One lucky girl: throw in the towel??

hmm.. I thought I might hop on here to say I'm done with the blog but I guess I feel like I should give it one more shot before throwing in the towel, right?

so we have been off for well over a month and you would think with not working I would have all this time to blog. nope.

I think we just may be busier than ever right now. Jacob and I are up every morning way too early for summer.. about 7am. Except on the the real good days when shane has to leave around that time and he tells me to sleep in.. I love those words:)

Then i have to grab him before 9am and then take him back for hoops practice when they have it. This week jackson is in basketball camp all day at Jefferson and that hike back and forth twice a day is CRAZY! 45 minutes each way so about 3 hours in the flippin' car a day. This morning Shane took him and I was sooo excited! good thing it's just the week. I hate driving for long periods .. I've been spoiled with that too because Shane takes on most of that always.

so late mornings and early afternoons have been filled with house work- trying to keep it clean and all laundry caught up, scrapbook class stuff, photography workshop, and any errands. This part of the day goes so fast. I try to fill it with productive tasks. You know during the school year when you would have that snow day or a day off you just weren't counting on, it was like i felt I could accomplish a thousand things and this summer I just feel like it is so packed with sports commitments that there isn't as much getting done or all the real fun stuff. We are busy in the day but have games every night and usually we are split up with the boys or the real lucky nights when we have an early game for one and then the late game for the other and we spend 5-6 hours at the ball park. We haven't even been to MW yet! crazy! I thought Jacob and I would go a day or two this week and then grab Jackson from camp but it's been so damn cool and rainy this summer. such a bummer.

Candi and Troy have come for dinner and to ball games- so good to get to know the guy who is responsible for all this happiness:)

Jacob has hoops in wisconsin two nights a week.. two games each night so that's fun but it also takes 45 minutes just to get there too:(

He looks so grown up in his Indians jersey..

Baseball is coming to a close and lots of tournaments will fill the rest of this month. Jackson has had the BEST season we could've asked for. He has had over 10 home runs and last week he hit his second grad slam!!He was asked to join a Bronco game this week {the older league} so that was a great experience. He hit a two run bomb when we came back from denver and I finally remembered the flip.

Jackson plays his end of year tournament this weekend, Shane is in a softball tournament all weekend in Byron, and Jacob has a basketball tournament in wisconsin this weekend. Next week Jackson plays in a tournament with the travel team that he made. That will be out a at Roy Gayle. Next weekend Jacob will be playing his Regional tournament.. they won for the league and advanced without having to play state. Jacob has struggled to hit the ball this year in this upper division but he has made some unbelievable plays defensively. His games are so exciting to watch!

I feel like I am trying to remember what has happened and what i should share..

Shane had a great father's day and we went to visit his dad and had a cookout..

We went to Denver the end of june for my brother's wedding. We left at 10pm and drove straight through. Shane drove til 5am and I drove til noon. We had great food, a really nice hotel right downtown and enjoyed pool time daily. Friday we went to a street mall and that was a great time and then we went to the 'night before the big night' party and had pizza, drinks, and yummy ice cream sandwiches. Lots of family and a really good time..

Saturday was the wedding and it was beautiful outside. The view from the ceremony-

My favorite part was during the vows, my brother pulls out a guitar and sings to her. I of course was crying:) managed to still try to take some pictures. I took hundreds but sharing a few...

They were married outside at a pavilion and then we went to Lodo's for the reception, a rooftop restaurant/bar right across from coors field. They had lots of unique spins and the photo booth was a huge hit with Jackson all night! He was in there or on the dance floor all night! So very glad we could all make it there. It was wonderful but ended too soon. We were all feeling a little bummed to have to head home without really hanging out with them or having more time to spend in Denver. Shane and i love it there. My dad was there and so that was the only down fall of the evening but he only approached me once and my kids were okay so I was okay. A few drinks helped me to eventually lighten up too:)

at 10pm the bar was then open to the public to join us and so technically the boys were not of age to be there. My favorite is when the police came up and wanted us to leave, my sister who was hammered tells the cop off.. '"listen, this is our brother's wedding and these are her kids and they aren't leaving" It was great. The cop actually bought the boys each a red bull and let us stay. We chose to leave pretty soon though because it got packed and a rowdy crowd to watch your kids in.

I want to remember:

*Jackson asking ten thousand questions

*Shane getting a speeding ticket.. just somethin' about Iowa!

*Swimming in the rain and getting caught in the POURING rain while downtown at the street mall

*Hearing the hotel hairdryer going off all the time and realizing it was Jackson upstairs in the loft, blow-drying the little hair he has. made me laugh outloud EVERY time;)

* forgeting my camera battery at home in Illinois and Shane driving me all over to get one and not being crabby about it one bit.

*playing cards together at night

*Jackson begging for the loft bedroom

* Jacob saying he loves when people call him sir.. makes him feel like a man!LOL!

*playing the alphabet game in the car with Jackson and he fell asleep on letter J.

Started the game over when Shane was awake and I found letter Z and finally beat him:)

*Going to get breakfast each morning, just me and the kids still in our pjs

*Learning that Michael Jackson died and feeling so shocked.

*loving that shane is so relaxed when he is on vacation

*people watching while eating outside at the street mall

*Jackson begging us not to cut his hair for the wedding.. he so wants long hair. only 8 more years kiddo:)

*loving Denver and wishing we could stay just a few more days

* Shane sitting in the only shaded spot, ready his magazine while I soaked up the sun and the kids lived in the water

*Jacob and Jackson wearing Kevin's sunglasses most of the night at the reception and thinking they looked so cute!

*Silly photos in the photo booth with everyone I love

*Jackson tearing up the dance floor

*Jacob too cool to get out and dance with all those 'old' people:)

*Shane calling me soldier all weekend for sharing the drive

*wishing we took road trips more often

great trip!

We had our nieces over night last week. Gabby is talking so much now and she is the princess of the house!

We went to Shane's aunts house for a 4th party

Jackson lighting his first little rocket. the highlight for him:)

{ i made Gabby's hair festive for the occasion:)}

then headed to party at our friends and then scooped up Jacob's friend before dark and headed downtown to watch the fireworks. my favorite tradition:)

Jacob, the teenager that he is, was focused more on the cute girls in front of us and texting.

My photography class is in full swing and it is a ton of information to take in but I have this binder to fill and it's huge and then each lesson is in audio form which i love because i can fold laundry and still hear all the info:)

Shane is off all next week.. we are all looking forward to that. Jackson has baseball going into Monday if they make the championship game so we had to move our Lake Geneva reservation from the weekend to mid week. Can't wait. We are staying here in the cottage suite. It's beautiful there.

Jacob and I have been working on invites for his birthday. We are letting him have another big bday party. yes, we are crazy. No sleepover this time but we would like to get a few couples to come and help us 'supervise' so let me know if you can help. anyone?? c'mon:)

14. I am in denial of course and can't even think about next month and his high school journey. not yet anyway.

I have been busy gearing up for another month on my website and classes/kits. I got some of these cute goodies that arrived from back order.

They are for an upcoming kit..I can't wait. I also need to take some time this summer to get a jump on the fall craft show here and add to the Etsy shop.

I hope to get out the boy's school albums and have them help with last years photos and papers and finish Jacob's DC book and hope to make a little book from our Denver trip. maybe at scrapnight?

We are going to go to Great America in august and St. Louis the next month for Labor day softball tournament with the gang. looking forward to a few more getaways this summer.

Hope you are all enjoying summer and maybe I can try to jump on here again soon before giving it up. lots of my friends have gone away from the blogging but they are also addicted to FB.. I can say that i mostly update from my phone and only get on there every once and awhile. I would like to dig up some old pictures though.

Jackson was supposed to have a game that was rained out but they still scrimmaged so I ended up at home when I didn't plan to be so stuck some baked potatoes in the oven and hopped on here. I wonder if any of you are even checking here anymore for posts.. this may be too late:)lol!

Comments

I still check on you and don't want you to give it up, even if you only post on occasion. That's pretty much all I do anymore, but I'm not quitting yet.

Posted by: Stacie | July 08, 2009 at 10:58 PM

I sure hope you don't quit blogging! I love keeping up with you and these incredible athletes of yours. Can't wait to show Noah Jackson's home run tomorrow. And you look awesome by the way!!