It's Supposed to ...

Where is the summer weather we are supposed to be experiencing? I don't think Casper has hit the 80 degree mark in 2008. The kids are experiencing their second full week out of school and arent' spending their days outside. Ashley has been to the pool twice but is disappointed that she can't get a tan because it is too cold to lay out. I have never played softball in so many layers of clothes for this long in the season. Stephen hasn't even been able to use his waterslide. It poured rain during his first coach pitch game yesterday. Summer...please come soon...the kids are getting cabin fever.

There is a plus side to the wonderful weather we are experiencing. I haven't even gotten the hoses out from winter storage and the sprinkler system is still winterized. It rains heavily every couple of days so the water bill is looking pretty good! Wyoming is also officially out of the drought stage.

Even though summer vacation has begun the kids are as busy as ever. I worked the first week of break writing curriculum for the district. It was rainy and cold most of the time so I really didn't miss much. Ashley finished her dance recital on Tuesday of last week and has begun work on next season's competition stuff. She attended a workshop last weekend that two famous hip hoppers and choreographers from many TV shows and dance videos put on. They choreographed a dance for about nine students from her studio. It is "true" hip hop. She has been teaching dance this week at a dance camp for younger students and has been putting in a lot of practice time for our upcoming trip to LA for Nationals. Oh yeah, on her down time she plays Junior Olympic fastpitch softball three to four days a week.

Stephen still takes Tae Kwon Do every day and is playing on a "Coach" pitch baseball team. He so badly wants to play Little League. He learned how to play a card game called, "GOLF" and tries to teach it to everyone he can. It is actually an adult game and has a high level of strategy involved but, he gets it. I have been making him add and subtract the scores to keep his math skills sharp. He also has to read for 30 minutes everyday before he can play the Wii. So he's busy.

Tally was sick for four or five days this past week. I had to take her to the vet early Monday morning because she was vomiting at least once an hour from Friday night on. They took x-rays of her stomach (quite pricey) and determined that she probably had a virus. She finally ate some food yesterday and gobbled a whole bowl full today. She also has been quite feisty today so I think she is on the mend.

Poor Mike has to work while we have all the fun. He is coaching Stephen's team. Stephen told him that he needed to practice pitching. Mike's dad has also been in the hospital twice in the last week. This time they are keeping him for a few days. We aren't sure what is wrong but he is becoming very frail and is always in a great deal of pain. He is supposed to be to be on oxygen 24 hours a day but has a hard time staying on it since he likes to smoke. I think he is at the point that it is probably too late to give up the cigarettes so he might as well be happy.

I am not really much into politics but OMG what in the world are the democrats thinking...sorry Mike!