Football Football Football

It's that time of year again....Football!!!

Bug has been playing peewee football for the past few weeks. Doug is the head coach and defensive coach for the team. So far they are undefeated and have not been scored on. GO Eagles!!!



Doug coaching defense


Love our #69



Offense in the Huddle



Roo helping as water boy for his community credits for graduation

Twitter

So I thought since I hardly post on here, I would see if I do any better with Twitter. Not sure if I like it yet.

Well...baseball season is winding down for us. Roo is finished with his select season with the Bengals. They finished 8th in the State Tournament. I can honestly say that they went out with a bang. For the 2nd time, Roo got ejected from a baseball game. He was making his way to 3rd base and deciding to clear his baseline. I'm thinking he may need to try football but he is thinking baseball. Doug helped out the Bengals during the State Tournament coaching 1st base....he's awesome.

Bug has one more tournament and then All Stars will be done. They came in 2nd place in their first 2 tournaments and 6th in the State Tournament. He is starting to look like a catcher. He caught to foul balls over home plate this season.

I'm so proud of my boys. I love watching them do what they love. It will be hard to adjust not having to run to the fields after work.


Here is some pics of Roo (My #5)



Roo pitching




Here a pic of Doug with Roo before heading to 1st base.



Some of Bug (My #10)

Having fun in the dugout.



Making a great catch.

Baseball Baseball & More Baseball

I LOVE watching my boys play ball. So when we found out that Bug was nominated for the 7 yr old All Star team, we were thrilled. This is where the fun started with running between fields that are in different towns. Roo plays for a Select team....Bug All Stars....same tournaments...different locations.

This past weekend was the Zeke Walley Tournament. Our boys were playing 15 minutes from each other. So it wasn't too bad to drive to catch all their games.

Roo's team - Bengals




The Bengals placed 3rd in their age division of the tournament. These guys play great until they have one bad play or call. Roo was pitching in the game that they were eliminated in. He did great. Had a sweet pick off to 2nd base. He hit a triple. But then he didn't slide coming home and put his shoulder into the catcher, knocking his mask off. Roo got ejected from the game.






Bug's team - Wild Hogs





The Wild Hogs finished 2nd in the tournament for their age group. These boys played great even in this heat.

Here is a pic from the press box during the Championship game. Wild Hogs are in the field. Bug is #10...our catcher.



Here is a pic of Doug and the boys after Bug received his trophy for runner up in the tournament.

Bug in May

Like his brother Roo, Bug has been on the baseball field. His regular rec team did great. They were 12-2 and won the League Championship game for their age group. Doug was his 1st base coach. They had so much fun.

Here is Doug helping him get his catcher gear on.





Bug sliding into home.



The Heat Team Pic.

Roo in May

May 16th is when Roo's school held their annual 8th grade Rewind. Roo was nominated for 3 categories: Coolest couple with his girlfriend, Jessica; Most likely to ask a million questions; and Ladies man.


Drum roll please.......Roo got Ladies Man, to the dismay of his girlfriend.

Here is a pic of me with the 2011 FMS Ladies Man. (Note: he is pointing at his trophy)




Also the next day, the school held their usual awards day program. Roo got an Athletic Award. He had the 2nd highest batting average and the most doubles.

Here he is with his girlfriend at Awards Day.




Also, not only was it awards day on the 17th but it was also Roo's birthday. What did he get to do for his birthday?....3 hour tryouts for the High School team. All of his hard work paid off. A week later he found out that he made the team. Doug and I were excited for him.

Teenage Years

I was so wrong about the whole parenting through the teen years. I thought that I would be eased on into it. I thought that since I had boys and not girls, I would escape the "girlie" drama that girls go through. Wrong....wrong....wrong.

I never thought about the drama that would come with my son having a girlfriend and having friends that are girls. Oh wow! This will be hard. By the time I make it through with Roo, Bug will be entering the teen phase. Hopefully, I will be better prepared for him.

I realize that they are young, unlike us who can say "if I had know then what I know now". But really.....some of this stuff they start leaves me at a loss for words sometimes. It's the same song and dance, just a different generation.

The hard part for me is to be on the sidelines (where I belong) and let him experience the teenage life. Learn from his own mistakes and the mistakes of his peers, only brought in when my advice is asked for.

Yes.....I'm not ready for this but unfortunately, there are no signs for a U-turn.

Bug - Our Goalie

Bug did great as Goalie

Bug - Goalie 2

Short video of Bug as Goalie

Baseball

I love baseball. I love watching my boys play baseball. I especially love it when strangers come up to the fence of their games and start talking about my boys when they don't know who the parents of the kids are.

Don't get me wrong. I have had my fair share of people saying some harsh thing about my boys while in a game. I am real quick to let them know who that child's parent is just because of past experiences.

But they live, learn and grow with their experiences. Last night was full of mixed emotion.

Roo was catching for the 2nd time in his school game. We were all excited. Doug was at Bug's soccer game the 1st school game Roo caught in so last night was the 1st time (not recorded) that he saw him catch for the school.

He loves catching and has done it throughout his rec ball "career". The coaches for the school didn't allow him to catch for them last year because he was a lefty. I admit....you don't see many left handed catchers. But when the kid is good...does it matter what hand? Roo proved himself against the other catchers on the team and has been place on the roster to catch.

But then he squatted wrong towards the begging of the game and hurt his leg. True Roo fashion, he sucked it up and played. When he wasn't catching or batting, he was icing his knee. The coach pulled him at the ending of the game.

Even though he was catching hurt, he still had some rec league coaches come up to the fence after their practices were done to see the "left handed" catcher. Didn't hear any critics last night. It's moments like this that I'm so proud for Roo. I can sit back and listen to the talk with a smile on my face because they are praising my son not knowing his mother is sitting near them.

Being his mother, I think he hangs the moon. But knowing how much hard work he has put into a sport he loves and to have strangers notice it.....I like that feeling too.

The trainer looked at him this morning and thankfully his knee is fine. They are saying hamstring. He has light baseball duty the rest of the week which doesn't make him happy, along with some special exercises to help.

Roo Catching In School Game

Yes, he is a "lefty" catcher. Roo got to catch for the school. Little rusty after not catching for 2 years but we were still proud of him.

Roo At Bat In School Game

Here is Roo batting.

Roo At Bat Again

Roo at bat at one of his games. So funny how he swings his bat to get ready.

In Full Spring

WOW!!! Can we say busy? Weather is warming up and the boys sports are in full swing. We are always running to one field or another for a game or practice.

Roo is playing baseball again for the school this year. He has also be invited to play select ball. So the select ball covers our weekends now until the end of June.

School Pic


Pre-Game talk



Roo batting


Roo & Tyler - Select ball



Roo batting



Bug is 2 weeks away from finishing soccer. He has already started practicing with his baseball team.

Doug is coaching Bug's team






Bug at ball practice




It is exhausting just thinking about all of it plus still have to work and keep the house in order. I love it and wouldn't trade all the running with them for anything.

Class of 2021 - "Hats off to America"

Bug has his school program this morning. "Hats off to America". They were so cute and did such a good job.

Great Dentist Visit

Can you really ever say that you had a great dentist visit? Not many people enjoy going to the dentist. However, for me this was a GREAT dentist visit today.

Here is some back ground....my now 7 year old hates (and I means hates) going to the dentist. He usually starts his assault before we even arrive. He hates having stuff in his mouth. Once there, he is usually crying and pushing them away when they try to do x-rays and clean his teeth. Our visit usually ends with everyone frustrated and me dragging him out of the office.

Today though was different. I'm not sure if he is finally maturing on this level or the fact that we were trying a new dentist. But we arrived this morning and he was fine, no temper, no crying, etc. He was called to one room while his brother to another. I go with Bug, assuming that this won't end well as in the past. He surprised me. He let them do the x-rays and clean his teeth without so much of a complaint. He did ball his fist occasionally but he made it through.

However, we didn't escape without him crying. Bug had his 1st cavity. Now being his first and not knowing what to expect.....he starts crying. Once they assured him that it was fine and it wouldn't hurt to fill it, he was fine and let them fill it without any numbing medication.

I was so proud of him. It was one of those times that I didn't want to take him back to school. Wish I could have kept him out all day and celebrated, but school comes first.

FUN FUN FUN

Weekends should really be longer than 2 days. We had so much fun hanging out with friends this weekend. We grilled and play the "Just Dance" game on the Wii. Videos are posted below.

Dancing

Bug, Roo, Billy & Leslie

Bug & Jaylne

Ty, Roo & Billy

Crazy weekend with friends

So the hubby got another "toy". This time is was another type of stun gun. Of course, he then went looking for volunteers. He found one.....

Love - it happens

Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you. ~ jacques prevert

Weird Rack!!!!

Check out the deer that my hubby got! The rack is strange. They couldn't find any signs that it had been in a fight. It was a 9 or 10 point, hard to tell with the way the rack was....around 200 lbs.