseball! But we did have a very fun time at the Sock Hop last night. Great family night! We ended up bringing 2 of the neighbor kids as they weren’t going if we didn’t.
Grandma flew out this morning. We had a busy, fun visit with her though. Next time we’ll see her will be when we fly up for our summer visit. The countdown is on for the end of school!
Sunday 5/10 MOTHER’S DAY!
I think it means ‘Mother’s Day…In The Kitchen’! I got up at 6 and went to Walmart to get a brisket. Come home and put it on. Kids brought in flowers and Kiley’s stuff she made at school along with some cards for the occasion. Then, Linda and I went back to Walmart later to finish shopping for ‘our’ dinner. I made brisket and she made some yummy roasted garlic/parsley potatoes and we had a salad and bread. YUM! She and I worked in the kitchen forever it seemed. We did get a couple of games of Rumicube in and taught Rich how to play, too! Tricia, Chris, and the kids joined us for dinner. I totally forgot big news..........KILEY LEARNED TO RIDE HER BIKE TODAY!!!! FINALLY!!!! She is a two wheelin', crazy driving girl!
Saturday 5/9
We got up early this morning for more ball! We watched Nicholas’ team play a great game! Then Rich played. FINALLY we are back to a W-I-N! YEAH!!!! WHOOP WHOOP!! He didn’t get a hit this game, but made some fantastic plays at 1st! Good job, Mets!
Michelle’s sister ended up sick and we weren’t able to go over for dinner. They decided we would go to Spring Creek BBQ instead. I was fine with that, but it sure makes me and Rich miss ole Pop Pop! That was his MUST when he came to Texas. There were a few times we had it more than once a visit when they were down. He loved the ribs! Everyone came back to our house afterwards to hang out.
Today is Friday!!!! The day Grandma is coming in. We got an early call that she was on the plane and headed south. I took off early so I could pick the kids up and they could be waiting at the house for her to arrive. We were all excited to see her! Kiley had a game tonight. After a lightening delay we ended up on the losing end of the score. Kiley struck out twice and got an RBI her last at bat when she hit the ball straight down the 1st base line but got out. After the game we all (Uncle Stephen and his family, us, and Grandma) all went back to our house and ordered Pizza Hut (yucky! But I was a good hostess and went with what they wanted!). We were invited over to Stephen and Michelle’s for dinner on Saturday. She is making spaghetti! Guess we’ll take mom out another time to Joe’s…her new favorite place to eat when she is here.
Thursday 5/7
Today was ‘Signs of Appreciation’. I did the ole standby of pens with flowers stuck in a pot. But I did love the mini pinwheels that went perfect with them. I made some way yummy brownies with chocolate chip cookie bars. These were for the specials teachers and Rich’s other 2 teachers. So he had to carry in 6 bags this morning! He was loving me. He’ll be glad to see Teacher Appreciation Week end tomorrow. More baking tonight for tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow….Grandma Due is coming in for some baseball and softball!
When picking Kiley up from school today she sorta hurt my feelings and made me feel as though I didn’t mean anything to her. So I showed her! I didn’t help her get ready for her game at all….she got in the car with her hair still in the morning’s ponytail and carrying her socks and cleats that she depends on dear ole Mom to put on for her. NOT TODAY! She did convince Aunt Tricia to do her hair but she didn’t have her cute ponytail holder I made for the whole team.
Kiley had a game tonight and they WON!!!!!! She got some good hits and scored and even caught! I missed it as I was at Rich’s practice (and updating my over due blog!!!!)
Wednesday 5/6
Today was ‘You’re A Star’……I really was proud of myself on this one! I found some star shaped candy dishes at the Dollar Tree, spot glued some ribbon with dangly beads . I was lost as to what to put in them! Then it hit me………STARBURST!!!! Filled them with candy and wrapped them up. Of course Rich is done with carrying gifts in for his teacher. He claims NO ONE ELSE IS! I highly doubt it.
Tuesday 5/5
Teacher Appreciation Week! Today was ‘You’re So Sweet’. Kids took bowls of fruit for their teachers.
Monday 5/4
Teacher Inservice…NO SCHOOL! Kiley spent the night with Tricia last night so she could go to CiCi’s Pizza. Rich didn’t want to spend the night, but ended up calling and asking her to come pick him up anyway to go. Of course he enjoyed it.
Sunday 5/3
Last day of Catechism for the school year and the Crowning of Mary. We had a few pretty roses from our rose bush that Mike cut for the kids to take for the crowning.
Saturday 5/2
We are doubting we have a baseball game due to all the rain we’ve been having and more to come. So we went to the baseball fields early to catch a game or two. Sure enough……rain and no game for us!
Instead, we went to Tricia and Chris’s to hang out for the evening.
Friday 5/1
Kiley had a softball game tonight. According to Mike it was the best he had seen them play. She got a few hits and even scored a time or two. Enjoyed dinner at Whataburger with the Prater Family. It was fun catching up and getting to know them.
Wednesday 4/29
Science TAKS today. Mrs. Villa has Rich very prepared…as long as he tries his best he should do well. He did tell me he fell asleep a couple of hours…not really sure about that.
And yet another day of signing the book… Sometimes she just has a hard time keeping her mouth SHUT.
Tuesday 4/28
Of course not pulling the stick will last forever! It did though until today. Today Kiley decided to spit her highlighter at her friend. Not did she just get her stick pulled, but she also signed the book. All good things must come to an end.
Monday 4/27
Back to school…boring!
Saturday 4/25
Today was softball picture day. Luckily the rain held out! Then on to Rich’s baseball game. He was so excited because he FINALLY got to pitch. I think he was so excited that he sorta forgot that when you pitch, you also have to field the balls hit back at you. GREAT JOB PITCHING. Rich’s first at bat he was hit by the pitch. Ended up losing to the Astros. A little Jimmy’s after the game and all is good!
Friday 4/24
A miracle occurred this day in history! Kiley made her 2nd week in a row not pulling her stick!!! Let’s hope it can last. We were invited to Razoo’s for Chris’ birthday. Enjoyed dinner with the Williams family, Aunt Reda and Uncle Billy, and Uncle Bubba and Aunt Mary. Oh, and a guest appearance by Kay Kay! Mike brought in my 2nd love…my iPhone!!! It only took 2 weeks of absolute begging.
Storri stayed overnight.
Thursday 4/23
OK….I’m guessing not much has happened this week…I’m not remembering much anyway.
Saturday 4/18
No baseball! But we did have a very fun time at the Sock Hop last night. Great family night! We ended up bringing 2 of the neighbor kids as they weren’t going if we didn’t.
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