So this is what peace and quiet sounds like?!

This house has been quite chaotic this week and now it's soooooo quiet! Josalyn hasn't been home since she left for school at 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning. She went to her friend's house after practice and then went to the Cubs and Marlins game with them. She had to be at practice at 8:00 a.m. this morning, which didn't make Scott very happy. He was hoping it wasn't going to be until about 10:00. :)

You would think after that the child would be coming home, wouldn't you? Well, aren't you funny! No, then she is going with the same friend and a few others to the Extreme Thing at Desert Breeze Park for the day and sleeping over again! Ahhh, to live the life of a teenager. It certainly would be nice to be that care free again but never again would I want to relive my teenage years. Once was enough!

Dylan and I are the only ones home and since he just loves hanging out with his mom, he has been constantly watching out the front window for any signs of life from the neighborhood kids so he can go out and play. I keep trying to tell him he needs to learn to sleep past 7:00 a.m. and then he wouldn't have to wait for hours for the rest of the neighborhood to wake up. But, just as with everything else, Mom is just a dunce.

One L and One W

The first game of the week started out really good. They kept it a scoreless game until the 4th inning. Then Bonanza scored a couple runs on us and things just got worse from there. It was sad to watch because half of the team were working hard trying to get the game back and the other half just flat gave up as soon as those first few runs were scored. Needless to say, that was the "L" for the week.

Man, she hit that one so hard that her bat was vibrating!!! (just kidding) She did get some good hits against Rancho though and then managed to steal her way home. This was a big game for Josalyn because it was finally the last game they had to play with her as the only pitcher.

When they played Bonanza on Tuesday, the coach tried putting another girl in who has been going to a pitching coach, hoping she would be able to finish up the game. Well, Josalyn hoped she wasn't going to have to go back in but ended up right back in the next inning to finish up the game. We're hoping she will get put in as catcher the innings she isn't pitching but we'll just have to wait and see.

Good game ladies! 12 - 7 for the Lady Valley Vikings!! We're looking forward to a good game against Desert Pines next Monday.

Two little sickies!

Okay, I don't know what I did to deserve it but Scott was home from work on Tuesday and Wednesday and Josalyn ended up staying home on Wednesday, too!! Now anyone who stays home and has their regular daily routine can probably appreciate how badly it messes with your daily schedule to have people at home when they should be elsewhere! Not to mention the fact that Scott can do nothing for himself when he's sick. I have to keep reminding him that I have two children who are younger and more needy than he, just to get him to try to do things for himself. Don't get me wrong, I know it's miserable to be sick but MUST YOU make everyone else miserable with all your whining?!?!?!

Scott got out of bed and walked into the living after finally coming to life Wednesday morning. As soon as he noticed Josalyn sitting there he said in his saddest voice, "I'm sick (cough, cough) (holding up two fingers) for twoooooooo daaaaaays!" It really is pretty comical to watch the "tough guy" become such a needy little thing because he has a stuffy nose and a cough.

I just hope and pray these two get over it and don't pass it on to me and Dylan before getting rid of it. Ya just gotta love those spring colds! Especially when they're mixed in with the annual allergy attacks.

Spring Break comes to an end

Okay, now we can get back to normal life. The kids were out of school all last week for Spring Break. As you can see, Josalyn spent a lot of her time catching up on the rest she's missed since softball started. We didn't see much of her the first few days of Spring Break unless we went to her room and watched her sleep! Finally, by the time the weekend rolled around and it was time for the softball tournament her school's varsity team was playing in, she was able to get up before 10:00 or 11:00 a.m. and get ready to go to the softball park.

Dylan spent a lot of his time out playing with his friends in the neighborhood. They were all good to stick around the neighborhood and usually had to be made to come in at night because it was getting so dark outside.

That is one nice thing about spring in Las Vegas. Most of the time, by the end of February or the first part of March it's warm enough that they can go outside and play. Cabin fever doesn't last near as long here as it used to in Utah.

Dylan is finally starting to grow out of his allergies a little bit and that makes it much nicer this time of year. In the past, he's always had to stay in the house a lot at this time of year because the pollen would get his allergies going so bad that his asthma would kick in and take him for a ride. Now it's a little more carefree when he goes out to play and not so much of a worry. Thank goodness!

Yes, my stress level was a wee bit higher with the kids being home all week and Scott being off for three of the seven days. By about day four I was getting a little whacked in the head and the sillies got ahold of me. I happened to walk past the party favors they gave us when we went to a customer appreciation party for Terex a few weeks ago. Needless to say, the little devil in me told me to play dress up with Scott and take his picture while he had our sexy glasses on and the really cool blinking crown they had put on my head. My personal favorite is the pink glasses.

These are the glasses they slapped on Scott when we walked in. He was not the least bit impressed!

Don't you wish you were as tricky as Scott?!?!?!

All I'm gonna say is ... HANDS OFF LADIES, he's MINE!!! (giggle, giggle)

HAPPY EASTER!!

The Easter Bunny managed to find our house, and if you can imagine, he left a new baseball mitt for Dylan and new softball cleats and batting gloves for Josalyn. Needless to say, Dylan was up at about 6:30 a.m. and ready to start finding the eggs. After about 2 or 3 minutes he had all of them gathered up except for three. I think he was up scoping out where all the eggs were before he ever let anyone know he was awake.

After he got a little help with finding the last few eggs, we decided to go to the middle school by our house and break in Dylan's new mitt and get the new off Josalyn's cleats. Dylan did pretty good for having a mitt that wasn't completely broken in and it definitely didn't take Josalyn long to get her shoes filthy.

After watching his sister, Dylan has decided he wants to learn how to pitch. He actually did really well for his first time trying.

Notice the iPod earphones in her ears. I tell ya, these kids don't go anywhere anymore without earphones plugged into their heads!

The look of determination

Doesn't she look angry?! She scares me with that look she gets when she pitches. Looks like she wants to hit ya with the ball!

Dylan was fearless though and got in the batter's box while Josalyn was pitching . After getting hit the other day, he was a little gun shy and kept backing out of the box. Finally, he decided to stay in the box and got hit again in the leg. It wasn't as bad this time though and he kept right on swinging. Scott was the catcher, as he normally is, and I was the official ball shagger. I did try hitting for a few minutes but Josalyn must have been mad at me today because she kept trying to hit me!!! (just kidding) She really scares me with her inside strikes though and I finally gave up on batting.

It's a family affair

We all ended up going to Josalyn's practice on Saturday because their coach doesn't really have anybody to help with practices. One of the Spanish teachers helps her coach bases at games but doesn't really do a lot of helping when it comes to practices. Scott really does miss coaching. He was happy Saturday when he got to take part in his favorite area of coaching ... working with the pitchers.

Josalyn enjoyed the practice because she gaught to catch for most of the practice. She really misses playing catcher. She likes to pitch but I don't think she likes the pressure of the position. She's a lot more relaxed when she's catching and enjoys the game much more.

Scott is working with two of their newbie pitchers and is loving every minute of it. He's complains about the moody little girls but in all reality, he knows how much those moody little girls add to his life. We got to see one of the girls who was on our team when we were coaching at Josalyn's last game. It's nice to see most of them are still loving the game and haven't quit playing.

The agony of defeat

Well, the second game didn't end quite as well as the season starter. The girls played a good game and gave it their all but they ended up short by three runs at the end of the game. The final score was 11 - 8. Short of the few mistakes that were made, they gave everything they had to pull it out in the end and almost did it but ran out of time. Stupid clocks anyway!

They did take their loss in stride though and it was nice to see, especially after the other team displayed such poor sportsmanship.


I pity Josalyn having to be the only pitcher they're depending on right now. It's a lot of work to pitch constantly with no relief for even just one inning. March 23rd will be a welcome day. Then she can pitch but also have another pitcher who can come in to relieve her once in a while.
For such a small little thing, she sure can rip the ball when she gets a piece of it. Nice hit Josalyn! And thanks Dylan for helping shag all the foul balls! I guess the raspberry on his side didn't slow him down too much.

Better luck Friday ladies. We know you can do it!!!