Home Run

Kevin had his first game of the year and I think he had fun!  He's looking more and more grown up out there, standing in his "baseball ready" stance.  Compared to two years ago when he spent most of the time drawing in the dirt, he was really into the game on Saturday (except for the little booty shaking he was doing.....he always has a song in his head).  This year he is on a coach pitch league, where the kids get 3 pitches from the coach and if they don't hit it then they get to hit it off the tee.  First time up Kevin hit off the tee, but the video shows how he whacked the ball on his second time up!  Plus he was the last hitter in the line up so he got to run all the way around the bases for a home run!  Good game A's!!!

p.s. Please check Kevin's blog today and comment if you want.  He spent a lot of time writing this post.

Monday Check-In

So, Kevin and I are competing for blogging time.  Good thing we have two computers!  He's upstairs writing a novel about Mario Galaxy while I try and remember what I did over the past week.  I have a cute video from his first game that I will post later.  The boys also made a few other videos but they are too long to put on here.  We just got back from the park.  Kevin and I have been at two different parks today, since 10 am, so I figure the boys can have some down time now.

So here's the run down:

Monday - 6.0

Tues. - 5.5

Wed. - 0

Thurs. 7.0

Fri.- 2.7

Sat. - 10.5

Sun. - 0

Total for the week:  31.7

I have signed up for my second race for this coming Saturday, which is a 5k (3.1 miles) followed by a 10k (6.2 miles).  The 10k has hills so I may have gotten myself into more than I wanted, but I will just take it slow and see if I make it to the finish.  I hope to make it back in time to see Kevin's game, but we'll see how long it takes to get to the end.  

I have been pushing myself a little harder than usual lately because there is a marathon in San Diego on June 1st and I have been thinking in the back of my mind that maybe I could do it ......and then take a little break before going to Yosemite.  I still want to, but am conflicted because Kevin's last game is the day before and with a team party right after that.  There is no way I am heading down there for my first marathon by myself.  So, I may just keep trudging away and keep that November date on the schedule.  My body is wanting to slow down a little, so I may need to listen.

Back to "Normal"

My mom left yesterday morning after a good week here.  I am sure she is ready for a vacation now because I know she didn't really get one here.  Zach is missing his playmate already!  So now we have to go back to our "normal" routine.  Kevin starts his first baseball game this morning and I am planning on running home from it in order to get my run in before Garrett goes to the Dodger game with his dad and brother.  Hopefully we will have a relaxing afternoon and enjoy the weekend.  Kevin is now on spring break for two weeks, so that will give us some easier mornings around here without having to rush out the door.

I managed to get a few pictures before my mom left.  The boys wanted to be silly, as always, and of course Nana just went along with it.  

Thanks, mom, for all your help, all you do, and who you are!  

My Mom

My mom has come to visit this week and so I've been busy doing other things than blogging.  Things like going out for hikes and runs.  Things like, getting my reports written during the day instead of having to wait until 9:00 at night after the kids are in bed.  Zach has been loving having her here.  He follows her around pretty much from the time he wakes up until bed time.  She is a hard worker and so Zach has just been helping her in the back yard, doing the clean up of things that I just tend to ignore.  And then when they come inside he brings out the games for them to play.   I mentioned that I wanted to clean up the garage to get ready for Zach's birthday party next month and she says, "Just tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it".  (I really wasn't intending for her to do this one).  This is just the way she is.

I'm gonna try to get some good pictures these next couple of days because I hardly have any on my mom.  So I'll post them when I do.  In the mean time, I am off to work today.  It's nice having my mom around!

Monday Check In

Did you think I forgot?  Here's the run down for the week.

Monday- 5.1 (same hike, it may be a little longer than this actually)

Tues. - 0

Wed. - 5.6

Thurs. - 3.0

Fri. - 0

Sat. - 15.1 (My legs were like Jello)

Sun. - 0

Lot of 0's this week, but I got in my longest run ever.  Total for the week =  28.8

Happy Belated Easter

So we've been quite busy around here and as usual we've been making the holiday last longer than its typical one day.  So I just have a bunch of pictures to share before getting Kevin off to school.  Zach is on spring break this week, or as he says, "I'm not going back for a long, long time."  And my mom is here this week to visit and help out. 

These first pics are from Thurs. when Aunt Susan came up and made Easter Bunny cakes with the boys.  She brought up all the stuff to make two cakes so each one could have their own.  Then we kept one at our house, while the other traveled back down with her so that we could have it on Easter Sunday.  

Zach's favorite part, tasting everything. 

On Friday we had an egg hunt with the MOMS club.  The boys had fun finding eggs and playing at the park.  And we were able to bring our cake to the party to share.

We dyed our eggs on Saturday.  I told Zach we were coloring eggs, so before I could even get the dyes out he had his marker out and colored his whole egg pink.

And Easter morning.  The boys found eggs that the Easter bunny had left around the house, as well as their baskets.  Then we were off to church, followed by a trip down to Namie's house for a yummy brunch and then back up to our house, where my mom greeted us. 
We need a weekend to recover from our weekend!  Fun, Fun, Fun!

Quote of the Day

Zach, on teaching me how to dance:

"You can dance however you want, but it has to be cool."

Yes, he's only 3.