Homerun Dominic

Just wanted to brag a little Dominic got his first homerun last night plus he hit a tripple. Of course I did not have my camera but he we geeked. Plus they won 21-10 it was a fun night.

its been a few days

Well first I want to start with Dominic's team lost last Wednesday 2-4 but the team they played was the second best in the league so I guess that was not to bad. They played again last night and won 8-1 it was much more exciting to watch. We have had a very busy couple of days on Thursday was dominic and Rob's last day of school/work so that night we went grocery shopping and spent $200 and it still feels like we are running low on supplies. On Friday we went garage saling in the morning with not much success waisted gas if anything. Then we took our boat out for the first time and it ran great. Friday night we had company and a bon fire. On Saturday we took Corinne to my moms and Braxton, Kirsten & Dominic to Rob's parents while they were camping so we had a free night. We ended up going out for dinner with our friend Brandy and Kory and back to their house to play card and drink. I actually drank a full 6 pack first time in a long time I have done that. Sunday we picked up Corinne and headed out to the campground where the other kids were and spent the whole day out their. Yesterday we stayed home most of the morning and then mom, dad, mary and the boys came over for a cook out and to watch Dominic's baseball game last night. It was a good game for them to come to. Well that sums up our last couple of days. I will work on pics laster.

Another week in progress

First thing I want to say is Dominic's team won on Monday 4-2. They played a really good game. Dominic had to play outfield but before each game his coach tells him that the reason he is in outfield is because well he is good at it and nobody else is and because of him the team got two double plays and if anybody else had been their they probably would not have got (actually the only two double plays they got all game). So when he is in the outfield and he pulls stuff off like that we know why he is their. We just wish he could play first base, our first baseman sucks but coach feels Dominic is more needed in the field because he can and will run and throw a ball like from deep outfield to infield. okay enough on that. Last night we went grocery shopping and Dad met us their so he could return my in-laws dog carrier and he laughed when he saw our two shopping carts of food and two hundred dollar bill so I just said Dad we still have to come back in and buy flowers, he was shocked. We actually bought plants for in front of our deck, we have had the deck for 3 years and have never done any landscapping around it so we thought it was time. Dominic has another game tonight and its going to be a tough one so I will let you know what happens.

Just a quick post

Is it wrong when you get your kids out of the bathtub and find a layer of dirt on the bottom of the bath tub??? The kids get a bath almost everyday and I am still finding it. I guess it means they play in the dirt a lot or like yesterday pick rocks out of Grandpa's garden for him.

Family of Noodle Makers

I wanted to tell about making noodles at mom's yesterday. Well Grandma is the pro so she supervised, just wanted to state that. Mom asked me to make her some noodles because she has never done it then she deceided to give it a try on her own. She messed them up, Grandma told her that you can not put two much flower in the bowl but mom learned you can. She threw her batch out and it was my turn. Well I made them to my Grandma's standards, which are very high for noodle making. Mom cut them but the dough was mine. It was just funny to me the three generations standing at the counter making noodles together, it was a nice family moment. I also have to say that my father in law has had my father in law has had my noodles and says they are as good as when his mom used to make them (my mother in law does not make them) I think that is a good complement also.

The New Boat is ready for water

Well after two weekends dedicated to fixing up our new boat it is finally ready for the water. You Turn the key it starts right up, Rob recovered the seats and put new/used driver and side kick seats in, plus and new/used radio. It has been scrubbed and vacuumed. It has a new fire extinguisher and every body has a life jacket so Friday since everybody has the day off it is going to hit the water. Oh I forgot Kirsten even got a new Dora fishing pole (Braxton already had one). It will be interesting taking all the little ones out. I don't think Rob and I will get much fishing in but hopefully the kids catch one.

flowers for Kirsten

Kirsten has had an obsession with plating flowers this spring. We have planted sunflowers and Daisy's and she keeps playing in my pots that have no plants in them saying they are her garden and digging holes in the dirt and planting dandelions she has picked. It is very cute. I sure hope she keeps up her enthusiasm of plants and flowers somebody in the family needs to know how to grow a garden.

Mothers Day Weekend

I just have to say that Mothers day weekend was wonderful for me. On Friday Rob arrived home from work with my present its a free standing umbrella for the deck. He got it installed plus got a few other projects done I have been asking for. On Saturday we got up early and spent the morning garage sailing. We did not find a whole lot for ourselves but Dominic did very well. We probably spent 80 dollars on him but it was stuff he has been wanting or needing. Saturday afternoon we had a cookout with Rob's family which was nice and Aunt Sandy took Braxton and Kirsten home for a couple hours to give us a break. After the cook out we went to work on our boat at our friends house and we only had Corinne so it made it easier to visit. Sunday we went to my mom and dads house and we got to visit with my sisters and some cousins we never see because they live in Florida. So all in all it was a very nice weekend with lots of family and friend time.

An update on Dominics baseball. Monday was our first official game. The kids did not play very well. They lost in the fourth inning to the mercy rule. But I do have to say that the officials were awful very in favor of our opponent Maple Valley so even if the kids would have played to notch it would have been hard for them to win. Maple Valley does have a good team I wont deny them that but we would have done a lot better against them if the officials would have been different. Well that sums up our last few days. Dominic has another game tonight so I will let you know.

The water fight

For some reason whenever their is nice weather their is water and they all had fun even Renny got wet and enjoyed it.

Our Weekend

I have to say that I hardly had the little kids all weekend which never happens, it was relaxing. Saturday we went and got our boat from mom and dads and started working on it. The little kids stayed home with a baby setter. We got all the seats stripped out and the leaves vacuumed out and started scrubbing it. We still have a ways to go but we got to do it kids free (bonus). We hung out their until about 4:30 then came home. On Sunday Dominic had a baseball scrimmage in coldwater which is over an hour drive, so my mother-in-law had the little kids we lost 10-2 but after the game we found out that the other team was all 7th & 8th graders and we are all 5th and 6th graders so we were happy that it was not 40-2 or something horrible like that. We then got to go and do a little shopping kid free so I actually got to look around Meijer. I feel as if I have had a little break and I am very happy for it.

Four Wheeling as a family

I thing the picture says it all and no they did not just pile on for a pic. Rob was really riding them all around

Dominic's Baseball Team

Dominic's team had its first official scrimmage yesterday. They won 10-0. Dominic played left field, first base and short stop. We were told in official games he will be infield but at scrimmages they want to give the outfielders a chance at infield. Dominic struck out his first time up to bat, second time he got on base and the third time he got a double (I have to say about the double that their was already someone on base when he hit who is a slow runner, Dominic should have had a triple) We had one kid on the team hit a homer with really using no effort and Dominic would add that the boy was using Dominic's Bat. We have realized that half the team uses Dominic's bat it was cheap but if you can get a good hit off it the balls fly. So that was our exciting evening last night we have another scrimmage on Sunday.