JUNE!!!

Its freakin JUNE…seriously people wow. I haven’t written on Sundays for a little while and it’s a Thursday today and I have a few minutes before I have to pick up Teddy from school and then the afternoon gets away from me. It always is super busy from the moment the kids get back to when we go to bed. We had the missionaries over for dinner on Tuesday and I tried to get my house cleaned for them but it was still not great. I just feel like I have no time; I work at the school and then work for my dad and then get the kids to their various activities; don’t get me wrong, I do like being busy, but my house just gets fell by the wayside. I hope that this summer I can go through things and keep up the cleaning and just do better.

We were suppose to be done with softball last week but one of Macy’s games got rained out, so her make up game is tonight, last one…well sorta, she is going to be on a summer team this year. A lot of the girls from her team have played together before and some are really good. Macy is getting better, she gets down on herself when we try and teach her. Her spring coach was just a volunteer father and his daughter who plays high school ball helped coach. This summer team, the coach is actually the high school coach. He and his wife really know what they are talking about and Macy had her first practice yesterday and was a little discouraged afterwards because they were teacher her a little bit different than her other coaches. I had to remind her that each coach will be a little different but this summer team is going to teach her the most. I have high hopes for her and I hope that she can pick it up.

May was full of ball games. Last year, Sam coached Teddy’s baseball team but this year he was not able to because he was the head varsity coach whereas last year he was assistant coach and did both. It took a good little while but we found a coach that took over Teddy’s team. Macy of the boys from last year quit playing baseball to play basketball, so this team looks quite a lot different but they are doing okay. We lost the first game really bad but came back and won the next 5. Last week we played the first team again and lost pretty bad. You win some you lose some. I think Teddy has been having a good time though.

I have to pipe in about Sally too; she did so much better this year than last year with tball. Last year she cried almost every game and just sat in the grass. This year she was in coach pitch and she did really well; she only cried the first practice but she found her courage and did well in her games. She hit the ball most of the time and participated in the game. I was very proud of her.

My parents were able to come to a game of Sally's and a little of Macy's. I am grateful that they make an effort to be a part of our lives. Its no secret that they love my little family and they are always helping us out; just like they do in the lives of all of my siblings and their kids. I have come a long way with relationships with my family members and I will keep trying. 

The kids had their field trips in May. I only have a picture of Sally’s because another mom sent me some. Sally got to go to Bear World and play at the park. Macy went to the Mountain Man Rendezvous and Teddy went to a movie. Its always a fun day.

Macy finished up her Idaho History Project and turned in in; we did a photo book from Shutterfly and then she had a posterboard of some pictures and a write up. Her teacher thought it was really cool that she did her project on family history and heritage. It was fun to be able to go see her at school and also see other peoples projects. There were 8 kids from her class that did the Gold Rush, popular topic. So I am glad we did something personal and different. 

So I guess that is it. Our last day of school is tomorrow; and I am so ready. Madison and Idaho Falls were done last Friday and Monday was Memorial Day, so there was no school. It was so hard to go back on Tuesday for four more days. 

Today, the 5th graders at South Fork had a barbeque. The kids had to earn points to be able to go and at one point Teddy didn't think he was going to be able to go but he did really well the last couple of months and earned his way. I am proud of him, tomorrow is his last day of elementary school. At the beginning of the year he kept saying how he wanted to be done with elementary school; it was in part because he was going to a school that he was having a hard time with, once I moved him, he seemed to do much better; and now he keeps saying how much he will miss fifth grade and he doesn't know if he is ready. Well ready or not, he is moving on and its just crazy. I missed his first day of Kindergarten but I will not miss his last day of 5th grade, nor I hope will I ever miss another first day. 

I may not like where my body is physically or like what I look at when I see myself in a mirror, but I am there for my kids, where I want before. I wake up, and somedays are uber hard, but I try my best and I make mistakes, but that is part of life. My kids know that I love them, I may loose my temper and yell and get upset but I am there for them and that is all that is asked of me. I will keep trying to better myself and just do it.