From 16th March......

PICTURE WILL BE HERE SOON!!!

We are at the end of another week. Bruce has been filling in for me, I have had a lot on and unfortunately writing the blog wasn’t a real priority. The boys are going really well at school and starting to prepare for off track (holidays). Firstly, Bruce was doing the happy dance and then some when he heard about his Blues winning the Pre Season Grand Final!!! He was walking around the house singing the song and I’m sure you all got an email. Last Sunday afternoon, we spent over at the Charles’ playing baseball, literally. We joined in as well, which was fun. Alfie (Captain America, as Bruce likes to call him) has a baseball field chalked out in the backyard so we get to do it all. It was a really fun afternoon; Cooper is nearly walking around, not long now. Bruce has been working really hard and a few late nights, which of course means he is tired, but very excited about his trip to Atlanta on the 28th. He went to Portland, Oregon (home state of Mark Leader) on Tuesday, to train the coaches up so Billy Bounce could start up in another state. I dropped him off at the airport around 11.00 and the boys and I picked him up at 9.30, so it was a late night for the boys, which they didn’t mind of course. Jamieson had his first actual baseball game (even though it was a practice game). It was raining and cold and we were just about to leave when it cleared up and they played from 5.30 – 7.00pm, as it was getting dark. I have to say (proudly) he kicked American kid butt, the coaches from the other team were even asking about him. He pretty much played all the bases, the catcher and stood in the middle as pitcher. (The coach pitches but a child plays that position for the fielding.) He got 5 catches (one running sideways and his glove twisted the other way, it’s kind of hard to explain, but it was awesome!) He caught a kid out coming into home base. The funny thing is that the catchers’ helmet was too big so he caught the ball with his glove and held his helmet up so he could see with the other hand, very funny. He also ran a home run. So overall he did pretty much everything. So it was a big day for all. Thursday night, Jamieson had his China concert…. he did so well. He ended up covering for a couple of other kids. So in the end he had 3 parts. He took it all on and happy to do it. He spoke; he had a little speech that he had to learn and then filled in another few parts through the concert as well as singing in the chorus. It was definitely Jamieson’s week to star, and he did. By the way, he also lost a tooth on Tuesday so we had to tooth fairy pay us a visit too. As a side note: Conner got sick of his long fringe and decided to cut it. So yes, I have to fix it, it’s short to say the least. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous this week, the boys are in shorts and I have been getting into the skirts, have some color to get, but it wasn’t too ugly. (I hope!!) Friday night, Paula came over after dinner and we chilled out and watched this show called Dirty Jobs. It’s a guy that goes and does the dirtiest jobs in America, it’s kind of gross, but interesting, I think. Paula and Bruce polished off nearly a bottle of wine and we had some Girl Scout cookies (he, he, never thought I’d say that) and she went off home around 10.30. It was a nice way to end the working week. Saturday was the opening carnival for the Laguna Youth Baseball league. No baseball games, but it started at 9.00 with a pancake breakfast and lots of activities for the kids to do. Dylan (Charles) pitched the ball 30 miles an hour, which was the 4-year-old record for the day. (That is very impressive; the 6 year olds weren’t throwing it that hard. Jamieson, when we left with 15 mins to go had the A- Rookie record for the home run derby, 15.59 seconds for running around the diamond, his coach was very happy. We will see if he got the record when we go to training on Tuesday. He had the record at 15:88 then a kid broke it, 15:66 so he had to break it, 15.77, then 15.59. So he was happy when we left. We chilled out and the kids all played the activities then there was a parade of all the teams at around 11.00 which was really nice, they got to run out in front of all the parents and other teams. Paula, Kristin and I went to the mall for the afternoon and Bruce had John and Dylan over for a play then they went off to the park. We got home at around 6.00 had a quiet night in, with sunburned necks from the day in the sun. It’s now Sunday night and we had a fun day. I spent the morning cleaning from room to room, Bruce went off to the gym and the boys cleaned their play room. After lunch I made some muffins and we went out to Mark & Renee’s for afternoon tea to see them after their trip to Hawaii. The boys are all having some dinner, watching NBA and then off to bed. Bruce and I have a nice quiet Sunday night planned. So you could say it was a good week for the Hultgren’s. The weather is nice and that makes everyone’s mood better. I hope the rain I heard you got went to the right places. I hope everyone has a great week!!! Photo's from the last week are coming, I just have to find the time to sit down and put them on. Soon, I promise!!