Wow! Its been a really long time....

• School has been out for a while now. Its been a pretty great summer so far.
• I cried like a baby the last day of school.
• Leaving the Elementary I realized I will never have another child go there. It broke my heart that my babies are growing up so fast.
• Then I picked up the rest of the kids and realized I wont have any in Middle School next year either.
• OMG! My babies are in high school :/ Ekkk!
• I never did get the older boys report cards. I didn't really bring the topic up because I am pretty sure they didn't do so well the last six weeks. Some of it their fault and some of it the teachers.
• I am not one to place blame on teachers normally but if you don't post your grade until the day before they have to be turned in then I have no idea there is a problem until its too late for me to ask you about.  Also IF my children have more than one or two missing assignments there is a problem and its kind of their job to keep me informed.  Its not as if I am not involved.  I talk to my kids teachers at least once a six weeks and email and every time I think my kids can do better/more.
• Enough of that!
• My kids have been playing tournament baseball.  They do really really great on the first game, ok on the second game, and then bracket play starts and they suck it up.  I mean really really bad.
• I even quit keeping my books one game.
• Then the last tournament they played they in game one they did ok, game 2 terrible, and bracket play started and they played good.  In the semi finals they almost won against a team that run ruled everyone else.  Only lost by one.
• There was one poor kid on the team that had a really bad game though.  He missed 3 fly balls and just could not  adjust the the calls the umpire was making at the plate.
• There will be a separate post about this tournament too....eventful.
• We will play one more tournament this summer. I am excited to see how they do.
• I downloaded an app to keep score on. Its called Game Changer. It is awesome!  Love it. All the kids want to know their stats and it creates a recap story after each game. Win or lose.  I hate reading them after we lose even though it never said bad stuff about the players.
• Its a great app if you like watching and keeping up with stats for little leagues.
• The last week has been a lot of fun but very busy.
• Because of baseball (and football too, I guess) we have become friends with 2 families. 
• I absolutely love these two families. They are sisters.
• They have the most well mannered kids I have ever seen.
• We have cooked out with these two families 3 times in the last 5 days.
• Lots of food, fun, family, and beer.  Oh yeah, fireworks too !)
• Its even better because all of our kids get along and play really well together.
• I am glad to have new girlfriends to hang out with.
• This summer is all about good times with family and friends (that are becoming like family). Making memories I hope my kids will cherish when they get older. 
• We are truly blessed.