Our Typical Night

Most nights you can find us at the ballfield. Jacob plays rec league where he pitches on Mondays and Fridays which will be over next week. He's also on the all start team which will go through July. If you have a free night come hang out with us!
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Camp

Jacob spent last week at Pine Lake Camp. He took his friend Ben and they had a great time. They played lots of games, went swimming and canoeing, ate a ton of great food, learned more about God and their relationships with Him grew during the week and lots of other stuff.Before we left them there we swung on the tire swing and had a picnic. The Burdens were there too dropping off Shelby. I think he'll still be catching up on his sleep for a few more days. I here they were up pretty late the last night.

Oh Boys...

Ok, there must be something about testosterone that makes boys want to hunt and conquer, even in their own front yard. We do have a bow and arrows, Blake ultimately got him. I'll spare you the cleaning part, but the legs are in the freezer waiting for someday when we run out of food and there's nothing left to eat. Not like the crab we caught on spring break...

Babies

There are bushes that run in front of our front steps. On the very top there's a nest of new baby grackels right on top barely covered by a thin layer of leaves. Everytime we open the door the momma flies to the top of the basketball hoop and squawks at us. We've gotten to see them develop, so much fun! Most of the time their mouths are open looking for food. Hopefully they won't imprint on us and follow us around...I think their eyes are still closed, they can't see us. We'll miss them when they fly away in a few days.

Hershey Update

Jacob went to Marshalltown to compete in the State level Hershey meet to throw the softball. He placed about 12th over all in a great of 30 some. Next year he'll be one of the older kids so he's hoping to move up, his goal was to get on the award stand of 8 place winners. We also ran into a friend of Jay's that he lived with when he started teaching in Vinton. Steve's the baseball coach at Marshalltown and we hadn't seen him for awhile so it was fun catching up with him while the team was practicing. We used to have some fun parties in the dark ages. Now Jay's planning a trip to watch Marshalltown play Jefferson and invite the past Iowa coach to go with. All those guys lived in the same apartment complex 30 years ago along with Jay when they were starting out.

Lazy Summer?

We thought things would slow down this summer and Jacob was afraid he would get bored. Now I kind of think that's a good thing, stimulates the imagination and all that...but his social calender has been full. Ok, we've been included some too. Jay is supervising the blongo game at a going away party for some of our friends. Soph and Erin and their Timothy are moving to Australia so they had a party on a beautiful place out in the country with lots of land. Jay fell down the hill racing Jacob and Jacob got stuck in a tree, but otherwise a great time. We'll miss them, hopefully they will come back and visit.
Jacob also went to a summer party thrown by his friend Shelby. Lots of laughing on the trampoline and an invented game of Hooverball with a volleyball also. It was a great time and we got to tag along.