Logsdon High (and low) lights

So Isaac's baseball season is in full swing. Since he was 1 1/2 all I've ever done is pitch to him to hit. He's never hit off a tee. Hitting he has down. He's hit some big ones already this season - 2 last game. In his league, the kids get 5 swings. The first 3 or 4 the coach pitches to them and then if they don't hit, they hit off a tee. What I've realized is that I haven't really gone over the rules of the game. Rules of basball, Isaac does not have down. As Isaac was running from 2nd to third base the other night, he began to run like a rabbit. A FREAKIN' RABBIT!! I couldn't believe it. So the big black dude coaching third base told him not to run like a rabbit when he ran home on the next hit. He didn't. HE RAN WITH HIS ARMS ABOVE HIS HEAD LIKE A MONSTER. It was the last out of the game. As the coach had the team together telling them what a good job they did, the 2nd picture is of me asking my kid why he felt as if running like a rabbit was appropriate at that time. I further told him how happy I was the the family's last name was not on the back of his shirt. My wife reminded me that she's also glad that I don't walk around with our last name on my shirts throughout the day as well.
This last game was ALOT better. 2 good hits (one was a sticker hit- coach awards the kids who hit one in the grass with a sticker to go on their helmet - Isaac has 2 now.) He also ran fast on the bases.
Jackson kicks it in his car seat like that all the time. I love it.
I think Makayla is the prettiest girl in the world in her "natural" moments. I love the wind blowing her hair and her just being her.
Jackson kicking it - highlight
Kayla being naturally pretty - highlight
Isaac running like a rabbit - lowlight

Our computer was out of commission for a week, so I guess I'm catching up.

We made our front formal dining room into a office. It will be so fun to decorate now that we have a plan.

Baseball!!!

I love watching Isaac play baseball. After his first game he said "THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN" He never said that about soccer. Jeremy and I are both a little partial to baseball given our background. He's on the Athletics. He has a game tonight!!!!

He first game we totally missed. We thought it was at 7, but it was really at 6. We got there when his team was in the parking lot. I felt so stupid. Isaac was totally bummed until he saw the playground.

Dancing at Libby Lu

I thought this was sooo cute. This is when I was over come with joy and thought I was going to cry and totally embarrass Makayla.

Happy Birthday Makayla

We took Makayla to Libby Lu for her Birthday. She had so much fun. I almost cry because it was so fun to watch. I think that would be such a fun job.

WAKEE WAKEE MR JEREMY (Alex) WAKE UP!

(another quote from a cartoon-Madagascar)

I'm so excited for my husband. Tomorrow morning is his first official day of his new calling. Jeremy is the new 5:45 a.m. seminary teacher! I couldn't be happier or more excited for him. I know it's going to be a challenge to get the kids awake, on time, and to pay attention. If anyone can do it, Jeremy's the man. He is a born entertainer, teacher, speaker, etc. From the first days of our marriage, I knew he was meant to teach the gospel. Especially to the youth. I've always been able to picture him as a seminary teacher, CES speaker, EFY speaker, or some sort of gospel motivator. I love him so much and know he will do so good. Now if only we both can get to bed early:)

My baby all grown up and off to fight in a war

I think that's a quote from MULAN. But maybe not. So, Isaac and Makayla are off to school. I feel like the summer went by way too fast and that Isaac is simply still my baby and not old enough to be a kindergartner. I had a harder time leaving him than I did Makayla last year. It might be because Makayla was almost a year older when she started kindergarten or maybe it's because she is a girl and more mature. Maybe it's because she was my first and got so much of my attention and one on one teaching. (or maybe I just love him more J/K) Anyways, I teared out leaving him Monday morning and I teared up at lunch when I went up to the school to eat lunch with them both, and than I really teared up when I was driving away at lunch and happened to catch his class running out to recess. Oh he is soooo cute.

Monday morning he was pretty quiet and than started asking Makayla little questions like "will I get to sit by you sissy?" "Makayla, where will I put my backpack and lunch?" etc. It was so cute. You could see his little brain trying to figure out how the day was going to go and realizing he didn't quite know what to do.

I'm home now with just Jackson. It's so great. I'd better start keeping my house cleaner than it was this summer. ugh it was so hard to keep up with all my munchkinz this summer.

Isaac has his first baseball practice tomorrow. I'm so excited for games to start. I'm a little nervous. He has two games a week and than one practice a week that's a lot of baseball. And trying to keep up with homework for two kids now.

I'm going to try and find an art class to put Makayla is this fall. She has a little friend that wants to do one too. So, maybe we can carpool:)

i feel like i've had this dream already

my sweet baby (not so baby anymore) is having more problems with his cute little head. the night i cut his hair, i noticed that it felt a little swollen. when i got up the next day, i thought it might have been a dream (nightmare) so, i checked his head again. sure enough, it was swollen. today jeremy and i took him to dr. barcello. his head surgeon. he asked me to watch it for a week or two and see if it gets bigger. if it does, then we'll do a ct scan. if it does, than we'll keep watching it and maybe it will go away.

so lets all pray that it goes away. i don't want him to have to go through that again. as he get older it worries me that he'll be scared of doctors for the rest of his life.

monday jeremy and i are taking the kids to the dentist for the first time. i know it's way over due. we didn't have dental for awhile and then when we got it, i kept putting it off. if you know my freaked out kids, you'd understand why. they are so scared to do anything and just the mention of the dentist sends them into fits. so wish me luck. i'll let you know how it goes.

I finished BREAKING DAWN on sunday. it was such a prefect ending to the series. I thought she did a really good job. i'm excited for the movie. it looks really good.

let the count down to school start. the kids go back in one week (25th) i'm so sad and so excited and so nervous and so thrilled and so anxious.

Everyones getting haircuts

Lets take a vote. I need everyone to be honest and tell me which hair do you like better, on Jackson. I just cut his hair yesterday. It was getting pretty long. His hair is getting thicker. Which means he can get away with shorter hair and still not see the scar on his head.

Six and a half inches

today i cut makayla's hair. i took 6 1/2 inches off. she wanted it shorter, but it needs to be able to go in a pony tail. she's really been fighting me all summer about brushing and doing her hair. i guess i was sick of the long messy mop. so she convinced me to cute it. she looks cute. i tried to call jeremy before we cut it but he didn't answer. suprise jeremy, i hope you like it.

GRAMMY WAS HERE

Grammy was here this last week. It was so much fun having her down here - the kids especially LOVE having any of their family down, and they think the world of their Grammy. My birthday just happened to be while Grammy was here, so Chauntel hooked it up for us to go to the Frisco Rough Riders baseball game for my birthday. it was a blast and I got a baseball during the game (of course when Chauntel was with the kids at the bathroom. At least Jackson and Grammy can vouch for me)
I worked all week, but got reports of all the stuff they did while I was gone. One of the things that Kaylagirl and Isaac did this week was get their first piano lessons! Makayla especially loved it. Isaac went along with it, and actually paid attention and was trying really hard. Makayla loves to learn anything new and having Grammy teach her was even better. She practiced all week (all on her own) and even set up a practice schedule reminding us that she needs to practice as soon as she wakes up so she doesn't forget what she learned the day before.
The other picture of her is of her birthday party that she went to today. It was a Hannah Montana party, so dressed up and went. We asked her how it went when she got home and she said that they didn't know who she was for a bit and then the girl said, "Makayla, is that you?" We thought she looked sooo cute.
I got a new guitar for my birthday-pics to come later;
Chauntel and Mom went with a group and went to Barnes and Noble at midnight to get the new Twilight book. I'm sure she'll want to say some about it- so I'll let her later.

The Latest Happenings

Just thought I'd add a few pictures of the kids. Isaac somehow got the basket he holds all of his superheroes in stuck on his arms. He was pretty upset I grabbed the camera first before I helped get his arms out. I just figured he wasn't going to die from it, so a picture would be pretty good.
Check out Jackson's form on his fastball. As we said before, he will outplay anybody outside. Every time when I tell him I'm done, he always says, "One more."
One of Makayla's things nowadays besides stealing money from whoever whenever, taking Chauntel's makeup and putting it on; then in her purse, and being a Mini-Mom to Jackson all the time (changes his wet diapers too) is taking pictures. She loves to take pictures of whatever, but especially herself. Her and Aunt Jillian should hang out. I don't think that either of them can think of a more interesting person than themself.

THAT'S SO 70'S

Jeremy and I went to a 70's party last night. Jeremy was by far the best dressed hunk there. Everyone loved his costume. We got all our stuff at the good will. Except his mustache. He got that at a magic store.

We went to Target before the party and got a lot of snickers and stares.

I spray painted our shoes white. They looked so hot. However the second step I took in mine the heal completely broke off. So my outfit was pretty lame without the white boots.

YaH mAkAyLa and iSaAc CaN rIdE a BiKe!!!!

It's been awhile since I've blogged. Sorry. We went to our great friend's the Carter's home for the 4th of July. We had so much fun. Isaac and Makayla saw Audrey riding her bike and both decided to try. Yahh!!!! I've been trying to get them to just try for awhile now.

So we bought Isaac a $15 bike on Craig's list. Makayla loves riding it (her bike has a flat) but Isaac (even though he knows how) isn't too confident about riding. We have to force him to practice. He didn't even want a new bike, but it was high time to go up a size.

I was running and I couldn't stop

Last night, about 15 minutes after getting home from church, Isaac was chasing the baby, who was running with Isaac's balloon. Then he said "I was running and I couldn't stop, I want to pop that balloon!"

So, I called Jeremy and he met me at an urgant care facility, where Isaac was so brave and got a lot of stitches. Jeremy said it was so bad they had to stitch up the inner layer of skin and then the outer. The doctor said he'd have a pretty huge scar. This one is so much bigger than all of his others combined. No swimming for a week which is a total bummer. He has swim lessons all week and we go swimming everyday. So this week I'll have to get creative.

Batting Cages!!!

One of the businesses that I service is a batting cage in a warehouse in Prosper, TX. In one of the nets to hit in, you can rent a pitching machine that you feed the balls in individually and can put it at whatever speed you want. They give you 2 buckets of baseballs and you rent it for 1/2 hour. I told Isaac that I'd take him about a month ago and he has asked me almost everyday since then. Friday was the day. The night before he asked me, "Dad, will you PLEASE take me to the batting cages tomorrow?" I told him that I'd try my best to get home early so we could go. He told me to make sure I went to work early so I could get home early. I came home early and the whole family went. It was a blast. I was so proud of Isaac and Makayla. I set the machine for 25 mph and started feeding the baseballs in and he just started hitting. He's got such a good eye for the ball. The guy that owns it was doing a private hitting lesson in the net next to us and during his lesson, he was telling Isaac how good of a hitter he was. Every time after that that Isaac would get a hit, he would look over to the "coach" and see if he was watching. It was great. The "coach" even came over and showed Isaac how to hold his bat and gave him some more hitting tips. He loved it.
Makayla then got in there and after a bit of practice, started hitting the balls too. She's left handed, so it's neat watching her hit. It was all we could do to keep Jackson out of the cage. If we would've let him, he'd have got right in there and tried hitting off the machine too. I brought him in and pitched some to him too. He had his helmet on and a wrist band that I put on him at the house. Chauntel put a baseball shirt on him before we left, so he was all ready.
Last but not least, coach also noticed the blonde hottie in the cage smacking the baseballs before we left. Chauntel was killin' it in the cages. "Coach" said, "Man, that girl can hit!" after she ripped a few fastballs. I said that she was a good kisser too.
All in all it was a fun Logsdon outing topped off with a popsicle on the way home.

Yoga

When we went home to Washington, Makayla saw a doctor there who said she needs to practice deep breathing (for stress relief) and strecthing. So we bought her a yoga mat, outfit, and DVD. We've only done it three times but she does good and complains a lot less than when I was making her do deep breathing and strecthing in her bedroom before bed (she hated that) She seems to really enjoy it. I told her if she does really good, and consistantly, I'd get her a pink yoga mat.

New Piano

We gave our old piano away on craig's list. I thought it would be a great day, but I was so sad to see it go. I thought it was so beautiful. With that said, now that we have a new one I'm O.K. I'm so in love with our new (used) piano. I think it's so beautiful. It seems so much smaller than our last one. Now I have to figure out how we're going to decorate and furnish our front rooms:) It's such a slow process for me.

Isaac's Letter

A few Sundays ago, we were sitting at the table for dinner when Kayla mentioned that Isaac had pulled Br. Moore's hair during Primary. Br. and Sister Moore are his teachers and they really do a good job. We asked Isaac if he did this and he said, "yes, because I didn't want to be in Primary." Of course Chauntel and I were upset, a bit emabarressed, and really wanting to figure out how to "fix" the situation. I told Isaac that after dinner, he was going to have to write Br. Moore a letter letting him know how sorry he was and that we were going to take it to Br. Moore when he was finished.
So after dinner, Isaac wrote that he was sorry he pulled his hair and that he wouldn't do it again. There were some letters he needed some help with, but he did pretty good for the most part. We folded his letter, put it in an envelope, and I drove him to Br. Moore's house. On our way there, I explained to him how what he did was really unacceptable and then we rehearsed what Isaac was going to say at the door when Br. Moore came to it. I was practicing this with him because He was going to do it all by himself.
When we got to the house, we go out of the van and I waited at the driveway while he made the long walk to the front door. I gave him a stern, "Now go and ring the doorbell and I want to be able to hear you say what we practiced in van from here." As he walked to the door by himself, the neighbor's dog next door in the backyard barked really loud and that sent Isaac running back toward me thinking it was the end for him. I told him really quick that it was the neighbor's dog and that he needed to turn back around and get to the door. He asked me if the Moore's had a dog and I told him that I didn't know but that he needed to "be a man" and get to the door.
Isaac makes his way back to the door and reaches up and rings the doorbell. The image of my oldest son at that moment will forever be burned in my mind. Scared and nervous, slightly rocking side to side, seeing the back of his little buzzed head body holding that envelope with his letter in it (that he wrote)maybe rehearsing what we practiced in the van in his head; I couldn't have been prouder of him. He was scared to death, but he was doing it. I almost started to cry for him. Everything in me wanted to run up there with him and pick him up and help him, but knew that he needed to do this on his own.
The door opens and it was their youngest son, Hunter, that opened the door. Isaac's first question was "do you have a dog?" Luckily they didn't, then Isaac just kind of stood there and from the end of the sidewalk I prompted Isaac to ask for Br. Moore. He did, and the whole family came to the door. Isaac gave Br. Moore the letter, mumbled something to him that was somewhat what we had gone over in the van, and Br. Moore got on one knee and gave Isaac and hug and said that it was OK and that he hoped they were still buds. I guess the "moment" was a bit overload to my boy; with a quirky smile on his face, he just bolted from the door back to the van. I just waived to them and got in the van with him. Still in the driveway, I gave Isaac a big high five and praised him for taking responsibility and "manning up". I've never been prouder of him. I know he was scared to death to make that march up to the door, but he did it.

isaac's birthday party!

We had sooo much fun at Isaac's birthday party on Saturday. We had pizza and snow cones. Then we had a water balloon battle, silly string battle, and a rocket balloon show:) I have so much fun, throwing parties. Everything was Ben Ten. (the cake, pinatas, and all the kids got an alien name)

Finally

YYYAAAHHHH!!! I've been waiting to put our family picture above the fireplace since we first moved in (over a year ago) I'm so excited to finally have one up.

Kinder Graduation

Summer, Summer Summer time!!!!!!!

Yesterday was Makayla's graduation and today is her last day. I was a little nervous for summer, but now I'm so excited. I only have three months with Isaac before he leaves me for school everyday. I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun this summer.

By the way she lost her other front tooth. She pulled it out at school and so she is now part of the lost tooth club at school:) She looks so much better with that crazy tooth gone.

Family Room

So, we paid someone to paint the family room and the entryway/staircase. The ceilings were too high for us to paint. I love the color in this room too. I'm so happy it turned out so well. I really get scared picking colors; that's why it took me so long. But I love the way it turned out. It makes the white wood-work pop a little. We still need to put our family picture in the frame obviously. And the frame is a little crooked.

Thank you Natallie for the vinyl. We put it under our big frame. I think it will look really good.

Next on the list for this room and the kitchen and entry way are new floors. I think we might do something like slate in the kitchen and entry way. Then we'll refinish the family room floors. If we get really crazy, we're going to replace the stair railing with wrought iron. Our house will look so different when we're done with it. I might never want to move:)

Oh, I almost forgot the most exciting part, we removed the weird railing that was on our family room window sills. Yah!!!!!! It looks sooooo much better.

Front Rooms

We've finally started painting and decorating the front rooms. I bought curtains and painted. When I get the go ahead from Jeremy, I'll buy a couch for the living room and a desk for the dining room (den). We're probably going to get rid of our piano and get a new one. All in time. A little at a time. I absolutly love the paint color in this room. I'm tempted to paint the kitchen this color too. Jeremy thinks that would be a little much. We'll see.

Funny thing, everyone that sees our front room asks if we added crown molding, and wood trim. It's always been there but now you can really see it.