Weekend Fun

As usual our weekend was filled with fun. Saturday started off with Zach's baseball game. Yesterday marked the first game of the second half of the season, which low and behold means they start implementing more “real” baseball rules. Now, they start counting outs… in the sense that if a kid gets out while they are running between bases, the kid has to return to his/her dugout, however there are still an unlimited number of outs per inning it seems. Zach’s coach and one of the assistant coaches weren’t going to be at the game due to previous commitments. They were looking for a couple of parents to fill in as coach for the day, I asked my dad if he wouldn’t mind volunteering for the job, my dad was ECSTATIC and Zach was thrilled for him to be there. He was so excited to be a coach for the day that he got to the field 45 minutes early decked out in his Red Sox hat, jersey, and cleats! Cleats!!! … To coach T-Ball!!! Lol, if you’ve ever wondered where I get the dork part of my personality, it’s from my dad. :-) Papa filled in as first base coach and Zach was lucky enough to play first base, his favorite position. They both did a great job!

Saturday afternoon continued with my niece Amanda’s 8th birthday party. It was pretty low key, but some highlights included a last-man-standing hula hoop competition… (No, Selina, I did not participate in this one...), potato sack races, and bubble making. There was a little boy that came to the party, who Zach seemed to really hit it off with. The little boy is cute as can be. He has his whole future planned out. He wants to be a science teacher when he grows up. So, naturally, he and Zach spent most of the afternoon finding dead beetles, pulling off the legs, cracking the bodies open, and examining their insides… GROSS!! While my son was busy being a boy, I had the opportunity to chat with this little scientist’s mom for quite a while. We really hit it off, and drum roll please… I invited her to church… I only mention this as being significant because just the other day I was talking to some friends about the fact that, since everything hit the fan at church, we had just stopped inviting people. I was feeling really guilty about it, but, why invite someone into our drama…? But it just felt right, and I’m so excited about that, just that it felt okay and natural to invite someone again. Praise God!!

Today was really low key. Juan Carlos Ortiz was speaking at church. I wasn’t overly excited about it. I certainly didn’t expect an old Hispanic dude to fit my idea of “cool”, but I REALLY enjoyed him. He was a great speaker, gave a great message, and had a very funny delivery. After church we enjoyed eggs benedict and other breakfast goodies out on the patio. It was great to just be together as a church enjoying each other’s company. This afternoon we just spent the day relaxing at home. I opened my mother’s day gift from Zach. He (with some help) got me two Cricut cartridges and Mario Kart for Wii. Guess who played Mario Kart all evening… nope, not me…Lol! My sister and her family came over for a little while, and we ended the day with food from one of our favorite restaurants, Veracruz.