We have had another nice weekend and some of the prettiest weather I have experienced in Houston. We were successful in bringing the ducks to the pond, finally! They had fully feathered out and were big and so we decided we would try again. We put the ducks in the carrier and carried them to the pond. We released them and Ducky Wucky was way to interested. He came over and started to grab the ducks and Glenn headed back to the house to get his rifle. He had decided that 3 ducks were better than 1 duck. While he was gone I splashed the water with a oar and shouted and Ducky decided to stay put. He swam over to the other side of the pond and went to sleep. We waited around 30 minutes and then had to go as we were going to dinner and then the adult session of Stake Conference.
We checked last night and they were still alive and this morning all four ducks are swimming around the pond like friends. Yeah! It was actually ideal with the blue sky and the water and the four ducks swimming in a row. I will have to go take another picture but will post a couple here.
Here comes Ducky!
On Friday, we had a baseball party for the end of the season and the boys received trophy's and we had pizza (I fixed me a sandwich) and cup cakes and played a family baseball game. It was fun to watch all of the Dads playing against the kids. It seems so strange to be going backwards in time. We have already done the baseball. soccer, cup cakes, etc. and to do it the second time is a little odd.
Go Glenn, Go!
Mandy driving a tractor
Line up for pizza
Nathan's teammates, coach and trophy's
Nathan played his last game on Saturday for this season and did well. He was up at bat three times during the game and he scored once, got a hit and brought a runner home and loaded the bases on the third time. At the Y the kids only get 5 runs before they call it a inning so that the other team can't just run away with the game. He also made the play of the game (my opinion but the coaches said it also). He was playing 2nd base and stopped a hit, caught it and tagged the runner to be out! That may not seem to others much but most of the kids have a hard time throwing the ball let alone catching it.
We had Stake conference this morning and had some good speakers. I liked one analogy. The Patriarch told about a woman that had saved for years because she wanted to go on a cruise. The day finally came and she started her vacation of a lifetime. She quickly made friends with another older woman and they enjoyed the cruise together. The friend noticed that the woman would go to her cabin each time they were to have a meal. Finally, on the last day she asked her new friend what was going on. The first woman said, I'm so sorry to have left you to eat alone but you see I only had enough money to buy a ticket and didn't have money enough to buy the food. Her friend told her the meals were part of the ticket and she was so sorry that she hadn't been able to join her for the food and the flowers and that she could have eaten with the Captain if she had wanted to. How many of us don't realize all that we can have if we but ask?
Happy Birthday to me! Everyone thank you for all of the cards, gifts and well wishes. Cyndi and family - I loved the song! It was the high light of my day.
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