Another month has gone by and still not much going on - of course that doesn't explain why I seem to not have any time.
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We have been golfing as weather permits. Austin was golfing yesterday with his friend Riley and Brian. At one point in the day, all 3 of them hit their drives into the trees (evil trees). When they got to their balls, Austin said, "look Dad, we're in a treesome." Maybe you had to be there.
Caitlin forced us to take her golfing - she played one hole and didn't want to play anymore. She (again) was far more interested in driving the golf cart which is why we have the rule now that you can only drive the cart if you're actually golfing (she hit the ball really well after that).
The 19th hole.
One day, Caitlin came home from school and started talking about a walk for autism. One of the kids in her class has an autistic sister so he asked Caitlin if she would do this walk. Before we knew it, we were walking in sub-zero temperatures (okay, not sub-zero, but it WAS snowing/raining the entire time).
Look how the cold weather impaired our judgment ... this is Caitlin posing with Cosmo the Cougar!?! Austin clearly wasn't as affected by the weather and adamantly refused any contact with Cosmo. Upside - Caitlin was wearing red & black. Also, are you proud of my restraint - no "Perez Hilton" style graffiti on the picture (although I do have a couple of great ideas)?
Austin has played a few (seems like very few) baseball games. It seems like they've all been rained/snowed out. Their team is doing much better than they did at the beginning of the season. Here's hoping we get some of the games made up before fall (Mother Nature willing).
Austin doing his stand-up routine in the dugout.
There are some BIG kids on Austin's team. It's funny to watch the kids leave the games and get into the driver's seats of their cars - okay, maybe not so funny because that could be Austin next year (get me the paper bag - I'm hyperventilating now).
The kids were dreaming of dogs again. They tried giving the me the "oh-so-sad" "please-please-please" eyes, but as usual, I was unmoved - no dogs for us.
This is as close to a dog as the kids are going to get (this is Caitlin's newest Build-a-Bear "Brownie"). If only they could learn to take care of their rooms... maybe things could be different.
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If you need help demonstrating the perils of dog ownership, you can send the kids to Texas for a visit. We have daily lessons in picking up poop off the bathroom floor thanks to Roger, our little 'special needs' boy.
Family trait of hating all living creatures! Luckily Jaedon is allergic to almost everything. Nice to have a child to blame things one! Fun pictures. I'm with Caitlin - I like to drive the cart!
Promise me your hearts will soften if T.J. goes to BYU. Oh, wait he likes the Lakers, give him hell, I mean heck!
Kids and dogs go together. Due to severe allergies of my hubby and Sara we thought we would never have a dog. But there are hypoallegenic dogs that aren't yappy!! Our sweet Oliver is half Lhaso Apso and half Bichon Frise -- totally hypoallergenic and no shedding!!! He is the sweetest thing and so good for the kids. Keeps their secrets, good to cry to, fun to play.
I think it is funny that our high school baseball team practices in the gym when it rain, hello Oregon, but plays rain or shine. No, I have no issues with them taking the gym when Winter Guard needs it, or band or Drumline. Sure, ruin the instruments and hazards of when sabres rifles and flags BUT heaven forbid baseball has to practice in the rain -- that they play games in!!!
No, I have no issues, LOL. Just think, my 3rd child is closer to her licenses - just finished Driver's Ed but still has over 90 hours of driving to do.
Well, maybe we can make a game yet, if the sun ever comes out and dries out the baseball field. I don't know what to say about the dogs, we have one next door and he barks at us every day, so our love of dogs has been dwindling down.
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