JP's Baseball Season

JP's baseball season is underway. He plays for a league here in our town. He plays different positions. His team plays in different baseball fields around town. GO HURRICANES!!!

JP a catcher

A Day in the Gardens

School is out here and summer vacation for JP, JA and EM. I took them and one of EM's friend to the Botanical Garden. We love all the different flowers and plants in the garden. It was so beautiful.

Girls are watching the tadpoles

Box Gardening

This year we are trying box gardening. SD and JP built the box garden. We had to purchase bags of top soil and mixed it with manure. We planted tomatoes, carrots, green beans, yellow squash, green onions, hot peppers and Japanese eggplants. AM also planted sweet basils, cilantros and jalapenos in containers.

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Ward Memorial Day BBQ

We had a wonderful Memorial Day spending time with friends. We had BBQ pulled pork, hot dogs, hamburgers and all the yummy fixings. The kids had fun swimming and we enjoy some musics from our friends. We had fun relaxing and visiting with friends. The weather cooperated with the event and it is a wonderful day to remember all the people who fought for our FREEDOM.

Birthday Sleepover for JA

Decorated some yummy cupcakes

Sleepover will not be complete without personal pillows decorated and signed by all attendees.

We did glow in the dark bracelets and the girls made some fun movements that we were able to video taped. They did an awesome stuff.

Enjoying our homemade pillowcases.

PROMOTION for JP!!!

We are a PROUD Ma and Pa!!! Our one and only boy JP got some wonderful award for his promotion night. He received a President's Education Awards Program for getting all A's. The one and only from his 8th Graders. The certificate has a stamped signature of the President of the United States. He also got a certificate for the best student in Geometry. He got recognized for the only student that made it to the School of Science and Math.

JP we LOVE YOU and we are lucky to be your parents. You are an amazing son and you have grown so much. CONGRATULATIONS on ALL your accomplishments!!!

a busy week

Just so I don't forget because sometime I want to write more about these and add pictures, I looked at our calendar for the past week and realized why we might be exhausted.

SUNDAY-Mother's Day: burned beef and vegetables.
MONDAY-EM: neurology appt. SD goes out marking bike routes early morning.
TUESDAY-SA goes out marking bike route early morning. AM volunteering for Band Banquet, has gallstone attack, JP was suppose to attend award ceremony for Chicago trip, misses this; attends Band Banquet, receives Most Outstanding Band Member for all of the middle school. His good friends take the other two top awards.
WEDNESDAY-EM preschool graduation. SD finds out bike routes have to be changed, goes out marking again.
THURSDAY-JP wakes up early AM to go out to Kentucky for middle school honors field trip. SD goes out marking. JP finds out he has baseball game 15 minutes before it starts.
FRIDAY-SD national bike to work day, get up early to lead ride.
SATURDAY-SD gets up at 4 am to help set up Le Tour. Pouring rain. JP and SD ride 50 mile, 1 hour in pouring rain, then sunshine. Breakdown in pouring rain. JP and SD go to the symphony on complimentary tickets from JP clarinet tutor.