Annie, our new kitty

Jill and I regularly carpool to work. We park at mom's house and drive through Waldheim Acres, a nearby neighborhood, and then onto the freeway. Well, about twice a year, one of the homeowners in Waldheim Acres posts a sign that says "FREE Cute, Cuddly Kittens". Jill and I drive by daily and say, "should we stop and look at the kitties?" On Friday, we finally stopped. There was one little kitten left. She was irresistable! A little tortoise shell calico.

We have been having so much fun with her. She is adapting to her new hope fairly well, but Lucy doesn't appreciate her one bit. And Gus is oblivious to her, and Annie is interested in Lucy, but HATES Gus. I truly hope this all works out!!

Couple of Great Pics

Mom sent me these pictures and they made me bawl. If I could only have one more day... I hope Nick always remembers his Papa. Thanks mom for being such an awesome gramma to my kid.

Happy 12th Birthday NICK!!

Today is Nick's official birthday. He was bummed about having to wake up early to go to school, but soon had lots of fun when he arrived. His teachers & friends gave him plenty of attention. After school, his basketball team played a game and they won by one point. Woohoo! That was exciting! Then we took Nick to Game Stop, where he spent part of his gift card that gramma gave him. It was burning a hole in his pocket! Finally, we went to Puerto Vallarta for Mexican dinner (Nick's fave!) They sang happy birthday to him and made him wear "the hat"! He loved it.

I am so blessed to be Nick's mommy. He is a sweet and wonderful boy.

Nick is now a RANGER

Congratulations NICK!

I am so proud of Nick. All of his hard work is paying off. Nick tried out for a select baseball team and he made it! There were about 15 boys competing for 2 open spots (I believe). This means year-round baseball, which is OK because we were already pretty much there anyway with fall ball, clinics, etc. Nick will get to play about 80 games a year, which is many times more than he would have played in Little League. The increased game exposure is our primary reason for doing this. Nick was also selected to participate in an "Elite 100" training program, which is also pretty great. Normally the boys try out for the Elite 100, but Nick was told that he is "in" if he wants to do it - no tryout necessary for Nick! This training program utilizes the same training techniques that are used at the Major League level.

Nick also is playing basketball for Cascade. They had their first game yesterday afternoon and they won.

Way to go Nick!

Nick's 6th Grade Picture

This is Nick's 6th grade picture. Notice the spikey hair? He loves that. Says it's his "best picture ever". :-)

Not much new around here. Busy with work and baseball. Oh yeah, Nick is doing basketball too. It's only one month though. He loves baseball, but I personally think he is the most talented at basketball. He's having a great 6th grade year so far. Cascade is working out well.

And, I keep day-dreaming about being a gramma! I am so excited...