Savannah has been playing softball this spring.  I have really enjoyed going to her games.  It got me thinking about why I love baseball.  I've never played on a real team before (I think I'm going to add to my bucket list--to play on a co-ed team with Jaron), so why does playing baseball feel so natural to me?  Then I remembered where I really learned.  My fifth grade teacher at John Rogers Elementary, Mr. Macaneny (Mr. Mac for short), used to have us play all the time.  I wish I remembered more.  I imagine that we were rewarded for good behavior and school work by kickball or softball outside. I think he was quite influential in my appreciation for sports and physical activity.  I ran track under his coaching.  My main event was triple jump-I even got the highest score in all-city!  We were also required to participate in other events like the relay (I've never been the fastest runner, though).  When I went to sixth grade they didn't have triple jump so I didn't do track anymore.  I should have stuck with it, even though I knew I wasn't the best.

Savannah plays a lot of outfield, which she has figured out is slow.  It is kid pitch, which can be discouraging, also.  She has been hit by the ball at two different games, which was exciting because she actually got on base!  Both times she ALMOST made it home (which she calls a "home-run") by stealing, but was tagged out.

I'm going to encourage her to stick with it.  Her team and the opposing teams range from 2nd-4th grade.  There is a big difference in those ages and what an 8 yr old is capable of, verses a 10 year old.   She's cute in her uniform and she's smart about strategizing, so I think she'll grow into it, if she's willing to stick with it for a few years.

Memorial weekend has been productive!  We stained and put in all the plugs to our stair banister (finally finishing it after almost 5 years).  Jaron did half of our brick mail box.  We had bids to have it done for $600-1000.  We had enough brick left over from building our house just sitting.  I'm glad Jaron decided to just try it himself and save all that money.  It may not be perfect, but in my opinion it looks pretty dang good for just watching a you tube video and giving it a first time try!

Savannah has a school bike ride fieldtrip coming up.  They did it last year as well, but she couldn't ride without training wheels, so I let her stay home.  This year we have been working hard since the snow melted to get her confident without her training wheels and she has done great.  I wanted to take her through Parker to practice since the school just rides around the town.  So Hudson and Savannah rode bikes, I jogged and Jaron took Avynlee on the 4 wheeler.  It was a beautiful morning and so much fun!

I also got a green accent wall painted that I have been wanting to do ever since we moved in.  My mom got me motivated and offered to help, so I took her up on it and I am sooo happy with how it turned out!