lovely spring evening

We had a busy but lovely night.

J had a flag football game at 5:30



Blocked pass



We grilled out after the game. The temperatures are so nice right now. We have to take advantage before the sweltering heat of the summer.



I spent this afternoon cutting out flames from painters tape & J started painting his derby car. Hopefully it turns out cool.



Overall a good night. Now if the kids would only go to bed so I can too.

playing possum

DH got a wild hair this morning. He has these grand plans for making a kids' den in the attic and is trying to figure out where to put the staircase. He started measuring walls and moving garage stuff out of the way, which quickly led to going through everything on the shelves in the garage and clearing out. I think we're on our way to having a garage sale, but I'm not sure.

Anyway, he opened the door and yelled, "Come out here. Bring your camera, it's blog-worthy!" I wouldn't say DH is a huge fan of the blog, so for him to call something blog-worthy made me hurry.




Up on one of the garage shelves was a baby possom. He trapped it in a beer box. Pretty darn cute in a rat/rodent like way.




He wasn't too thrilled with being trapped in a box. Frankie went over to check him out and almost got nipped on the nose for his curiosity. It had some pretty fierce looking teeth.

DH tipped the box over and it ran off under the fence. Hopefully he won't come back.

Secret Crafting Blogged

Way back in January I started a new project. It took me awhile but I finally finished it. It took me another week to actually put it in a box and mail it. I got word today that the present had arrived, so I'm finally blogging the finished product.

My friend Susan is super-pregnant with her 5th child. More power to her. She's due the 22nd, c-section scheduled the 15th. She's praying she doesn't make it that long.

I thought of knitting her a baby blanket but I waited way too long to start. The new baby would have been 5 before I finished it. In January I read this post on her blog. Thank the heavens she didn't have a new baby with her that day.  If she had, she would have needed one of these. I had to make her one.


Here is the result.



It is made from fabric from City Craft and scraps from my mother's stash. The backing is a remnant of green fleece. Even if it isn't used as stroller blanket, it is a great size for the baby's tummy time.

Now we just have to sit back and wait for Baby#5 to arrive. Come on baby boy, it's time.

ETA: Baby Andrew is here. I guess it just took a blanket arriving to entice him out.

soccer

We found out at the last minute that J had a soccer game at 5:30. Of course it is on a busy day. A had choir and a project on a famous Texan to finish and DH had Dad's Club meeting. We managed everything except a home cooked meal and bed time was closer to 9pm instead of 8pm. Maybe tomorrow night.

J asked me to bring my camera and get pictures. I forgot my big lens. I don't like taking pictures of soccer games. If I want to get good pictures I have to stay at the sidelines and follow the game. I prefer to stand and chitchat while watching the game. The pictures reflect it. They are mostly from behind and from far away. Oh well, I took pictures.




(By the way, J is #99.)

I missed a shot of J scoring a goal because I was actually watching and screaming instead of staring through the camera. He told me before the game that he didn't want to play defense because he wanted to score a goal. The coach put him in at midfield and he scored. So exciting.

I took this picture of my niece. I love her freckles.

Opening Day

We headed out to the Ballpark in Arlington for Opening Day today with Sister #2 and 3 of her 4 girls. It was a good day.

We dropped off the tickets and A at my sister's house and picked up my niece M. DH was antsy to get there early for all the "festivities" and to miss the traffic. We got down there quickly with no traffic. He was happy.

First we watched batting practice. There was a free concert before the game. I fist-bumped this guy. He's the lead singer of Cowboy Mouth, a band that DH and I never missed when they came to town before we had children. We met up with my sister & the girls at the concert. They played a few songs we actually knew but it's hard to get a crowd of 50 people really rocking at 11am on a Monday.

Next we headed into the stadium to our seats. They had lots of pre-game activities.

A huge flag for the national anthem.


Jets flying overhead


A double amputee parachuted in with the first ball (pictures didn't turnout, but here's a link to pic on Sister#2's blog) which was thrown out by Roger Staubach (which I missed taking children to the restroom).

Excited fans
Niece M


DH & J (B was hiding from the camera)


The game itself wasn't that great for the most part. The first 4 innings were especially bad for me because this was my view.


Luckily after the 5th the guys went for beer and switched seats around. I was finally able to watch the game. There was a great 3 run homerun to tie the game in the 7th and a dramatic come from behind win the bottom of the 9th. M & J weren't really paying attention and asked why everyone was cheering. I told them we won and they got excited.

Happy Easter

Hope everyone has a beautiful day!



My dogwood tree in bloom

When does Lent end?

I read that Lent ends at 3pm on Holy Friday. Other sources via google say that Lent ends with the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday.

Either way, officially, I could totally binge on Diet Coke today. Or should I hold out for one more day?

I guess I'll see how the day goes and if I need it versus really want it. I know I really want it. Still.

I think I can hold out for 1 more day.