A Wild One

Last Saturday was an awesome day that I hope to not repeat again for a very long time. To start things off, Caleb played a baseball game at 8 PM on Friday night. That put us all getting home around 10 PM and trying to settle down and get to sleep. Then we were all up and gone by about 6:45 the next morning so that Caleb and Katie could participate in a kid's triathlon. They had practiced all week for it (Coy, the ever present cheerleader had gone to practice too) and come EARLY Saturday morning, they were ready to go. We were at the race by 7 AM. The race only lasted less than 20 minutes but they were going at it hard for those 20 minutes. Caleb wrecked his bike during the race and got a pretty good strawberry on his shoulder and leg. Katie fell down during the run and skinned her knee up pretty good. The best part was though that they both finished.

From there, we packed up and went to Louisville so that Katie could play in a 3 vs. 3 soccer tournament. She and 5 other girls played in the U-8 Division. 4 of the 6 girls had done the triathlon so they were a tired group. They didn't fare so well but they gave it their all. Caleb and I only stayed for the first couple of games though because we had to be in Lanesville for the first of 2 games for him that afternoon and evening. He didn't do so well as far as the W/L column either but he had fun and kept a good attitude about it the entire time.

I was so proud of Coy though because he NEVER complained. He didn't whine, he just went everywhere that we asked him to go. He normally does not complain or whine (unlike the other two) and it helps out a lot when Grandmas and Grandpas are there.

Stacey and Caleb also made it on the FRONT PAGE of the Clark County Indiana newspaper on Sunday. Caleb was upset that he had wrecked his bike and was nearly in tears as he crossed the finish line. Stacey caught him and gave him a big hug soon after he finished. The picture in the paper was of Stacey giving Caleb that hug. We have a couple of copies of it. IF I get around to it, I will scan it and post it here. We had been looking for it on the web but were unable to find it. If I find it, I will post the link.

New Pictures

A friend of ours is a budding photographer and she took our kids to a nearby park to take some pictures. These are just a few of them. I posted all of them to my facebook page. If you are on facebook but aren't my friend, send me a friend request and I will accept and you can check them all out!!

Lanesville All-Stars took it on the chin this week at the tournament in South Central. They won the first game but then lost the next three. Two of those losses were to the Graceland Baptist All-Stars. Their team had 5 or so boys that Caleb is friends with so they were hard losses for him. Truth be told, Lanesville is a small league and they just don't have the talent pool to pick from that most of those other teams do. Most of the kids play really hard and give it their all, which is the most you can ask for at age 8.

This weekend is shaping up to be a wild one. Caleb has another baseball tournament and Katie has a soccer tournament. Plus, they are both scheduled to participate in a triathelon next weekend too. We will see how it goes.

We went to the Great Wolf Lodge last week. It was a lot of fun. We were going to stay and go to the Air Force Museum in Dayton and then to Kings Island but Caleb's baseball tournament got in the way so we came home early. We are still hoping to go to an amusement park sometime in the near future.