March Family Newsletter

March has been a really fun month. I think it’s probably because we were on spring break so we only had three weeks of school. We were all needing the break and made the most of it. Brenton finished his basketball season the first day of March. Good thing because baseball started the exact same day. Brenton’s baseball coach is a very good coach. He is really patient with Brenton and Brenton is improving. Amberley and Brenton both finished their bowling club in the middle of March. I’m glad that is over. It was fun, but seemed to add too much in our already busy life. Brenton also received his wolf award in scouts. Now he is going right into the Bear den. I have finally updated his scout shirt. It wouldn’t be so bad if it were just his wolf patch I needed to get on, but I procrastinated so much I had to put on his bobcat, wolf and seven arrows. Thank goodness for spring break. Amberley has seemed to slow down a little this month. She finished her swimming lessons and really enjoyed that. However, we decided to take a break from swimming. She said something about basketball but we haven’t done anything about that. She has gone on two dates this month. She went to the Blue Man Group with Mike. During the month, Am and I went to KA. It is a production by Cirque de Soleil. Amberley loved both of them. She said Blue Man Group was really funny and KA was amazing. Jackson also finished swimming earlier this month and then started baseball. Mike is coaching his team which both of them seem to enjoy. Today was their first game. Jackson played first base and right field. They don’t keep score for Jackson’s division but he hit the ball every time he was at bat. He also made it all the way around the bases without getting out. All the parents thought he was pretty cute because every time he would come in to home plate, he would always slide. I asked him what he was doing and he told me “That’s what they do.” Jackson also turned five this month. He didn’t have a party but we did go to the park with the Debbie and kids then everyone enjoyed cake and ice cream at our house. The day ended with Sara and Kaitlyn spending the night. Mike spent two weeks in Colorado this month. He was concerned he wasn’t going to be able to get home. When he got to the airport Friday night in Colorado ready to come home, they told him that the airplane was having mechanical problems and they would not be able to help them, but that they needed their names, so that they could pray for them on Easter Sunday. So he had to drive to Phoenix Arizona, an eight-hour drive through the night. Once he got to Phoenix (about 3 am Saturday morning) he couldn’t get a flight until 11:00 Saturday. So he didn’t get home until Saturday afternoon. Besides work, he is putting a lot of time into coaching and helping around the house. I have been busy with work and family. At school, we had a family spaghetti night, which I helped serve and clean up. The second trimester ended so I had to do report cards. (One of the worst things about my job.) We have also had a lot of high-stakes tests, so it’s not a lot of fun. And of course family always keeps me busy. Sometimes I feel like a taxi driver that’s not getting paid. I have spent a lot of nights at the baseball diamonds, which is a nice change of scenery. Also I’m the team mom for Jackson’s baseball team, so I had to make a banner for their team. It was a lot of fun and it turned out pretty cute. We also had a good Easter. Of course the kids went to the Easter egg hunts, which all of them did well and the weekend ended with a nice family dinner.