Baseball

So Leighton has been playing baseball this season and it hasa taken a lot of practice to get him so that he isn't afraid of the ball. Well needless to say we finally did it and he has been willing to hit and catch the ball that is until he got a pop ball in the mouth. When Jake said he had a fat lip I figured it wouldn't be the first and it won't be the last. That was until I saw his lip. Here are pictures that I took that night.





Needless to say he has gone back to being a little bit afraid of the ball again. It was a couple of rough games after that. Jake and I thought that his team the White Sox might make it the whole season without any wins. Then today that changed Leighton hit the ball and made two scores home and one of those he even slid into home and was safe. Yay it was a good day for him.

what's new

Its been a while. The only thing that is new on our schedule is that Leighton had to go see Dr. Larsen. For those of you who don't know who this is this is my moms, dads, uncle, grandma Searles and my foot doctor. We are on a first name bases with him seeing how we go so often. Well Leighton had been walking funny, and then her came up to me and said "mom there is something on my foot and it hurts" as I looked at his foot I was able to see a marble sized lump about 2 inches under his ankle. So I called Clark and he told me to bring him in. It took us about a week to get him in but for that week Leighton paniced he was afraid taht they would have to do surgery. I kept telling him that if that was something that needed to happen there was a lot of steps to get to that point it wasn't a first thing. Well we got there this morning and Clark said that it was from extra bones in the foot that about 30% of the population has and that it can be fixed with orthotics. It was irritated because of the cleets worn for baseball and him always favoring that foot. However Clark wanted to take x-rays just to be sure. Well he came in and said there is good news and bad. To this I asked what the good was and he said it was just like he thought just some extra bones that were inflamed. So I then asked what the bad was and Clark responded that he had feet like me and my mom. All and all he is going to be as difficult as I am when it comes down to medical stuff :(

Wow we're busy

Leighton had his opening ceremonies for baseball this week end. We got to meet all the teams and their coaches. We also got the oppertunity to meet a pro-baseball player that started out in the Kearns baseball. Turns out that there are 7 different pro-baseball players that have come from Utah and the Kearns area. Then yesterday Leighton had his first baseball game. They lost however they were winning until the last inning. Leighton was so much fun to watch he was worried about hitting the ball at the wrong time so he didn't swing at all. However the first time he was up to bat this came in handy because he got four balls so he got to walk to first base. The second time he wasn't so lucky. He got to play the position that he wanted. When the coach asked them what they wanted to play Leighton's response was out field. He didn't want to be pitcher or catcher he wanted to be in the out field.
Xia is doing soccer and has had her first game as well. In her league they don't keep score its more to learn the sport and have fun. She could careless about the ball when she was on the field all she wanted to do was to talk to the other players at least she ran with the ball so she could talk while she ran.
Saturdays are going to be busy here for the next little bit because Xia's games are always at 10:30 am and Leighton has games on Saturday either at 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, or 3 pm. the later ones aren't going to be so hard to get to its the early ones so Jake and I might be tag teaming it this time.
That's all that's been happening other then work and school for me oh and being the taxi driver to get Leighton to games Mon, Wed, Thurs, and Sat, Xia to soccer Tue, and Sat. That makes Mon, Tues, Wed,and Thrus I leave the house at 7 in the morning and get home at 7 at night. I still don't know how parents do this with more then two kids.

The Launch

It's been a long time since I've had time to blog. Between working full time, school full time, being a mom and now because apperentally I didn't think that was enough Leighton is now doing baseball which requires 3 days of practice plus games and Xia is doing soccer oh and I teach the 5 year olds in primary. However I am going to blog today instead of do homework becasue last night the kids and i got to go to a launch party for our favorite author. We have been lucky enough to go to the last 2 launch parties for Brandon Mulls Fablehaven series and loved both of those. The kids both got shirts and autographs from these parties so when I heard that there was going to be a launch party for his new series "The Beyonders" I was stocked. After I picked up Xia from school we set off. The kids both enjoyed it and got to see many of their favorite characters from the "Fablehaven" series. We also got some cute photos with the characters. Afterwards the kids got to have their shirts and book signed by Brandon Mull. When Xia got up to him she said to him "you write good! I like your books" to this Brandon Mull just smiled and said thanks. I hope that they can remember these launch parties and remember how much they enjoyed them as well as the books. If that is the case then it is well worth the time.



Waiting for the party to begin. Leighton already starting the book!


One of the "Knights of the Dawn"


The "Knights of the Dawn, Fairy Queen, and the "Wrath" from book 3


The "Fairy Queen"


"Merial" from FableHaven book 1


Meeting Brandon Mull again for signings

I'm not spoiled! Well OK I am

I have always said that I'm not spoiled just well loved. Well what can I say. It turns out I am both. My wonderful husband bought me the iPhone 4 which I absolutely love. Then to top it off he bought me the new Schwinn Cruiser that is black with pink and white trim and has a very cute wicker basket at the front of it. Pictures soon to come. I also had a major head ache on Sunday and so he let me sleep in and went and taught my lesson for me in Primary (the funniest part is that, that was also the day the stake primary presidency was at the ward and they sat in on the class for him) Then yesterday I still had that massive headache and it was so bad that I spent the day laying on the living room floor with my kids playing the wii and the computer all day and by 7:00 p.m. when Jake got home and saw that I hadn't moved much all day and I looked ever so lovely he called my daddy and took me to get my neck popped which made today bearable. Like I said I am well loved and a little spoiled but what can you do :)

Jury Duty!

I was called to jury duty for the fourth time this week. However unlike the past three times this time I had the opportunity to serve in a criminal case. The case that I was assigned was a rape. It was very interesting to say the least. Unlike the 8 other jurors that were on the trail I went in thinking this could go either way I wasn't leaning toward guilty or not guilty. The jury consisted of 3 men and 6 women. I was the youngest. In the end we asked each other what our initial thought was before we heard everything, the men and one of the women thought he was guilty going in and then the rest of us didn't have an opinion either way yet. By the end of the first day I still wasn't sure whether the guy was guilty or not. Then on the second day as we heard the rest of the evidence I knew that something had happened how ever the question in my head was whether it was consensual or not whether it happened or not. Then on the last day as we deliberated and got to see the evidence much closer I wasn't convinced that there was with out a doubt that he was guilty and neither was the rest of the jury. After 3 hours of deliberation we came back with the verdict of not guilty. I felt bad for the girl however I wasn't fully convinced that it was unconsensual. I could tell that the girls family wasn't happy with the verdict but I am a firm believer that it is better to set one guilty person free then to send one innocent person to jail. All and all I had a really good experience and would love to serve on a criminal case again. I feel that the justice system really does work and that we are very lucky to live in a place that we are innocent until proven guilty.

The major exspense!

Who knew that getting so close to being finished with school would cost so much. First I dropped $220 for a test (that I better pass) and that's just so I can start student teaching. Then I find out that in order for me to student teach in Jan I have to pay $1000 (still trying to figure out how that works. I pay them to work but then I don't get paid for it.) However if I pay it by May then I get $200 off making it $800. Guess the season tickets for Lagoon and San Fransisco trip are out of the question now.Then when all is said and done I pay another $150 for the last test. All of this then I get called for jury duty which I have to take off work and they pay me $50 for the first day then $11 for any day after that. Can any other exspens come up.
Now taht I am done complaining I do have a wonderful husband taht bought my mom and I floor seat tickets to Reba and George Strait. Even though he doesn't like country he got up at 6 in the morning to wait in the cold so I could have good seats. He is the best.