Gage Plays Baseball

Today we got to watch one of Gage's baseball games. Since we are still working on our laundry area we had to pick up a few things and get back home after the first game.

Gage loves baseball and he plays well. Following are a few pictures from the game:


Gage getting ready for the first batter.


Gage playing 2nd base.


Gage is ready!


Swinging for the fences!


He was screaming "Hit it to me!"


"Come on! Hit it to me!"


Greg working with the coaches.


Don watching the Game


Toni and Lynnli on the way to the truck to try to warm up the bottle.


Full tummy + warm body = happy girl!


Toni happy that her baby is happy!


Mom and Dad arrive for 2nd game.

Fun time. Wish we had longer to stay and watch the 2nd game and visit with family. But it was nice while it lasted and much work got accomplished this afternoon and evening. Things are really coming together nicely.

Neither Beautiful or Efficient - Changes Happening

Our laundry / office area is a mess! It always is overflowing with 'stuff' and just looks junky!

Thanks to a great sale on an unfinished pantry, some leftover paint, plus the baskets and shelves I have bought over the last 5 years, this room is getting a makeover!

Following are the BEFORE shots:






Stay tuned for AFTER photos . . . .

Roxie and the Ghostly Tomatoes

The weatherman is warning us all of the possibility of a freeze tonight. GREAT! We have tomato plants that didn't produce even one tomato during this scorching hot summer. However, when it cooled off, the plants became loaded with little tomatoes. Unfortunately these tomatoes are still green and a freeze is not conducive to their continued growth. In an attempt to save the tomatoes from the possible freeze, Don covered the plants with sheets.

Jump ahead an hour or so . . . I was sitting in the living room and Roxie started woofing. (OK, Woofing is not really a bark. It is more like a relatively quiet 'woof' sound.) I went to see what she is doing and and there she was staring out the back door. Thinking she just needed to go to potty I opened the door and let her out. She ran out into the middle of the yard and stared at those plants covered in sheets. She stared for the longest time - woofing periodically. (I must interject here and let you know that Roxie is NO guard dog. In fact, she is scared of any sudden sound or movement. Heck, a grocery sack falling off the counter can send her running to the bedroom.) As she worked up her courage she stood up straight and tall and walked slowly towards the ghostly figures in the back yard.

Laughter was already welling up inside of me when a gust of wind came through and blew up one of those sheets. OMG! I thought she was going to jump out of her skin and she came running back towards the house. Check out her photo below:

(Notice the furrowed brows)

With much encouragement Roxie finally made it all the way out to these terrifyingly ghostly plants and found that there was nothing to be afraid of. I bragged on her bravery and this is her happy-with-herself smile.