Our First Garden!

Well, the Ball family is making history. We are planting our first Garden. This yard of ours has a lot of trees, so finding an area that wasn't too shady was a challenge, but we did get a small plot. If we do a good job and our harvest is good, perhaps Steve will help me dig up some bushes for next years garden...keep your fingers crossed. This is what we are going to plant:

Spinach

Butterhead Lettuce

Onion

Radish

Carrot

cucumber

Zucchini

Pole Peas

And up in the front between some rose bushes, we are planting Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes. Should be a good harvest!

Buffing up Andrew

Well, I did it. I finally signed Andrew up for the gym. Last week the family went on a Bike ride to Kaysville Park, and He Just about died...literally. After arriving home, he sat in the chair with the sweats and then chills. Then he got a headache, a neck ache and went to sleep at 6:30. He slept clear to moring. He was so tiered and worn out for the next 4 days. It was crazy crazy. It was a tip off that my son is going to enter 8th grade and recieve the reward for the biggest pansy in class if I don't intervien and help him out. So, we signed up. Its perfect timing, as he has his physical Merit Badge to accomplish...12 weeks of 6 days a week of consecutive excersise. Its a tuff one, won't be completed until July 28...and in the process, hopefully we will buff him in the process. His mile took 14:26 min....I'll report back...our goal is to get him to do a 10 min mile...he should be able to do that with me helping him each nite. Happy Thursday!

Lagoon...its what fun is!

Well, we did it...we splurged and bought Lagoon Summer Passes. The boys and I went on Saturday for a few hours, as it was not busy. It was not busy at all, which was nice for them...we went on 7 rides while there. Here is the problem: next time we won't be so lucky and when we wait an hour for one 60 sec ride, I think it will suck all the fun out. I know Steve hates standing in line, but the boys don't seem to mind. What I see happening, is that Andrew and Ryan can become closer and maybe even friends, talking while in line, and experiencing this fun together.

I then went to Kimberly's Morp Dance in North Ogden. I was excited to chaperone it, and see her date and what all the high school kids did at these things. Question answered. Nothing but stand around, talk, and occationally move. I sound like my grandpa complaining about "todays generation" but seriously, no dancing. Oh, they jumped here and there, and did a few funky moves, but as a whole, just stood there and talked. They seemed to be having a super time, however, and Kimberly and her date looked great. Kim and I had our picture taken, as I got a free one for being there, and I didn't want to take one of myself, so I pulled her into it...I'll post it later. It was fun, and I'm glad I got to go.

Steve and Jeremy took Ryan and Tyler to the gun show in SLC, to see what was new, get some ammo and spend some boy time. Andrew had to stay home with me and do catch up homework for school...he has a lot to catch up on! He is now sleeping upstairs after a long and hard bike ride. We rode around town for about 2 hours, and when we got home, he could barely walk, and was completely worn out. He went right to sleep (at 6:30) and is still in bed, probably for the night. I enjoyed it much, Steve and ryan played the game "who can knock the other off their bike" and it made for a nice Sunday.

Well, theres a pretty boring catch up with the ball family entry. I'll post some photos later in the week...and as alway, hope you all have a great week too!

Finally, we did the Worlds Easter on Monday. Andrew was gone with his dad out of town, so Ryan and I waited for his return in order to make it more fun. What was nice for me was I waited until I dropped the kids off at school to buy any Easter items. Everything was 50% off, and that made it nice. I bought a few candy items, a kick ball for Ryan. I went home and put the stuff in baskets and hid them behind a bush in our back yard. Ryan loves money more than anything, so instead of candy in the eggs, I put a quarter in each one, 28 eggs total and distributed them around the yard. Ryan found his first egg, found the quarter in it, and went wild with excitement knowing that more eggs ment more money. End result...Ryan 19 eggs, Andrew 9. I guess he just wanted them more! Both boys were happy and it was great to have such a wonderful backyard to enjoy it in. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family and so blessed to have sold our home and that we get to enjoy living here in Kaysville.

Andrew Being His Handsome Self

Andrew has been part of our family for over 13 years! He is fun, has a great sense of humor and is a Valiant Boy. He is and will be great as he gets older. He plans on serving a Mission, going to college and completely enjoying life. I love how he'll joke with me and my favorite thing he does is empty the dishwasher...I hate emptying the dishwasher!

Ryan Ball May 5th 2000

Ryan came to us on May 5th, 2000. He was a cutie, with quite an attitude. It was tempting to call him, "cry'in Ryan". But, after a few short years (they seem short now), he has grown into a fun, loving and cheerful boy. He turns 9 here in a month! I can't believe how old he is, and although I miss his cute little self, I am enjoying his current age and all the crazy stuff he does.

The Flu Visits Us Again

Its midnight. Ryan lays on the couch wide awake after a night of throwing up and an afternoon of sleeping it off. We have been doing the marathon mini series, "the 10th Kingdom." I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, its rather boring. But Ryan loves it and he feels to sick to move but not sick enough to sleep. I still have yet to scrub the carpet clean from last nights escapde, I'll probably need to rent a steam cleaner. Nice huh? :-)

Steve and Andrew are nestled in the heart of Denver tonight, a father and son trip to see Steves dad during spring break. I hope they have a great time and bond well. Ryan and I will enjoy a nice week of not making a real meal. Ryan lives on Peanut Butter/Marshmellow sandwhiches and smoothies. I am really going to enjoy not cooking!

I know I was supposed to update more often, but it will have to wait. I am a few words to say about conference, which I enjoyed and a few words to say about the boys, but...I am super tiered and I know I'm not going to be able to write clearly or what I really want to say...later ya all.