Summer Update

Cambria turned 21 months old last Monday, and Zachary turned 12 last Tuesday.

Unbelievable how fast time is whizzing by.

Summer vacation here is half over.  5 weeks have already gone by.  I am trying my best to make it super fun for my kids.  There has only been one day this summer that we've just stayed home all day.
At this point, I could use a few more of those kind of days!

Zack had his birthday party on his birthday....the first time ever.  It was at the pool at our neighborhood athletic center....so beautiful there.  Between his friends from school and baseball friends plus a few of my other kids' friends, there were 28 kids there!  And of course they had a whiffle ball game in the grass!

Speaking of baseball, Zack's team won their district championship!  Again! 2 years in a row!  Now they go to the state tournament in a couple weeks!

This year the middle school kids had to apply to get into the Honors' academy at his middle school.  The principal let us know Zack got in.  Not really surprised.  But still.   He has decided to go to the Ba.sis school here instead for 7th grade.  Which was a bit surprising.  Only a few of his friends are going to Ba.sis.  I'm not sure how much any of you know about the Ba.sis schools.  Goo.gle them...check them out.  Academically, they are amazing.  Good education & a lot of the students get into good colleges and get scholarships.  The only thing is...he won't be able to play on the high school baseball team-if he would make it.  Do we think he is going to get a huge baseball scholarship or play in the MLB?  Nope.  But I think it is important for kids to stay active and not play video games all day (this problem already has a huge obesity problem) and being on a team sport provides exercise, friendships, and keeps the kids out of trouble.  With that being said, Zack wants to be a vet first, or a doctor second.  He would have a better chance of getting into a great college (and maybe with a scholarship) and then getting into vet or med school by going to Ba.sis than by going to our local high school (which isn't that fantastic, I am sorry to say).   2 of my college roommates send their kids to the Ba.sis school in their city (same class even!  How ironic.) and they love the school.
Anyways, Z can do travel baseball still.  Big changes are in store for us next month when the new school year starts!

As time goes on, I become an even lamer blogger than the month before!

My daughter is developing quite the little personality!  She is loving and funny and giggles and loves to play with our dogs and her brothers....and she is pretty strong-willed!  She knows what she wants and wants it right that minute!  Lol!  She loves blueberries.   She hates to have bows and barrettes in her hair  Sigh....because I bought her a million!  HA!   She likes to color (Scribble?!) and uses her left hand mostly...... I have found out that her birth sister and birth aunt are lefties!   (So are my son Z and my mom, so she fits right in.  As if she didn't already!)  I firmly believe God knew exactly what he was doing when he connected birth mom all the way across the country in NC with us.

Dave's cousin has a daughter 2 days older than Cambria.  And my BFF's niece is 1 day older than Cambria!  Anyways, Dave's cousin is pregnant again.  And if I were being completely honest.....I got that jealous feeling in the pit of my stomach again!  UGH!  When does that go away?  I mean, at some point in life, ya gotta quit growing your family.  I mean, unless you're the Dugg.ars.
I am exhausted at the end of each day from trying to be a good mom to 4 kids and 2 dogs and a wife and taking care of this household, etc.  So why am I jealous?  Is it because I had the hysterectomy so that ship has really sailed?   Anyways, I know it is ridiculous for me to feel that way.   Maybe it's because the end of family-building signals "We're getting older" as my husband likes to say!

And as I typed that last paragraph, I just remembered I have laundry in the dryer that isn't going to fold itself!

Goodnight & hopefully I'll have something interesting to talk about soon.