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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Wordless Wednesday

I can't believe I haven't posted since early February. It makes me so sad that Carson won't have the memories to look back on but it's just not possible with our busy life. Here's a major catch all post.

Miles started his 8th grade middle school season. 


They are currently 9-0. It's been a lot of fun. This team has big goals.


Carson had his first scrimmage with his travel ball team. Miles learned how stressful it is to watch baseball.


He also learned how cold it is.


Middle school games at night have been very cold.



We celebrated Valentine's Day.


Carson got a new baseball bag and Miles got a wooden bat. Sticking to my plan of buying things we have to buy anyway and wrapping them up for holidays :)


Carson had cool Valentines for his friends. Unfortunately they looked better than they tasted.


We also celebrated Marmee's birthday!


Carson had a fan base at his first outdoor practice. He has a lot of people to cheer him on this season.


Miles has had a cheering section too.


Glad to be with my friends for baseball season. In the cold...


Rain...


and wind...


Carson can talk Pa into anything, including riding in the third row with him.


Repping Carson's team, Top Notch Baseball, after Hornet Nation for 8 years straight.


These boys have been playing together since 6U.


Which made me go find this picture from kindergarten. This is what I'm going to miss out on by not blogging for Carson :(


It's so fun to watch Carson start reading.


Carson had an in the park homerun at his first tournament!


Opening day for both boys' travel seasons.




Carson is starting travel baseball at the same age Miles did, but Carson seems so much younger to me.


On opening day, they played in the same complex, at the same park. This will probably never happen again. What a gift it was for us. I will cherish this picture.


We are so excited to get to do this again.


Miles has a lot of fun memories from when Darrin coached volleyball that Carson won't have. Carson will have memories from Darrin coaching him in baseball that Miles won't have. It's funny how things work out because it's better that Miles was coached by someone other than Darrin, but it works for Carson. 



More reading before bed...



I LOVE running into friends at the baseball field that I don't get to see. Such a treat. 

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Less Words Wednesday

Random thoughts and a few likes. I made poppyseed chicken on Monday because Darrin was out of town and I knew we could eat it for leftovers on Wednesday. Then I left it out overnight and had to throw it all away :( This was disappointing on so many levels!


I finally found a sunless tanner that doesn't smell bad. It's a foam so it's easy to put on too.


Carson has been so tired lately. I keep worrying that he's getting sick, but maybe it's a growth spurt or something.


Miles had his last hitting lesson for a while. Season begins tomorrow with his first scrimmage. About to see his work pay off.


Meanwhile Carson has been hitting a lot of golf balls in the front yard. 


Sunday I fixed a couple snacks for Carson early in the day so we didn't have to get up every couple hours to make him something to eat. He always seems to ask right after I sit down. 


I watched a friend take notes with different color pens during the sermon. And now I've decided that I'm way more likely to read my bible at night when I have colored pens to write with. 


Again, I'll never be a food blogger for obvious reasons, but we've been making our own guac and it's so good. Approximately, 2 avocados half mashed/half chucky, 1/4 cup red onion, 1/4 cup of diced tomato, 1/8 cup of bacon bits, 2-3 tablespoons of lime juice, and as much cilantro and salt as you like. So good.


I wear sunscreen every day. This works, is not greasy, and does not break my face out. 


Marmee has been watching a lot of football with us lately. The three of us share this heated blanket. A regular blanket just won't work for me these days.


Carson wears a watch all the time. He knows when he's supposed to wake up, when he can play video games, when we are leaving to go somewhere, and when it's time for bed. He is very diligent with his schedule. I predict a punctual adult.

Sunday, January 28, 2024

January Wrap Up

I knew it had been a while since I blogged, but I didn't know it was before the new year. I was sick for so long. I am finally back to normal, so let's wrap up January.

We got 5-6 inches of snow. Because the temps were so low and the snow wouldn't melt, the boys missed 5 days of schools which spanned two weeks. 


Miles and Carson played outside a couple days, but it was very cold. It was even in the negative temperatures a couple days. One day as I was driving to work, my car said it was 2 degrees. That's really cold for us. 


Miles and Carson have played their share of video games this winter. We make Carson take some breaks. The other day during a break, he was reading his Bible in his room. I found him with his Bible, 3 devotionals, and a Spiderman book. He looked like he was studying to preach a sermon. He came out of his room and said David did something bad. Learning to read has been so fun for him. 


Santa bought the boys new sleds and snow gloves, but he neglected clothes, boots, and jackets. Carson had to wear his regular boots outside the first day, because his from last winter were a size 3 and he wears a 6. His socks were soaking wet when he came in. I poured the water out of his boots. 


The second day I made him wear my snow boots. They were a little big, but definitely fit well enough for him to wear. They helped him stay warm so much better.


Darrin and I played in it the first day and had our fill.


Miles had to wear my snow pants since he didn't have any. Again, we must prepare better for next time. 



Red cheeks and crazy hair after a couple hours outside.


I had to work from home quite a bit. We closed completely one day and then worked shortened hours several days in a row. Working from home is not my favorite, because I like my set up at work, but it's nice to have the ability when I need to.


We've been loving playoff football. We made some predictions last weekend. Marmee and Carson won. We didn't pick this week because as it turns out our family is pretty competitive :)


Lots of inside time this winter. I'm ready for spring...longer days and more time outside in the fresh air. It will be here before we know it.


Miles had his 8th grade baseball pictures. I know it's sad that he's growing up, but I love this age. It's fun to watch him mature and chase his dreams.


We also had high school orientation which seems unreal when I really stop to think about it. He's ready for it!


We're still loving nachos on the kitchen island. We did this for fun, but it's pretty great regarding the lack of dishes too.


Our fridge went out a couple weeks ago. Darrin ordered a part and tried to fix it. Carson couldn't stand that we weren't cleaning out the fridge while we were waiting for the part, so he did it. Unfortunately, the part didn't work and we had to order a new fridge. The snow delayed delivery a week. Thankfully we had a spare fridge in the garage, but it was not fun going out to the garage during the coldest week of the winter to get things out of the fridge.


Carson got a build your own volcano for Christmas, so we did that during the snow storm. 


Miles got his new uniform for his middle school season. Their first scrimmage in next week and we are ready for it!!