A Little Wiffle Ball Never Hurt Anyone...

...but if not done carefully, it can hurt your windows.

Seriously, how many times do you have to remind your kids that right in front of the house is NOT a place for wiffle ball?

But when your 3-year-old pitches a ball, it's hard not to want to hit it. Even if you are the mom. Standing outside the front window. And your reflexes kick in before your good judgement alerts you that you are an idiot.

So we will be visiting the window shop sometime in the near future.

And according to Katie, "it was DEFINITELY a home run" so at least I have that to console myself with.

I just realized I forgot to tell Ryan about this. So, Ryan. if you see it here first, I'm really sorry.

He said he be coming home to "recalibrate" some things with me over lunch (what am I, a printer?), so maybe I'll break it to him then.

Baby Birds Round 2

After getting back from vacation, I noticed that there was a bird in the nest that wasn't flying away. I wasn't sure if it was the mom or one of the second batch of babies. After almost 2 days of not eating or drinking, I knew it wasn't going to last much longer. I called around and found out there is a bird sanctuary about a half an hour away. So into the shoebox went our little finch, and off we went.
The person I gave it to said it looked like a fledgeling (a baby) that has conjunctivitis--a common finch disease. They're going to give it antibiotics, food and water, and it should get better. I'm going to to just believe that my heroic act of driving it out to the middle of nowhere was worth it. Hopefully Mother Nature is more kind this time!

Family Vacation

We had a great trip out to Boise, Idaho--via Washington D.C. and Salt Lake City. We got to see Ryan's parents (who are back from their 3 year mission in Australia) as well as his brother, Travis, and Jessica, Travis's finace. It was an eventful visit, and will be blogged about tomorrow. For now, I finished a quick slide show consisting mostly of the week we spent with my family. I have 5 siblings, and none of us live in the same state (Idaho, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia, Alaska, and California) and my parents live in Montana still. We got together at my sister's house in Boise and had a wonderful time. The time went by way too quickly!