What beautiful weather. Sure it's been a little cooler and raining these last few days, but spring is here. The sun is shining today. Check out our cherry tree! We planted it when we moved here in 2000. Amazing how it has grown. Yesterday, I cut the grass for the first time this spring. I could still smell fresh cut grass when I got home last night at 9:30. I love that smell. Soon be time to start grilling and having picnics outside. Morgan has off today because there is 2008-2009 Kindergarten testing at school. Hopefully it will be warm enough to spend most of the day outside. We are going down to have lunch with Reese and may have to go to the gstore, but other than that we 'got nothing'.

Big things happening at your house? Feel free to share with the rest of us. I know blue eyes is traveling to LA. We will be traveling to see barnabas on Sunday. Hope to see some of you at church if we get there in time. I will try to keep the boys moving right along so we get an early start.

Saturday was the opening ceremony for the baseball season. It was a disorganized but fun time. We had the opening ceremony at 11, team pictures at 12:15 and a game at 1pm. Too long to stay around but not quite long enough to go anywhere.

The opening ceremony was very nice. All the teams gathered on the field in their team shirts and caps. They played the national anthem and everyone saluted the flag. Then they announced each team, their manager and coaches and each player.

Morgan is on Abdo's again this year. This time he is one of the 'big kids' only he's not so big. There are 10 kids on his team, 3 or 4 returning from last year. I think he has one more year in t-ball and will then move up to minor league, if he is still interested in the game.

The first game of the season was tie 4-4 (they are always ties in t-ball). Morgan was up to bat twice and had 2 great hits. The second was out to the fence because the other team had tiny kids and they couldn't get the ball. They were all so funny, running to third base instead of first and playing in the dirt instead of watching for the ball. Reese got hiccups from laughing.

Another beautiful day. Just like yesterday, only not so hot. It rained this evening, after 6pm. But that was OK. Morgan and I were inside bowling, golfing and playing baseball. It was so nice to have the front door open and feel the breeze coming in through the screen. I am sooooo ready for spring and warmer weather.

Yesterday, Reese, Harold and Morgan went to a Phillies game in Philadelphia. Long bus ride. They didn't get home until after 10pm. Morgan got washed up and fell into bed, fast asleep in under 10 minutes. They had fun, for the most part. But it was a really long day for the little guy. And the bigger guys, too, I think. Strange how tiring it can be just riding in a bus.

Today, Morgan and I got our gloves on and went for a long walk to pick up trash. This weekend was the SKIP clean up and we decided to do our part to Keep It Pretty. (Morgan thot it should be Keep It Perfect. Works for me!) We found lots of trash as well as recycleable material. It was fun until it started to rain on our way home. It's amazing the things people toss along the road. We got a bag full of trash and only cleaned up one side of the road. But what we did looks nice. For now.

I had company today. Mom, Darese, Logan and Benjamin came for a visit. We had a great time. We all took a road trip to WalMart/Subway to pick up lunch. Then I put up the tent in the living room for the little guys to eat their lunch in. While they took a nap, Darese and I played Wii and Mom laughed at us. Darese and I went to pick Morgan up from school (while Mom took a nap) and the boys were awake by the time we got home. They had about 1 hr to play outside with Morgan before they had to leave for home. They enjoyed digging in the garden, kicking the ball, throwing the cloth-bee (a fabric frisbee) and relaxing on the lawn chairs with cherry jello. I'm so glad it was sunny enough for them to be outside. After they left, we ate dinner and went down to watch Morgan's T-Ball practice. It got a bit chilly after the sun started to go down!

Happy Easter. I know -- it was over a week ago. Whatever. I've been busy. Anyway......Here is Morgan in all his Easter finery. Quite the Easter gentleman. We had lunch at the Dutch Kitchen with Reese's mom; his dad was sick. It was a bit chilly, which is to be expected since Easter was so early this year. But at least it was not snowing. I never complain that it does not snow.

I have exciting news regarding Morgan. He lost his first tooth on Friday, March 28th. Yea Morgan! He came out of school and showed me the empty spot in his mouth. I asked him if it hurt. He said it did a little and it was bleeding a little and he cried a little. But then he took a drink and it stopped bleeding. They gave him a little blue treasure chest to keep his tooth in. Very cute. He has been telling everybody. Last night he and I ate dinner at Pizza Hut to use the last of his Book It! coupons. He told the waitress, "I lost a tooth!" Usually, he does not even say hello to anyone. Guess he's growing up. My little boy!