Happy Birthday Dusty!

Today is Dusty's 14th birthday. I drove him to school this morning - in the snow. He has baseball practice after school until 7:00pm. We will have cake and presents tonight. I will post pictures tonight or tomorrow. It's hard to believe my "baby" is 14. I feel old.

Baseball and The Boys From Syracuse

Dusty's baseball team had their first scrimmage game yesterday. I love watching him play, especially at this level of play. He played second base. There wasn't much action on the infield, but it was still fun to watch. His first game is next Wednesday. I won't be there, but I will be at Jessi's tennis match and Rick will be at Dusty's game.

Notice the mountain in the background. I am ready to see green trees and flowers. I shouldn't complain, we usually have snow until mid-April.

After baseball, Rick, Dusty, and I went to see Jessi in the musical "The Boys From Syracuse" at school. It was a great show - very funny! Below is a picture of Jessi and two of her friends from the show - Ian, Jessi, and Jessica. This was taken right after the show last night.

Jessi's Birthday

Yesterday was Jessi's 16th birthday. We are all so busy, the only time we could all be together was 6:00pm to 6:30pm. So, we had birthday cake and then dinner. She had a party on Saturday night. The picture is from her party. She had a great day - her boyfriend Brandt spent the afternoon(no school yesterday) with us!

I wish I had time to blog more! I'll be back next week for Dusty's birthday. Did I mention that our cats, Mario and Lugi, are turning one year old. And my Basset hound, Freckles, will be 3 on April 6.

Spring Sports

This is one of my favorite times of the year. Practice for spring sports begin today.

Jessie is playing Varsity tennis, she's in 10th grade. She is going to play partners with her best friend, Tia. Tia is my "semi-adopted daughter" - she is welcome anytime, can stay as long as she wants, but her Mom insists she comes back home. Imagine that! It also works the other way too. If they aren't at my house, they're at Tia's house. Luckily, they only live four blocks apart.

Dusty is playing Varsity baseball, he's 8th grade. Their school is a middle/high school, grades 6-12. They have a special test that younger kids have to pass to be able to play up and tryout for the team. Dusty played year-round baseball until we moved here two years ago. He has had much more training than the other kids here (being six foot tall doesn't hurt either).

Beginning April 1st, I will be at a tennis match or a baseball game each weekday afternoon until the first week in June. It's a good thing that my schedule is very flexible. I have so much fun watching them play.