Tuesday, June 27, 2006

The Champs!!


This past weekend my son, Jerad, played some awesome baseball. He really made me so proud to call him my son. They played very well this season in the regular baseball season with 10-3 record. The team went into the city league tourney in first place. The first game they played on Thursday night was one that would put my son to the test in terms of team spirit and commitment. I have to say he made proud.

The top of the first inning he was playing his usual position of 2nd base. A ball was hit off to his left side and he dove to stop it. Breaking his hand. He stayed out on the field and played the inning out catching a pop fly to end the inning. Once in the dugout we knew the hand was broken because it doubled in size and turned black and blue immediately. He was determined to finish out the game, knowing that without him they would be short one man. (The extra player went on vacation over the tourney, so they had just enough players.) He finished out the game that night. As we talked about what to do with his hand after the game, he was determined not to let his team down. Winning the tourney was very important to them all.

His dad and I decided we would wait till the next day and see how his hand was. He iced it and took advil to keep the swelling down. Friday night he went out and played an awesome game, but they lost 8 to 7 agaist a team that had beat them twice during the regular season. They knew they would be up against them later in the tourney. Jerad was even more determined to stick out the rest of the tourney. While I worried about his hand, I also knew the break was in the palm area and wasn't a break that would be life threating or anything more serious.

Saturday afternoon, they went out and played their hearts out in the looser out game and came out on top. They now faced the team they had lost to earlier in the tourney for the championship game. They knew they had an uphill battle because they had to beat them twice to take the championship. The first game they trailed them up till the bottom of the 7th inning they were always one point behind them in the entire game. The bottom of the 7th inning they came up with three runs to win the game. After a short break and a lot of determination they started the 2nd game. The attitude of the team was awesome. You could see the determination in all their eyes, there was no way they were going to loose that game. They played the best game of the season and won it all 13 to 2. Within an hour of winning the championship, Jerad was ready to go to the ER and get xrays. Sure enough it was broke and now he gets to wear the cast with honor. While as his mother it is hard to watch him play baseball, knowing he is in pain. It also makes me so proud to know he is committed to all the players on his team and was determined to finish out the tourney with them all. He has always given everything he does 110%, and than some.

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Siblings


This is a layout I worked on today. I came across this picture from when my kids were much younger. It reminded me of how connected they are to each other and will be for their entire life. The stitching of the layout isn't the best. I really need to work on that.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Mildred Montana



Have you ever heard of this place? I hadn't and I had lived in MT most of my life, heck it wasn't even that far away from Glendive. A couple weeks ago Sam and I took a drive out to an auction in Ismay, Montana (it was Joe Montana for a big celebration one year). Driving down this dirt road we came to a little old ghost town named Mildred. We had to stop and check out the old jail in the town. It was awesome, I can't image what it was like to be in jail back in the old days. The last prisoner was in this jail in the 1960's. It was just a little 2 cell jail, but it was great we got to stop and take some pictures. I guess I have to go out exploring the backroads of Montana more often.

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Guess I haven't updated in a couple weeks. I really need to download my camera and post some pictures too. Stormy the kitten is growing like a weed. He has really ventured out and started discovering the house. He use to keep to the living room only, but now has ventured out to the whole main level of the house. He hasn't learned to go up/down the stairs yet but I am sure it won't be long. He isn't going to like me later this week because he will get his first set of shots on Friday.

Storm thinks he is so big and tough. He loves playing with this empty water bottle. He bats it all around the room. The little attack kitty. Hard to believe we have had him over 2 weeks now. He has grown so much.