I think it's fair to say that baseball season is done.  12 yo ds was hoping to make all stars, and was nominated, but didn't get selected.  Which isn't a terribly bad thing, considering related costs and all the stinky politics connected to the process.  It would be nice if the adults let it be more about the kids, but unfortunately, we heard more of the politics in the last 2 weeks than in all the preceeding season.  Still, 12 yo had a great season.  We saw God work things out on his behalf so that he had the opportunity to play more at his position (catcher) than we expected.  Coach tended to switch his 2 main catchers back and forth much of the season, but when the other child was sick early in the season, ds got the chance to catch more.  Again, at the end of the season, just before playoffs, the other catcher injured himself, which allowed for ds to finish the season as the only catcher.  A couple of times during the season, umpires who also coach and manage in the league complimented his catching and blocking, and hopefully, he will have the opportunity to continue working at it through the year.

Meantime, the garden is in full swing, most of our veggies are planted, with some filling in needed of additional radishes and carrots and onions.  A few tomatoes are formed, along with a couple of tiny squash.  Another month, and we ought to be well on our way.  I picked a bowl of spinach leaves for salad last weekend, but they never made it into the salad...the kids kept snacking.  Grin!  It's not a bad thing for kids to like spinach.  My lettuce is all bitter.  I don't know if it's due to the heat at the time I planted, as we've had very mild weather the last few weeks.  I'm puzzled. 

Otherwise, not much news from the ranch.  I'm looking at some crochet projects for our fall festival, including playing with wire crochet.  Looking forward to those lazy summer days where we don't have sports every other day, or more.  Soccer signups are imminent, and summer will fly, as usual.  With at least 4 kiddos wanting to play soccer, the fall will be even busier this year.  Gonna breathe deep and relish these days!

Blessings!