Saturday, June 20, 2009

Baseball in Full Swing!

We have been playing a lot of baseball at our house and have lost many balls via storm drains in the street, dogs eating them, or Reed eating them! But, we hope to continue to get to play more this weekend.

We enjoyed a T-ball game of my nephews last week. Reed loved it, but soon found all the discarded seeds, crackers, and cigarettes more interesting than the game! Yucky!!! Thank goodness Grandma was there to help out. We had a great time and Connor and Caydan did so good. They both had some really good hits!

Today we picked up our Derby Twins player at the airport. His name is Dan Camou and he is a catcher from UC-Santa Barbara. He was greeted by a downpour of rain and was disappointed we weren't having any tornadic weather! He is a really nice kid and we look forward to getting to know him. He is most likely a keeper...he plays ball with Reed and the dogs! Should fit in nicely.

By the way...did you see my boy hitting that ball! This week he is batting mostly left and throwing right...sometimes he hits right, but he is much better and fluid from the left side. Look at that extension!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Not much new in the Hackleman World!

There is not much new in our world. We just keep on keeping on. We had a great weekend this last weekend. We spent Friday evening with our great friends at a fish fry. There was lots of food, fun, laughter, and kids! We had such a good time, we were out until the late hour of 10PM!! Todd and I laughed on the way home about how our lives have evolved...and we wouldn't want it any other way! We are so blessed.

We spent Saturday trying to get our pool ready for the summer!!! YIPPEE!! So as Todd and his friend Darren were laying it out we decided to have an impromptu BBQ. Lexy, the chicken was AWESOME!!! You should have stayed! Thanks to Lexy and our catch up talk..I also got the kitchen cleaned up! The BBQ was great fun as well, Kori (our babysitter and Darren's wife) came over with their kids. The kids played int he water while the pool was filling up, I didn't get pictures as I was fixing food, but it was picturesque watching Reed wave the hose around like a maniac! He was squirting everyone including himself, but couldn't quite figure out how the whole thing worked! It was a hoot!

Sunday we rested after church...which was a workout with Reed. Reed and I took a 2 hour nap on the couch and it was the sweetest thing ever! I love to snuggle and so does my baby, so I'll snuggle as much as he will let me. It was a great memory! We then "helped" Dad dig up some pampas grass, and played some T-ball. You should see Reed hit the ball! Fun stuff!

Monday Kori was sick, so Grandma came to the rescue since she was in town. Reed spent the day with Grandma Thompson, Aunt Audrey and the Pore boys! I got off work at 3:00 so I went over and played some baseball and some croquet before Reed and I headed home. Have I told anyone that I love my new job!