When the cat's away...

The mouse will WORK! I have spent the last two days cleaning the garage, cleaning the house and finding ways to stay busy. I'm not sure what I did for 17 years when I was single. I can't seem to find enough to do while Brett is in Dallas. One thing is for sure, I'm productive!

Brandon spent the last two days with me and it's been great having him here. I really enjoy spending 1:1 time with the kids.

Brett hired a guy to put the kids play-fort together and he and his son have been here for 5 hours putting it together. They have about 10 hours to go. This thing is massive and I'm so glad we didn't tackle it ourselves.

Well, I have tons left to do before I go to bed so I better get after it. I'm the type that pulls everything out to clean and now I've got a huge mess.

Hope everyone has a great week! It's now up to 60% chance of rain on Tuesday. Is JB ever going to play t-ball? We'll keep you posted!

KB

Update

Well, it's been awhile. I keep saying I'm going to get better at this and the next thing I know, it's been weeks! Our lives seem to be moving at such a fast pace. We had another great week with the kids. Sierra lost her 5th tooth this past week and she looks really cute! She is now missing her front two teeth and one bottom tooth. She is also making a killing from the Tooth Fairy! Luckily, Sierra likes to save her money. I'm afraid JB will be like his older brother and money will burn a hole in his pocket.

So far, JB has only played one out of four t-ball games. It seems like it rains every Tuesday. I will keep everyone posted when the games resume.

We have been doing some home improvements around our house lately. We had a Pergola built on the back porch, purchased a HUGE wooden swing-set/fort for the kids, and in the next couple of weeks we have a landscaper coming out to re-do our backyard and add an above ground pool. I think we will be living in the backyard once we are finished. We decided to go with an above ground pool for now until JB gets a little older and because of our new addition "Pudge" a 12 week old Bulldog. Not sure Pudge could swim if he fell in. He is 12 weeks old and 17.7 lbs. He gained 4 lbs in one week!

Update on kids:
Brandon got a call from the Twins, but it was not a permanent position - only filling in for several catchers that were hurt so he respectfully declined. Please keep him in your prayers because this has been a very difficult time in his life. He still wants to play pro ball, but not much he can do at this point. He went ahead and applied at the Edmond Fire Dept (as a back-up plan) and scored a 94 out of 100 on the first test. He was in the top 10%. He is taking the second round of tests today. This isn't really what he wants to do, but feels he needs to have something - just in case.

Megan is doing well and only has 11 weeks to go until Hudson is here! We went Wednesday to her 3D ultra-sound. It was amazing! I can't believe what they can do. We could see little Hudson's face and he was constantly biting on his hands. He has chubby little cheeks and looks like a very large baby. He yawned several times during the ultra sound and Paul, you're going to like this, in one photo he had his hand in the "hook em horns" upside down and the technician said, looks like he's a Sooner! Megan is very happy and planning a November wedding.

Sierra is really growing up. I can't believe she will be 8 this fall. She is ready for summer to get here and always wants to help us. She is such a sweetheart and she and I go shopping whenever we get the chance!

JB is also changing daily. He has turned into such a little gentleman. Dad has really been working with him on his manners. The other day I took him to Target, and as we were leaving, he ran and opened the door and said, "ladies first". haha He is looking forward to being an "uncle" and talks about what he and Hudson are going to do. Poor Sierra is kind of out numbered with JB, Brandon, Hudson and Eli (her new little brother). I'm not so sure being the only little girl is such a bad thing :)

Brett is doing awesome at work. God has really blessed him. He leaves today for a business meeting in Dallas and then he's off to Florida (I think), in about a week. I am very proud of him and can't believe how far he has come in such a short period of time. Good things ahead!

My work is also busy. I have been in the process of hiring a Sponsorship Coordinator for the past month. She has been gone since April 13 and I think I'm in denial. I do not like interviewing people and so I keep putting it off. In the meantime, I'm doing my job and hers. I'm going to try and hire someone this week and hopefully things will slow down. The newspaper is really changing and becoming a Multi-Media company. We even have our own studio upstairs, podcast and are getting ready to hire on-aire personalities. Ever evolving... The nice thing is, our dept is growing and looks like this is the direction the company is headed.

Hope every one is doing well. I will try and post more often and keep every one up-to-date on our family.

KB

Happy Easter!

A lot has gone on in our lives the past few weeks...

JB started tee-ball, we have a new 10-week old Bulldog named "Pudge" (actual registered name is Sir Major League's RBI Champion Stud - seriously), and we've been upgrading our back yard (patio covered, landscaping, etc... So as you can see, life is busy (and fun) as usual. I don't think I have laughed as hard as I did at JB's first game. When we arrived (me, Megan & Sierra), they had already begun play. JB was playing catcher, but seemed to be more interested in the dirt behind home plate than he was the actual game. In fact, two runs scored and he didn't even know it! LOL He did get a good hit, but most of this kids didn't have a clue. Brett is one of two coaches and it was fun to see him "back in action" again.

Today has been an awesome day. Brandon went to church with us, and we've just been hanging around the house ever since. Not much to do on this "cold" day. I sure wish it would hurry and get warm because we have so much we want to do outside.

Sierra is still doing well in dance and can't wait until school is out. As always, she just got her report card and she is leading the way in 1st grade. If we could just keep her from "mothering" the entire class. LOL

Brandon was released from the Royals about a week ago, so that has been tough on everyone. He is currently talking to an agent and hoping to be picked up by another team soon. Baseball is his true love and we really think God will open some doors for him. The agent told him this might turn out to be a good thing, because it releases him from his 6 year contract with the Royals. Now if he's picked up, he will write a new contract. Keep him in your prayers.

Megan, as most of you know, is expecting a boy "Hudson Scott", July 4th. She is growing daily and hopes he is not as big as BL when he was born (9 lbs, 3 oz). She and Heath have been talking to Sharla and plan to marry early November. Seems like our family is keeping Sharla busy these days!

Brett is doing awesome in his job and we are both staying really busy at work. We wake up every day and feel blessed with our family.

Hope everyone has a great Easter.
KB

Spring Training

We're back from Spring Training and we had a great time with BL. We were able to watch him play several games (most inner-squad scrimmages). We also went to the Texas Rangers vs Brewers game Friday evening. The stadium was packed and Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam home run. It really put things into perspective for us. We've always watched the major league games on TV and those guys seemed bigger than life. In reality, most of them are about the same size as BL. Brandon gave us a player/family pass which allowed us access to the player parking lot, major league park (through the player entrance, etc...) it was really awesome. We were able to watch the Royals major league team practice on Sunday before we left. It was the last day of spring training for those guys and they were packing up and getting ready to leave. We saw, George Brett, Buddy Bell, Alex Gordon, Jason LaRue, Luke Hochevar (#1 draft pick this year, signed for approximately 8 million) and many more players. Needless to say, Brett was in heaven...made him really miss the game.

BL is doing well and knows now that he will be in Burlington, Iowa for "long A" which Brett explains to me means he made a long season team which is good. We leaves for Iowa next week. We'll keep everyone posted and let you know the website so you can listen to his games online.

Everything else is great. We are both extremely busy at work. I have our largest event of the year this coming Saturday, The Total Health Event. And Brett is getting ready to go to Florida for a meeting with his company.

Megan is good. Went to the dr. today and found out she has kidney stones so she is not thrilled about that. They've given her some pain medicine in case she starts having pains again. Hopefully she won't have to worry about it until after Hudson is born. I can't believe she only has 3 months left!

We will post pictures soon of both our cruise and spring training.

KB

We're back from Jamaica Mon...

We had a great time on our cruise. We just got back in late last night and that had to be one of the nicest, most relaxing trips we've ever been on. Brett's company did a great job coordinating everything - from the food, to the excursions, we couldn't have asked for more. Everything (except alcohol) was all-inclusive. I don't think we have eaten that well, or that much, in a long time. We had steak, lobster, salmon, etc... every night for dinner. They also rented an entire beach in Jamaica on Monday. We took a catamaran over to the island and once we were there, they had a stage, Bob Marley band, limbo, volleyball and a huge barbeque feast. There were approximately 115 employees (plus spouses/guests) from Brett's company. We had five couples in our group from the OKC office. On Tuesday, we docked at Cayman Island and swam with stingrays. Well, some of us swam with stingrays...I swam out, looked down through my goggles and saw a 5-6' stingray swimming right under me. At that time, I decided I didn't want to swim with anything that could suck on my skin or sting me with their tail...I hauled it back to the boat. We had two people on our boat that got stung...that just wasn't my idea of fun. I did, however, enjoy the trip over and it was fun watching everyone else swim/scream with the stingrays.

If you haven't been on a cruise, you should go at least once. It was more than we ever expected and Brett is already planning our next cruise. We never got sea sick and there is plenty to do on the ship.

Next week is back to work and then we leave again on Thursday for Arizona. We spoke with Brandon on Thursday and he is doing great! He played four games at the AA level and went 6-8 with three doubles. He told Brett that he is playing better than he's ever played...good timing!

Happy (early) St. Patrick's day!
KB