May Already?!?!?!

Where did April go? This year is going WAY TOO FAST!!!
I guess I'll recap the end of April and see what has been happening around here.
RJ has had several "school" ball games since I posted last. His team is undefeated! WOW!! They had several cancelled games this past week due to the rain. On Saturday the 25th, he had a double header and we got sunburned from sitting in the sun all day!
He is also playing on a Hot Stove team here in our town. He had a game with them on Wednesday & then Thursday he was able to play with them again since his school game was cancelled. They were down by 2 and RJ got up. He hit a sweet stand-up triple bringing home the tieing run. Then they walked the next batter & the next batter got up and hit a simple base hit. When they threw the ball to 1st to get him out, RJ took off for home & beat the throw, bringing in the winning game.
B's first softball game got cancelled due to the rain. She will have her next game this week. She loves playing softball and is getting quite good at it! She is a righty but bats left handed. It has taken several years and getting up into the older level for the coaches to quit trying to 'fix' her when she gets up to bat. She has been batting left handed since coaches pitch so let's just leave her alone! HAHA!
R has her first game on Tuesday also. She had practice this afternoon & did a good job at pitcher & in the field too. She has come a long way in pitching since last year. What an improvement.
May has started off with a bang! Rod was gone with some friends playing in a band for a fundraiser thing on Friday night, RJ had a game - which got rained out in the 1st inning, Rachel had practice - at which she got soaked about 5 minutes before I got there to pick her up! Saturday, RJ was suppose to have a double header but due to weather things got changed around. Instead of leaving the house at 7, we didn't have to leave until 9:45 so that was nice. After the game, we spent the remainder of the afternoon & evening at some good friend's house. We had a great time & as always enjoyed the fellowship of friends.
I cannot believe it is almost Mother's Day - have no clue what I am doing for my Mom or MIL. Also, our 20th anniversary is coming up soon. RJ has about 2 weeks left in school ball then all of our games will be here in town instead of his being all over the place.
Well that is our latest update!!

Rod's Doctor Appointment

Rod had a doctor’s appointment yesterday with his neurologist - just his yearly check up. He has had increased seizure sensations, but not increased seizure activity.
I had him ask about this, when we went to the doctor 6 months ago we asked but we saw one that was filling in for his regular doctor and he was NOT any help at all. So I am glad that he saw his regular doctor today. We found out some things that will increase the sensations and so we will try to correct that.
One is fatigue, which we knew about and with his job sometimes it just can’t be helped but I will push for extra sleep on days after he has worked lots of hours.
The other is aspartame, which he has had an increased amount of since we found out his blood sugar was high. So now, we will have to work on sugar another way and he will not be drinking coke zero anymore.
He is going to have blood work done (routine for medications) and also has an EEG scheduled. He has not had one for a while so I am glad the doctor ordered that.

Another Warriors Win!!! Brandi's practice & Dinner!

Another Warriors WIN!!!! GO TEAM!!! They are now 3-0!!

Tonight RJ's arm was bothering him - not sure what is up with that but we will have to keep an eye on it. It was a bummer because we had several people at the game to watch him tonight! He only batted twice and played in one inning because of his arm :(
Our youth pastor, his wife and son all came out! And then another family from church were there - we were playing the school the boys played for - and their nephew also plays on the team with RJ.
They won tonight 14 to 3 in the 5th inning. GO TEAM!!!!

Brandi had her second practice tonight. She said it went well, and that she almost got hit in the head by both of her coaches during batting practice! HAHA! I am SO thankful to several good friends who are helping with transportation for some of these practices & future games. I need to be cloned about 3 or 4 times!

I am so proud of Brandi and SO thankful for her!! She has cooked dinner 3 out of the 4 nights this week. We have had spaghetti & salad, salisbury steak & mashed potatoes & veggies and tonight we had a freezer meal (cheeseburger pasta). She is such a HUGE help around the house, especially with me working! I don't know what I would do with out her!!!

Our plans have been changed this week!!

The beginning of our week changed dramatically!! RJ was suppose to have a game Monday but the other team cancelled. Then they were going to have practice but rain cancelled that, so they scheduled for Tuesday & again rain cancelled it - and the Wednesday practice too. Although we had already told the coach that RJ would not be able to make the Wednesday practice.

RJ's hotstove team DID practice Tuesday despite it raining. The boys were soaked!! But with so few practices they have to get in what they can I guess.

Rachel's team also practiced tonight but again, since it is Wednesday and we have church on Wednesdays, she did not go. Hopefully she will be able to make it to her practice Saturday.

Easter!!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!!! We had a great Easter!!! Church this morning, and of course we took a few minutes for pictures!! Came home to a great meal and some quiet family time!!! Priceless!!!

I am SO thankful for a Risen Savior and all that Christ did for us on the cross - even though we are not worthy of it! He loved us before we were even born and died for us!

Busy Day!!

What a busy day!!!!
Brandi & I had 'FRIENDS' class at 9. We had planned on having class until 3 but then had some changes to the schedule and had to end at noon.
The church had a community Easter Egg-stravaganza and that was a lot of fun. Pastor Christina planned the whole thing and it was wonderful! I am not sure how many people were there but it looked like a ton!! We had 1000 eggs out there filled with candy!! Rachel went on the hunt!


Brandi helped with the 'petting zoo' area. Her friend brought a couple of goats and Brandi helped her. There were also rabbits, sheep, and I am not sure what else out there!!



RJ also had his first practice with his hotstove team. He knows 2 boys on the team, which is good. He has not played spring/summer ball in Wadsworth before. He did play fall ball last year in Wadsworth so that helped him a bit. I don't think it bothers him to play with a new group of boys, which is good.

Softball!!! It has begun!!!

Both the girls have gotten their calls about softball. They are both on the same teams they were on last year. Brandi had her first practice tonight and was SO excited!!!

We are going to be spending our time RUNNING the next 3 months!! Baseball, softball - if I am not at home or at church, I will be at one field or another!!!