TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME!

We have been going to a lot of sports events the past little bit it seems like. I personally think Jeff is trying to expose Andrew to the world of sports as much as he can to downplay my dancing influence. Okay, not really...Jeff got some tickets to a couple Bees games. One night he took the Young Men and Drew (to give me a break - although I used the time to clean out the car as a Father's Day present) and another game we went with the Garners. I think baseball is one of those sports that is a whole lot less exciting to watch on TV; it is a lot more fun to be there. Although we did get sucked into watching the college women's softball finals on ESPN this last week... yeah...strange...Anyway, Drew had a great time at both games. He met the Bee and had his ball signed and caught a KFC bucket that ended up being a great toy and not so much of a prize (free $.99 menu item - in such a big bucket?!?) He also got to meet an over sized Oreo at one of the games and get free cookies. Afterward he talked about how he liked the Aireo and how good the cookies were and wanted Jeff to buy him some more....talk about effective marketing!

We also went to a disappointing, but still fun ReAL game. Drew had a good time even though ReAL lost (surprise, surprise). When he got in the car he told us, "that was fun! Thank you for the fun soccer!" Jeff and I just looked at each other like, "it's all worth it, isn't it." I think those are the moments you live for as a parent. I feel like I can put up with all the battles; fighting him to change his diaper, get in his carseat, eat two more bites of his dinner, let me brush his teeth...and sooo many other things, when he says something so sweet.

We really have had a fun week. We roasted marshmallows and hot dogs up at Mueller Park with all the Stevens Family one night and went swimming with the Garner girls another day. We went to our usually ward playgroup at the park as well as library storytime, and another day we went to a different park with some other friends. I think things are going to have to slow down a little as I get closer to having this baby, but for now we are enjoying the summer and Drew is loving being able to play outside so much! I am also going to have to slow down a little more because the other day I took Drew with me to get the mail and told him to hold on to the bouncy ball he was taking with him. I don't think he threw it, maybe dropped it, but needless to say it slipped out of his hands and started rolling down our street...he immediately started crying for his ball so I instinctively dashed into a full-out sprint down the street, yelling at Andrew to stay out of the street. I ran a few yards watching the ball bounce from one side of the road to the other picking up momentum before remembering I was pregnant and wearing two inch flip-flops and this probably wasn't the best idea. After watching the ball disappear down the street Drew and I proceeded to walk/hobble down to look for it. Fortunately my mom was turning up the street at the bottom and while we didn't find the ball, I didn't have to walk back up the street! I really don't recommend chasing after $.25 bouncy balls when 8 months pregnant; I am still feeling the ramifications! Poor Drew was so sad to loose his ball though...I'm sure this whole scenario is going to be repeated again sooner rather than later...

It really is so fun to be a mom and while I worry about how I am going to manage taking care of two, I really love taking care of the one I've got now!

HOwdy Partner! & Happy Father's Day!

This Saturday we had a ward cowboy BBQ. They had a pinata, horse rides, snow cones and a spontaneous soccer game...Drew loved it. Even though all any kids were a lot older, he had a fun time playing with them. (And they were nice enough to include him.) I have to say that one of my favorite parts of the evening was watching the kids play soccer and telling Jeff I was about ready to go home. He seemed to be listening while eating a snowcone and watching the game; he turned to me, handed me the snowcone and said, "I'm going to play." I think we were there for about another hour! He just can't pass up soccer...I wonder why Drew's the way he is...

PS Don't you just love the shorts with the cowboy boots? It was way too hot for jeans!

Grandma and Grandpa Farnsworth have been taking a lot of trips lately and Drew has been feeling a little left out. So this weekend we decided to do a little camping (Grandpa, Grandma and Grant went down to Havasupai Falls (Grand Canyon) this weekend) in the backyard. Drew was super excited to sleep in the tent, although he when he woke up in the night he wasn't really sure he still wanted to be in it. There was a full moon so it was pretty light outside and I think it made it tough for him to sleep. I think I actually slept the best of everyone...mainly because I stole all covers from Jeff (unintentionally). Drew also woke up around 6:30 and told us, "It's time to get up and change our clothes so we can go play!" We took him inside and fortunately convinced him to go back to sleep for a little longer. After we woke up for good and changed our clothes to play we went to a little place in Farmington called S&S Shortline Railroad. They have a mini-train you can ride and some other train stuff to look at. It was pretty neat and since Drew thinks trains are great he really liked it. He did get scared when he was walking up to look at one of the trains and the whistle blew...he wasn't expecting that! After the trains we went to the Farmington Pool to cool off. So we may not be going on exotic vacations, but we have found some pretty fun things to do around here. Although, Drew still tells me that when he gets big he is going to go on a trip on an airplane...too bad he doesn't remember when we took him to Hawaii :)