Will we be able to "let her go?"

God has been preparing our hearts to "let her go" for awhile now. "Let her go" is what I have named this phase where Sydney is outwardly showing us her grown up independence now that she is a high school graduate. An expression of her free will to tell us no, her know-it-all attitude that our opinions really don't count and that she knows best! Hmm, we will see how this serves her in the future. I have been told these new behaviors we are seeing are a natural progression if the circle of life and that it is God's way of making it easier to "let her go" come fall. I have faith that God knows what He is doing and that He wouldn't give us anything we aren't prepared to handle. The dad is in a mode as well...he is busy trying to help her get the things she needs for college life. Pretty much would give her the moon and back, nothing is too good for his Baby Girl. At this point, they will not be having any unsupervised shopping outings! In his own way he is busy preparing for her departure too. In the previous post I said Harley will fill the void of Sydney leaving for Jordan but why now did my husband agree to the dog he said we would never have? Does she make me happy? Yes. But this dog will be another daddy's girl just like Sydney...and like Libby. They all like him best! We have the replacement child and yes, we will be able to let you go Sydney...45 days until your departure. We will miss you and look forward to your return!

We bought a HARLEY!

Not what you were thinking, right? Meet Harley. She is a 10 month old basset hound and so lovable. She is so easy going, wants to meet everyone, smell everything and so far is very quiet. I am interested to find out what it will be that will make her bark. So far, she is making herself at home...I do wonder when she will forget where she came from and accept our house as her new home. As far as Libby is concerned, she is not so in love with her but I'm going to give her some time. And Harley is indifferent to Libby...has seen her, has tried to make friends with her but Libby isn't going for it. Right now she is snuggled in with dad, he is early to bed and early to rise but I think Jordan has his heart set on sleeping with her later tonight. Harley is Jordan's solution to Sydney leaving for college. Instead of Jordan sleeping next to Sydney on her floor, we hope he will be content with this big pup sleeping next to him. If this all goes well, Jordan will be able to "let Sydney go!"

And so ends another season of baseball!

State champs?! No, but the boys gave it a shot. They won two and lost two over the long weekend...I think the key to winning the state title is either to win the first two games so you are in the running or to host the tournament. The local teams of Pleasant Hill and Thurston were the two teams who played the championship game. Lol. I have to say, I am sooooo proud though. Newberg has been to this state tournament two years in a row. Awesome kids...talent and heart! And a great coach! Great season...thanks for all the great baseball.

She waited a long time for this day to arrive and here is her new smile...beautiful! I guess I should have uploaded backwards so her pictures would be in order. Ya know, before and after :) This version you get to see the fabulous "now" and just in case you don't remember the metal smile, there it is. Sydney was up and ready so early for her appointment this morning. Guess she was just too excited to sleep any longer...if you see her, I don't think you'll have to ask. She will just show you her smile which is beaming from ear to ear today. Good job on having patience Baby Girl.

Andrea's bridal shower

Today is Andrea's bridal shower, her big day is fast approaching. The theme of her party is "Linens N' Lovelies..."yikes! Sydney said I cannot get her lingerie, absolutely not, it's wrong. She didn't want me to visit the thought that the unmentionables would be worn for Clark and we just can't go to that place. Lol. Okay...so Andrea you will not be getting any cute under things from me. This may be a gift in itself! Sorry :) I will just have to hope your friends get some naughty things to embarrass you. Let the party begin!

this is what we do...

Yep, this is what we do. Lazy days of summer? No, busy days of summer! I must admit our schedule has slowed down, league play is over and we are waiting for playoffs to approach. Jordan couldn't be happier than to be in all that hot, sweaty catcher's gear. When he squats down behind the plate he makes it look so easy and all I can think is how badly my legs would hurt just after one batter, not one inning and certainly not one whole game. Yep, baseball is good.

Paybacks!

Okay my numbers were 15 & 4, just depending on where I was putting it. So if I overlapped do suppose I had 19? I really only spent one day sunning myself, it was the day we were at sea. And I decided to sun my backside since my front is always in the sun when watching baseball. So here's the payback...last year when Steve and I went to Florida I applied his sunscreen and apparently I missed a spot. Well he got a red patch above his shorts on his back. Oops, sorry. He got me back alright, I asked him to lotion my back and I have a crazy camo pattern going on. Bits that were red are now brown. What was slightly tan is now faded...pretty much splotchy. Yikes. Don't know how the sunscreen application is so uneven...do you Seven?!