Better late than never...

Last week Ethan's team was in the running for their leagues championship game. They were playing the Red Socks and in the 3rd inning it was tied 3-3. It was a pitching dual, both teams were pitching great! Now, these boys usually only get in 5 maybe 6 innings in an hour and a half and that's only with quick innings. This game went almost 9 innings! In the bottom of the 8th inning, there were 2 outs and bases were loaded. Ethan gets up to bat, he watches 2 balls and a strike go by. The next pitch he swings and the ball goes rocketing out to center field with no chance of being caught! They won 4-3!!!! The next day was the championship game against the Orioles. They played great but, ended up losing 9-7. All in all Ethan's first season in the majors was a great experience, his team took 1st in league play and 2nd in the tournament. Not a bad season at all!!!

Makenna had a tournament during the same time. Her team has not placed in a tournament yet this year, which is not what she's used to. Her team picked up a pitcher who did an awesome job and helped them out in the championship game. Again with the tied games! Her games are only 70 minutes long, which only gets in a good 3 inning game. They were tied 5-5 after 70 minutes. Now softball is not like baseball in that girls don't keep playing until there is a winner. We have a stupid international tie breaker rule. You put your last out on 2nd base and play the inning from there. We gave up 3 runs, switch, and we got back our 3 runs. Now we are tied again only 8-8 this time. Well, now you put a runner on 3rd and 2nd. Our girls held them to no runs. We get up and they held us, their catcher wasn't letting anything get by her so we could steal home. They ENDED THE GAME!!!! How do you end a tournament game in a tie?! Men made up these stupid idiotic rules, if a woman had come up with rules we would continue to play until someone scored and actually won the game! So, because the team we tied with beat the team we lost to we came in 2nd. The girls actually played like a team and they deserved to place in this tournament. They played great!

All in all it was a super weekend of ball!

Mother's Day....

Is a very bitter-sweet day for me. I have been blessed by God with 6 beautiful children. I believe you have the children you are supposed to have. I have 3 great kids that were given birth by 3 different women who were gracious enough to allow me to become their children's mother. They gave up the opportunity to see and have what I have in Christian, Ethan and Makenna and allowed me to have them. How do you thank someone for that? Can you ever say enough "thank you's"? Then I have 3 beautiful children that God blessed me with all at once, Avery, Grace and Noah. Although they were taken before I was ready for them to go, I was still able to have a lifetime of happiness and love in the few short months I had them in my life. Do I love Mother's Day and the joy being a mother has given me? ABSOLUTELY! Does Mother's Day make me sad at the same time? ABSOLUTELY! I love and miss my kids all at the same time. Not to mention I haven't spent a Mother's Day with my own mother in 18 years, living so far away from my family makes lots of holiday's bitter-sweet in my life.

menagerie of stuff...

Lets see where to start... I am almost 2 weeks post-op and so far I am very pleased with my recovery. My family was about good for 3 days of taking care of me and come to think about it I slept for those 3 days. They will help now if I ask, but they aren't falling all over themselves to help mom! I've cut down on the pain pills, so my spelling should be better! LOL!!

May 4th was my 40th birthday. To Eric, a birthday is just another day, so he never goes all out for anyones birthday. Makenna had a 3 hour practice, then she played pick-up for another team. Needless to say I spent my birthday at the ballpark however, there is no place I would rather spend my birthday!!!! Makenna did what she was supposed to as a pick up player and played well. The poor thing was so tired!! She worked hard during her own practice and then plaed 2 games on someone elses team. I think that last game she actually fell asleep standing up in left field! It was just a good thing no ball came to her and the 3rd baseman didn't miss any balls.

Makenna has been made team captain for her travel team. Right now she is co-captain but, in the fall she will be all alone. Last night was the first game as co-captain and Eric and I were quite disappointed in her attitude. They were losing and in the 4th inning she just gave up. On the way home, with tears flowing, we had a discussion about what it means to be a team captain! Hopefully there will be no more giving up on her team!

We have one free day this week, friday night. If I could sit for any length of time I would kidnap my husband and make him take me on a date, but my can't just can't do that as of yet.