March....

Hey everyone, well it’s March and half over. It has been and will continue to be a busy month for us here in Elk Grove. It started off just that way, but hey that makes life interesting when you’ve got just too much to do.

Jamieson had his first official baseball practice, he and Bruce went off at 8.30 and I cleaned until around 10.00, Bruce came back and picked us up, then we over for a look. The team is looking good; they still have a lot to learn, so time will tell. Half the team was from last year and there are a couple of new kids that we already knew, one of them is a school friend of Jamieson’s from school so he is really enjoying that. Anyway, Jamieson’s practice finished and I called Darcy (planner from work) to arrange where to meet for our shopping afternoon.

Bruce and the boys drove me down to Stockton (20mins) where Darcy is living at the moment and we spent to afternoon doing some bargain shopping. She’s a shopper like me so we had lots of fun, she’s also a cool chick, so we always have lots of fun together.

The boys went over to Paula’s to play with her boys and were still there when Darcy and I came home so we went over there. Darcy stayed for a drink before her dinner date and then took off. We stayed at Paula’s for dinner and a fun evening at the party house, or at least it will be over summer. The boys ended up staying at Paula’s with Justin and Jeremy and Paula was going to drop them off early before church in the morning.

What a quiet night we had, the boys were home around 8.00 in the morning. I spent most of the day cleaning the house, which isn’t easy to do when there are 3 people, 2 of them being kids. You don’t feel like to can see where you’ve been, it’s nice to see it all clean even if it’s only for 10 mins, that’s my frustration at the moment. While that was happening, Bruce went out and got himself a baseball glove, which he’s been talking about getting since last season.

I spend some time later in the afternoon reading a book that Paula gave me called ‘Five Wishes”, it was a great easy read. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to open his or her mind. A quiet night of reading and chilling out rounded out the week.

The week started on a positive note, Bruce was able to get our Visa appointment with the US Embassy in Vancouver, on the day that he wanted which was fantastic, as we thought we had to go all the way over to Toronto and were planning on it. We had the usual work/school during the day, nothing too much out of the ordinary. We had a new employee start at work, a boy, which is a first for our girly company. Then later in the day Bruce got an unexpected phone call from an old friend he emailed on the weekend.

Mr. Terry Dozier (import player), who Bruce played with at Geelong Supercats called and they had a good chat and catch up, you can image the nice mood that Bruce was in for the rest of the day. It’s always catching up an old friend and I’m sure they will continue the chatting even if it’s over the net. I’m sure they will catch up in person if Bruce is ever in the Carolina area. As you can see, the blossom is out and looking gorgeous!! Yes, the husband too!!

Happy Birthday to my girl Nic Griffin, I’m glad you had a great birthday.

Tuesday was a big day at Stonelake Elementary, they are up for an award and the Validation team was going through the school. Conner’s teacher was the teacher that put the presentation together with the principle so the team was visiting their room. Conner was very excited, she had told them that whoever got the answer to questions right gets a free pass on homework, so Conner was ready to go. I emailed to give my good wishes and Mrs. Kopecky emailed me back later saying he was a star. The school did really well and had a great chance of winning. *** THEY WON!!! Tuesday we had a birthday lunch for Miss Kelly (who’s birthday was last week, but we were all too busy to take the time), which was nice, although Andrea did give Johnathan (new guy) the third degree in the car on the way to the restaurant, it was pretty funny. Jamieson had baseball practice, so Bruce and him went off around 5.00 and got back around 7.00pm, a quick dinner and a quiet night.

Pretty quiet next couple of days, work and school, nothing out of the ordinary, Millie and Lexie came over for their weekly visit which is always fun. The boys got their report cards, they did really well, Jamieson A’s & B’s and Conner got a C, which he isn’t too happy about and said will not get again. Bruce went over to the Rivera’s on Friday night for a beer with Carlos.

On Saturday, Jamieson was supposed to have baseball camp in the morning, but was changed to the afternoon. Bruce went out in the morning, gorgeous day, and did some trimming and yard work. Although he sneezed while trimming and put a whole in the hedge, very funny and yes I do have photographic evidence. Jamieson went off to camp, from what I saw, he wasn’t really interested, he kept looking around to anywhere but where the coach was talking, very frustrating for me to watch.

We got home and he went off to a birthday party at the jump house place for Cameron and boy in his class. The rest of us non-sociable people stayed a home and waited to go and pick him up. Oooo, we are so lucky!!!

The boys went off to the park on Sunday and Bruce was outside mowing etc, I took the opportunity to put on the IPOD and get some serious cleaning done. 4 hours later, with no battery left I finished up, the boys came home for 4 mins to grab bathers to go to Mario’s for quick swim before they went off to Paula’s to go fishing with Bruce, Steve and Paula’s boys.

I made some cupcakes and brownies for after fishing dinner at Paula’s. We got there around 4.00 and the boys all took off and Paula and I cleaned out her closet… I came down 2 hours later, dinner was just about ready and the boys were all back from fishing. Conner actually caught one, which he thought was cool, they did throw it back cause…blah…fish. We had dinner, the boys had a quick play and we went home to bed, school tomorrow.

The next week was a busy one, I think we all had stuff on. Conner had an excursion for school to the museum, which he said was boring because they give them an assignment to do and all he wanted to do was walk around at his own pace and look for himself. I get both sides….

On Tuesday, Paula had a late night meeting that came up at the last minute so I said that I would have the boys for the evening while she was at the meeting. SO after work I picked them up from after school care, and then had to take them to CFF (church school), which was a learning experience for me, something different. Jamieson had baseball practice so I had to leave that and go and get them. Then we all came back to practice and they played with Conner until it was over which was easier for us. We got home and had some dinner, then Paula arrived around 8.00 to pick up the kids.

Thursday night Jamieson was volunteering on the booth at “Wild about learning”, he worked with a couple of classmates and had a ball. 2 hours later we all dragged our butts home for another late dinner, but the boys had a great time doing all the activities. We got home and Carolyn dropped Honey off, she stayed with us for the weekend while the Rivera’s went down to San Diego for Kristie’s sisters wedding. Honey – yeay!!!

Friday night turned out to be a little easier for us, which was a nice way to end the week and help Bruce and I get ready for our Vancouver trip. The boys went off to Youth Group with Mario (Jamieson’s friend) and his family. Poor Mario was really sad that he wasn’t going to see Jamieson for a whole week. So Bruce and I had a couple of hours to us for the evening.

Our Saturday ended up being the start of a busy weekend; jamieson had practice in the morning then that night had a birthday party. So it was a busy day for Jamieson and the rest of us had our hands full for the week ahead. I did end up going out in the afternoon and ended up buying a new white ‘Guess’ handbag for summer.

ON Sunday the boys went over to Paula’s for a play with Justin and Jeremy before we leave and Bruce and I went out to run a couple of errands. We went back and had some lunch with Paula and Steve, and then around 3.30 we left and went home to finish packing. Bruce and I collapsed into bed at around 11.00.

What a week and what a great start to March, and it’s not going to slow down.

See you on the flip side with out Canadian trip and beyond for the rest of the month.