Week Long Procrastination

I am possibly the laziest blogger. I have a problem. I have to work really, really hard to blog consistently. I have started blogs then let them dwindle away. Actually, in that light, I've been doing pretty well with this one! Well, as summer has begun, my motivation to keep up with posting has flagged. To add to that, I haven't been getting many pictures with my phone. Rather I have been using my camera (crazy, huh?), and I am way too lazy to connect the cables to my computer, download, then upload here. With my phone, I just upload it directly to this site, and I'm pretty much done. Even uploading pics today has taken a L-O-N-G time. :(

Well, on to the updates. We had a great Memorial Weekend at the ranch. Kirk and the boy did a fair amount of fishing on the "pier" behind the guest house that we stayed in (the "white house"). There was another guest house on the property (the "yellow house") as well as the main house. The ranch is huge!

We rode on an amazing zipline (about 1/4 mile?) and slid on a slip-n-slide that was about 1/2 the length of the zipline. We actually had a jeep come and pick us up from the bottom of each to get us back to the top. Crazy. You can see the Transformer getting hooked up just above on the right. That's me on the left side on the platform. Just in front is the 9-ft tall slip and slide. The zipline was directly over it.

We also went swimming in the pool at the yellow house. It was pretty cold. The weather was weird all weekend. Pouring down, misting, then hot, hot, hot sunshine. Then rainy again. Back and forth. We did alright despite it though.

I, unfortunately, have few pics because my cellphone died, and I didn't take a charger. The camera ended up staying at the white house and never got used. My husband got a lot of video but hasn't sent any to me so I can't share them with you.

I do have pics from before and after that I haven't posted yet though. They are primarily from the Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet during which all ranks were promoted. You can see the Transformer getting his gold Wolf neckerchief and slide.

To the right is the Kitty Cat (in the middle) with her two best friends from Cub Scouts on either side.

Also are pics and videos of the soccer season wrap-up. Each of the kids received their participation trophies. This is the Kitty Cat's first, so she was particularly excited about it for awhile.



This video is just a short clip of the Kitty Cat getting her first trophy.

To the left is the Kitty Cat's KinderSoccer team (Go, Dragons!). To the right is the proud achiever.






On the left side here is the Transformer's 1st-2nd grade soccer team (Go, Dragon Warriors!). There he is, spent, on the right. His game was at 1pm on a 95+ degree day.




The children's team names were not only similar, the teams had exactly the same number for their respective league, #4!

So they have a break from all activities for one and a half weeks. Then the Kitty Cat begins Rookie Leaguers, a 3-week intro class to soccer, basketball, and t-ball. In two weeks from now, the Transformer will begin learning how to play basketball! Should be fun. The week after that, they both begin VBS. I will write intermittently over the summer, as we have interesting or fun things to report. Stay cool!