Hello again!

Ok, I am back with a lot to share. I hope everyone had a wonderful mother's day. I did. We started at an early lunch at Pappasitos with Todd side of the family. Here is a picture of me and the kids before lunch:

And then one of Todd and I and the kids after lunch:

After lunch we went to my sister Susan's to spend time with my family. We got a nice game of kick ball going:

It was a great day!

JT has been working for the last few weeks on his science fair project. Is it just me or does school seem to get harder earlier on. I don't remember doing science fair projects until probably junior high. Not 2nd grade. He did his on a wind mill. He had to make a 3D model. He did a great job and ended up getting a 105 on his project, but didn't finish in the top 3 for his class.

With the end of the school year getting close JT's class had their field trip. They went to the Houston Arboretum. I had never heard of it, but it is a nature center. They have trails you can hike around. It was very pretty and it is free. You can make a donation, but its free, if you have time and you like nature things check it out. They learned alot about fungi and other things. We had fun!

The kids had seen the commercial for that skimboard slipnslide thing and wanted it. So we let them get it and they got it out last Saturday. They had fun trying to do it, but it isn't easy. My brother in law got on it and slipped and landed on his shoulder, he hurt himself pretty bad! The kids fall alot, but never got hurt. My nephew Hank could do it pretty good!

Now that baseball is over JT begged to do the swim team. We have never done this before so it has been a new adventure. Dylan is doing it too. I think it is a little harder than either of them thought it would be. They swim for a hour everyday and have swim meets on Saturdays. They had a practice meet or what they call a splash meet today. They did pretty good. They were all so cute.

Here is Dylan getting ready for the 25 yard backstroke:

Here he is swimming the 25 yard backstroke:

Here is JT getting ready for the 25 yard backstroke:

Here is Dylan on the starting block for the 25 yard freestyle:

Here Dylan is swimming the 25 yard freestyle:

Here is JT on the starting block for the 25 yard freestyle:

Here JT is swimming the 25 yard freestyle:

Next Saturday starts the regular season!

So school is almost over and I can't wait. Just remind me of this when it gets to August and I am saying "Isn't school going to start soon?"

Hope everyone has a safe and blessed Memorial weekend!

Baseball is over!

Well almost. Tomorrow is the end of the season party for Dylan and Emily and then it will officially be over. We had a great season, but it is time to relax a little, not much though as the boys both wanted to join the swim team and they have practice everyday for an hour. The school year is almost over too! I can't wait and I know the boys can't either. They had buddy day on May 8, it is a day when they pick a kid from their class to be a buddy, they will sometimes make or get matching shirts and then spend 2 hours doing all kinds of events with their buddy . Here are just a few of the pictures of the boys doing events with their buddy!

I want to say Happy Late Mother's day to everyone. I have been so busy I just never got around to telling you that. I had a wonderful day. We went to an early lunch with Todds family at Pappsitos and then we to my sister Susans to spend time with my family later that afternoon. I have pictures from that and other things, but they are just still on my camera. After I get them downloaded I will share. So stayed tuned!

Update

With the end of baseball season and school we have been really busy. I haven't taken a whole lot of pictures, but will share some of the few later. I just wanted to give an update on Ray. God has been good, he isn't fully awake, but is improving! Here is what his wife posted the other day:

Happy Birthday Baby!!! I love you! This morning was beautiful. A glorious song was playing in his room when I arrived early this morning. “Call on Jesus” I think is its name…. and the chorus was rejoicing out, “when you call on Jesus, all things are possible…” My friend Shelley made him 2 CDs with praise and worship songs on them over a week ago, but I never heard that song until this morning. My heart was so lifted. I stayed with him until about 10am when they took him to the OR to have the feeding tube placed directly to his stomach. Friends picked me up and we attended mass at the new beautiful Cathedral downtown. It was wonderful! Thank you for those that could come and those that said extra prayers during that time. Almost immediately upon walking in, I was comforted by the smell of roses. What a sign of comfort! Little background on the scent of roses… Mother’s prayers are so powerful and thank God my mom prays like a saint. She prays for all her children to know Jesus and her prayer for me was being answered the first year I was out of college. I attended a healing mass held at St. John’s. I didn’t pray for my knee to work again so I could keep playing volleyball. I prayed for my heart to heal since I had drifted away from my faith while in college. The priest told us after the mass about things that have happened to people during healing masses. One of the things he mentioned was the smell of roses as being a sign of our Blessed Mother’s presence and her love for her children. I smelled the roses during that mass and my heart did heal and my faith began to grow again. I have smelled roses about 4 times since then, all during very prayerful times of praise, worship, and need. Today’s mass was so uplifting to know that not only my mother and Ray’s mother are praying, but Our Blessed Mother is praying for us too. Tonight, a friend that was visiting was telling me a story about mother’s prayers and how strong they are. She didn’t know about the experience I had today. God is so good. Ray’s birthday party…. Ray’s parents were with him today as they have been for many days. Ray’s gentle and kind heart comes from them both. They are wonderful in-laws to have! The kids came around 5pm. We had cake and sang in the waiting room. When the kids went to see him, they were so excited to see their dad and that his eyes were open! Little Ana came running out of the room to Nana yelling, “Nana, Nana, daddy is awake!!” I asked Ray to let the kids know that he knows they are there. He QUICKLY gave them a thumps up. I saw my kids spirits lift so high in that room. They circled around them, said their prayers, and sang happy birthday to him. Ray knew they were there. When they were leaving, he raised his hand with a good-bye gesture. This was the highlight of today! Thank you for all the extra prayers over the last nine days. Ray’s improvement has been tremendous during this time. He continues to get stronger everyday. Please keep calling on Jesus…. cause all things are possible!!!

He still needs prayers so please continue to pray for him and his family.

The boys are out fishing this morning so Emily and I are going to enjoy some time to ourselves. Will post more later!