Where is everyone?

With it being such a beautiful day it seems like everyone has scattered. I was working then Bill, I and Clay went over to Amy's. They offered to make us a late lunch but we had just ate and we just wanted to catch up.
Clay decided to squirt Kyle and Bill with a squirt gun. Bill told him it was to cold so Clay went and filled the gun up with warm water. How thoughtful.
Cole worked his first day at the pallet company. He really liked it. His boss asked him what he was thinking about doing after high school and Cole told him so now his boss is also going to let him work with the diesel mechanics to get some experience. He and his friend Dyllon are in Wausau getting steel toed work boots. Stepping on nails they found out hurts.
Dad will love this. Bill and Kyle just went to Sentry golf course to go hit balls on the practice range.
I love the spring weather!

Washing Wednesday!

You know things are bad when you have done all the wash and have folded everything for 5 people and one pile is exceptionally low. This person (Cole) has been complaining he doesn't have any clothes and can not find his favorite jeans and t-shirt. Mom goes up to said persons room and guess what. I find enough clothes to outfit a small country. Now I probably have 5-6 loads of laundry just for this kid. I love teenagers. To think I was just complaining to the youngest sis that I am really going to have a hard time having him leave after next year.

Kyle's upset because his baseball practice got cancelled because they can't practice after 6 because of CCD classes being held at the school and they are cancelled tomorrow because of it being holy Thursday. Wait until he finds out his bat will be here tomorrow.

Track Tuesday

It's 51 degrees but freezing winds. We're all sitting outside watching our kids run, jump, and throw. I got to see Cole throw the discus. He wasn't happy but took 2nd. I think the wind and the cold had an affect on all the events today. It was yucky. So I'm sitting there (actually standing), watching the events, talking with the parents and waiting until Cole throws the shot. I see him walking around talking to kids. He comes by me upset because he only threw 33'. WHAT?! WHEN?! I drive all the way to Plainfield stand in the cold and wait for him to throw and I miss it? Silly kid forgot to tell me he was going.
Kyle's got baseball tonight at 6. He's anxiously awaiting his new bat.
Clay and Bill made homemade Pizza. I think he's coming down with a cold. He sounded like Barry White this morning but seems ok now.

Happy 42nd Tim!!!!

Happy Birthday Tim! It's nice to think we actually got to our 40's. We we're terrorizing our parents when they were this age and we also were thinking how old they were. If I remember correctly Peggy was this age when she finally finished her degree and she was starting to help plan my wedding. How's that for perspective. Hope you don't find any grey hairs today. Enjoy!!!

Catchin' up on the week!

I forgot to mention that Cole had a track meet in Wild Rose on Thursday. The boys and I went to watch. Cole was scheduled to run the 4x100m but Nathan saved him and ran it for him. He did throw the discus and shot. He threw 117' in the discus and 36'6" in the shot. This was good enough for 2nd and 3rd place. The 1st place guy threw 132' and he missed 2nd by 3". He was pretty excited about this especially because it was his first meet. Kyle thought the meet was ok and Clay sat in the car playing a video game. For those of you unfamiliar with track the meets go for 4-5 hours. We left shortly after Cole got done.

I finally got my wedding ring back and it looks beautiful. I love taking it in to get cleaned. They also had to change the head because after 20 years it wore down.

Clay is an only child today both boys are busy. He likes the attention and cuddles when they are gone.

Bill's got to go get more chickens tomorrow. Denise's are chasing Afton and she's getting upset. So we will have a ton of eggs. The only draw back is he wants to use my van to go get them. 4 little words to this request. I Don't Think So!

This upcoming weeks preview entails 4 days of baseball practice (first game is the 16th) and one track meet in Amherst. I'm going to have to choose between baseball and track in the next couple of weeks. Cole has some important meets that are close the same time Kyle has games. This will be a Bill goes one way and Terry goes another and Clay which would you like to go to?

TGIF?!

Well it's Friday. For most this means the weekend to come. For me it's work, work, work. I'm not complaining because it's nice to be wanted. Also because I'll have our vacation this winter paid up.
Kyle and I went shopping for a new bat. Yikes are they expensive. We found the exact same bat $50 cheaper on the net. We're going to order it tomorrow. He's so excited.
Bill and Cole are going to a movie together tonight. I'm not going because it's 100% car chases. Yuck! Clay and I hit the video store and he got a game and I got movies. It's going to be a nice quiet night.
Kyle is at his friends house helping set up for the party tomorrow. They are paint balling! It should be a wonderful time.
Have a nice weekend. Welcome home Mom and Dad. Brrrrrrrr!

You don't want to do that!

It's like the movies. Someone says don't go in there or don't look now and you know that no matter what that person is not going to listen. We had such an incident last night. Kyle came home from ball practice to see me crying my eyes out because I just got done watching Marley and me. I told Kyle "You can't watch this movie." to which he responded "Yes I can. I wanted to see this ever since it was at the theaters." Then he proceeds to laugh at me for crying. I tell him why (I'm not telling what I said to save those of you who haven't watched the movie yet). So he knows what happens and yells at me for telling him the end. Forward and hour and a half to a boy who isn't just tearful but outright sobbing. "I'm just thinking about Tank." Boo hoo sob, hyperventilate a little, cough, cough. You get the picture. For those of you who aren't familiar with Tank this is Kyle yellow lab who look just like Marley in the movie and behaves just as well. Bill summed it up best as an old yeller movie. If you don't cry you don't have a heart. Due to the cold yucky wintery mix weather tonight we're watching 7 pounds.

Happy Birthday Mary!