Happenings of Summer

Here is Katelyn on her Graduation Day


Not sure where Josh was when we took this...um




Josh Catching

Again

Getting ready to catch

Heston shooting the TV

Heston getting ready to play baseball

Well this week, Josh and Kate are enjoying themselves at VBS. Josh LOVES VBS and always has. Since we have started All Stars, we have had to tell him that God comes before baseball and if we have to miss a Sunday morning due to games we will be there Sunday night etc. Every other year our church as VBS at night. (this year it is in the mornings) Next year it will be at night and Josh has already informed me that he will just have to miss baseball that week since "God comes before Baseball"...I told him I thought maybe we could find another one at another church for him to go to, but he said "no" he likes ours best-so some things we tell the boy is actually sinking in...

Josh has an ENT appointment this Thursday. He normally goes every 6 months for a check up to make sure tubes etc are ok, but his appointment in April showed fluid on his ear so we have to go this week for follow up. I have noticed a little difference in his hearing (for the worse) so pray this appointment goes well. He is going to have to miss some VBS, which he is not excited about, but I feel we can't put this appointment off.

Heston is upset that he isn't old enough to go to VBS, but this morning he didn't cry. He is really growing up. I took him and Kate swimming on Sunday and they LOVED it, Kate has always loved the water, but last summer, I had to literally hold Heston at all times. Well not this time! He jumped right in and I even had to watch because he'd try to jump in before I was ready. Give those 2 a swim ring and they go after it. Kate started Swim Lessons Saturday and is really enjoying them. I think she is learning a lot. I am hopeful that by the end of summer she will really have the hang of it and can at least keep her head above water...

Josh's baseball is time consuming and I can tell you now, that if Jon weren't working in town I would not be able to do it. It's that simple. When we're not playing in games, we are practicing, it is baseball 7 days a week. We have had two and a half weeks of rain, and they won't call a game because of rain either, it has to be extremely bad for them to call it. Oh, and more rain is in the forecast for the next 7 days. Mainly it is scattered showers, but it has rained at least some at our house every day but yesterday in those 2.5 weeks.

Work is going well for both me and Jon. It has been nice having Jon home, he is helping with baths, cooking, and running kids here and there. It is a nice change of pace for both of us. We are having to "dip" into savings to pay for our weekly expenses since he isn't working the longer hours and isn't getting his per de um for traveling and since our daycare expense has gone up for the summer, so that kinda stinks...but well worth it to us for now! Until next time! Cheers!