EASTER!

We had a whirlwind of a wonderful day.  Toby sang and signed in the first-ever Reality Church Gospel Choir, at our SB City College outdoor service (with 8000 attending!).  We brought 2 of our exchange students, Jade and Kathy, and had boys Jorden and Ben Dokolas visiting from Bakersfield too.  Auntie Kelly, Uncle Ray and Toby’s college buddy Val met us at the service as well.  Full house!  We concluded the day with the always-wonderful Easter late lunch at Gma and Gpa Seal’s house, complete with egg hunt and lots of treats.

This week marks the last day of the Artios Academy that Max and Lucy attend.  Artios uses the Orff method of music education. It was a privilege to be at their final presentation.  Both Max and Lucy played arrangements on the Orff instruments (glockenspiels and xylophones).  Lucy’s class also did a couple of songs on the ‘boom whackers’.

Max pitched again on Wednesday’s game (5/18/2011) against the Mudcats.  He pitched for a full 2 innings, as the closer, delivering 47 pitches.  He struck out 5 batters and didn’t allow any runs.

The Bulls won the game 6-4.  With only 3 games left in the season, we are tied for 1st place, I think.

P.S. The camera on my phone is a piece of junk.  I hope to have some better pictures if he pitches on Saturday.

Because he didn’t feel like trying to move his hand to his chest, like we’ve been showing him in sign language for 3 months…

But – hey – we’ll take it!  🙂

It rained last night. We are using a borrowed tent, and I didn’t put up the rain fly. Big mistake. I already don’t like the sound of rain, and now I have another reason not to like it. Wet tent, wet sleeping bag, wet shoes, wet pillow. But I can smell bacon cooking for breakfast, so all is not too bad.