Heat Wave

I love the sun.

I love hot summer days.

But when it's a muggy 100 degrees, I love our Air conditioned house!

If anyone, and I mean anyone, is feeling hot this summer, come over to our house! Our A/C is always on and the fridge is always stocked. :)

Tonight was the Capital Conference District track meet. My youngest brother, Samuel (aka Sam)ran the 800m and 4x400 relay. He did awesome. Remember how hot and muggy it was? Those young highschoolers still ran their best!

Dom, Bri, my dad and Michael cheered him on in the 800.

My mom and Beth also came to cheer him on in the 4x400 relay.

Makes me want to run again. Someday, when I don't have babies to feed.

And it's not 100 degrees.

German Sausages

(always have a houseful when you cook Gartner's ribs!) This is Corey. He is a Senior at GHS. Tyler travelled with him to Germany for World Cup in 2006 and stayed at his brother's place, who works for Nintendo. But he can't get us a discount on a Wii. Wii asked. Wii will have to wait until wii can afford one. Sorry, Dom.
Last night we grilled some of the Gartner's ribs, Dom's favorite, and the German sausages:

CHEESE & ONION KNACKWURST, SMOKED BRATWURST WITH CHEESE, and WEISSWURST
(a white sausage eaten with bread/pretzel)

Isaac loved the sausage

and the bread.

Yesterday I got my 2nd crown. No more holes in my teeth from old fillings falling out.

Tonight I ate popcorn!

Isaac 9 months

Yesterday Isaac had his 9 month check-up.
He is....
19lb 13oz...50th percentile
29" tall...90th percentile
He is crawling, standing for 2 seconds, throwing everything down for mommy to pick-up (not my favorite game).
He loves to throw a baseball and crawl to it, then throws it again (playing catch with himself!)
He can say "mama" "baba" and "dada" and he talks A LOT. He gets frustrated and screams.
He gives big open-mouth wet kisses and strong bear hugs!

He is cutting his first tooth (finally)!

For You

Look into my eyes - you will see, What you mean to me.
Search your heart - search your soul, And when you find me there you'll search no more.
Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for.
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for.
You know it's true, Everything I do - I do it for you.
Look into my heart - you will find, There's nothin' there to hide.
Take me as I am - take my life, I would give it all, I would sacrifice.
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for.
I can't help it there's nothin' I want more.
You know it's true, Everything I do - I do it for you.
There's no love - like your love - And no other - could give more love.
There's nowhere - unless you're there - All the time - all the way.
Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for.
I can't help it there's nothin' I want more.
I would fight for you - I'd lie for you - Walk the wire for you - Ya I'd die for you.
You know it's true, Everything I do - I do it for you.

Baseball Games

Dom's first baseball game was last night.






3 innings took 1.5 hours to play.







All 14 players played in the field and they went through the full batting line-up of 14 players each inning.






Dom had a great time!


Thank you Tyler, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Resh, Aunt Beth, Grandma, Grammy, Great-Grandpa, Mackie, Uncle Bill, Markus and Corey for coming to watch and support Dom and the Gray Sharks!



I think he had the most fans cheering for him!


He has been all smiles every time we talk about his game!


:-)

He did a great job as catcher in the 3rd inning. His legs are sore this morning.

Another busy weekend

Saturday I took Euro (Tyler's loving nickname for Markus) to IKEA (yep, it's the same here as it is in Europe) then to Gartner's meat market. Markus was in Meat heaven! It was the first time I bought food at IKEA, but the Swedish meatballs were highly recommended. And, as Markus promised, he made the Swedish meatballs and potatoes topped with the Graddsas cream sauce and Lingonberry preserves, just like he does back home, tonight for my Mother's day dinner. Yum!!

Saturday evening we celebrated Aaron's graduation from Warner Pacific college. Aaron is Tyler's cousin and close friend and also a great soccer player and coach. The party was at Ben and Heather Billup's (Aaron's sister). Their little boy, Boston, and Isaac have a lot of family resemblances.

Sunday was Mother's Day (as I write this, it is no longer Sunday...) I received a GREEN rose at church. (I LOVE green!) We went to my Mom and Dad's house for lunch, in Estacada (Grandpa and Grandma in the woods as Dom calls them!) Tyler's mom (Grammy) who lives far away in Brookings is in town this week. For Mother's Day, I got to detail my car while Tyler watched the boys and Brianna went shopping with Auntie Beth (and got this very cute shirt) It was a wonderful day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Brianna's pre-school did a Mother's day music program on Friday. On the way to school she asked me, "when is it Dad's day? Cause I want Papa to hear me sing too!"

Our favorite teacher, Teacher Debbie is retiring this year. She did so much for Dom & Bri-helping Dom learn to sit still longer than a second, and helping Bri come out of her "shy shell"-that will give them success in the school years to come.

And Brianna found a new thing Isaac loves. We call it "mopping the floor."