Baseball Season is Over

Both boys played baseball this spring.  Ryan played his first time in the Little League Minors (more like REAL baseball than Tball or machine pitch) and Jonathan (aka Skeeter in sports) played on the  high school Varsity team...Go Tigers.  I was a bad mom and never got a picture, except for the ones he had taken at school.  Dad was assistant coach for Ryan's team, but still missed a few games when it came down to choosing an away game of Jonathan's.  Home games he just rushed over to the school as soon as Ryan's was over.

Jonathan played center field and made some really great catches.  Ryan played second base most of the time, pitched a few times and played center field the last game.  He made a great catch while there and one of Jonathan's teammates who was umping in outfield called Ryan, "little Skeeter". 

I kept stats this season and now I really want to get the "Baseball Scrap Book" w/score sheets project done!  My friend and sister-in-law started designing one and we just haven't had the start up funds to get it all going.  Now that I've kept score all season for both boys I want to tweak the score sheet a little.  Maybe we'll have something for next season.  Could be a new business opportunity...who knows? :) 

Jonathan's Pride and Joy

After weeks of searching the internet and used car dealerships, Jonathan and Dad finally found a sweet deal...a 2004 Audi.  It has been in an accident, but after looking at pictures and carefully checking out the engine, they decided it was a great deal.  After they took it on a test drive, they told the owner of the small dealership that they would call him on Monday.  When Dad took Mom to see it Saturday afternoon the owner was in the lot even though they were closed.  He let us look at the car again and put a down payment to hold it until Monday.   Unbeknown to Jonathan, we picked it up Monday and had it waiting in the driveway for him when he got home Monday evening.  He was totally surprised and told Dad that he had thrown him a "curve ball".  He couldn't quit smiling.  Even though it is Dad's car now, Jonathan plans to get a job so it will be truly his car someday.  His big sisters are waiting and watching closely to see how all that turns out. :)