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How Is October Almost Over????

I can't believe it's the 24th of October already...

The speed at which time is flying by is shocking to me.  I can't seem to get a handle on it.

I also can't believe how bad I've been at blogging lately.  I guess I just don't have anything to say, or at least not anything worthwhile.

The boys are insanely busy, which makes me insanely busy.  Between Kevin's work schedule, the boy's baseball practices, and Tanner's Student Counsel responsibilities, it seems like we are always running and none of us are ever in the same place at the same time. 

I have been really thankful, lately especially, for some really great friends who have been so helpful with giving rides, etc, to help me out.  I have found that it is truly impossible to be in 4 places at the exact same time, no matter how hard I try. 

So what exactly have I been up to?   Well, I have been obsessed (to put it mildly) with politics lately.  I can't seem to get enough information.  In fact, just a couple of minutes ago I watched Donald Trump offer President Barack Obama 

FIVE MILLION DOLLARS

 to the charity of his choice if he would offer up his college applications and his passport application.  FIVE MILLION DOLLARS to do something he should have done four years ago.

Heck, he can have my college and passport applications in exchange for FIVE MILLION DOLLARS payable to the Lewis Family Charity!!!!

I got giddy when I was filling out my early voting ballot.  It makes me happy to be able to VOTE!  What a wonderful privilege!

I'm excited, however, for the election to be over only for no other reason than getting rid of the horrible, viscous, and untrue t.v. advertisements.  The amount of slander and disrespect in this country seems to be at an all time high, and I am sick of seeing it every 15 minutes.  (That is, when I actually have time to watch t.v., which isn't very often.)

What else? 

The boys had their Fall Break from Oct 12-19th.  We basically just chilled out for a whole week!  It was fantastic!!  We did go see the movie "Here Comes The Boom", which was excellent, and we also watched a lot of movies at home.  Kevin took the boys to an ASU game but they ended up leaving before half time because ASU was getting massacred!  They came and picked me up and then we went to get a Bahama Bucks. 

On the 19th we went to our community's annual Fall Picnic.  It wasn't as good as years past, but we still had a good time...

until we couldn't find Tate...

for 45 minutes.

We finally had to send out all of our friends to look for him.

I had a smallish...or huge-ish (depending on who you ask) panic attack.

Ty FINALLY found him INSIDE the video game truck.

Don't ask me why he was INSIDE the truck, but he was.

Dang kid.

 

This week I have Treyson and Tate's Parent/Teacher conferences, and then this weekend is the big Halloween Scream Baseball Tournament.

Treyson plays in Peoria, Ty plays in north Mesa, and Tate plays at Big League Dreams in Gilbert.  They all play at the same times...not sure how we're going to do that, but as usual, we'll figure it out.

I'll post photos this weekend.

That's all for now...

Now on to my day!

Just Call Me "T.K."

So, my little baseball stud had a baseball tournament last weekend...he did great!  He told me that we should just call him "T.K." when he plays baseball...because, you see, it's his "baseball name".  He never ceases to make me laugh!

 

Their team ended up winning the 9U AAA Championship!! 

Way to go HALOS!! 

Oh...and "TK"!!!

 

Ty's team played this weekend, too, in Goodyear, and they ended up taking 2nd place in the 14U Majors division.

HALOS

Treyson and Tate had their first club tournaments this weekend, and boy, was it BUSY!!

Tanner had a double header, Ty had a club practice, Treyson had two games, and Tate had two games.  We all left the house around 7:15 a.m. and didn't return home until 10:20 p.m. 

It was a super long day, but it was fun to watch the boys play with their new teams!

 

 

"If I Was A Olyimpein" by Tate Lewis

School Gems

First Day Of School 2012

UTAH: Day 11

UTAH: Day 9

Today included school shopping at University Mall...

...Wart removal at the doctor's office...

...And "MINI" shakes from Iceberg!!

UTAH: Day 8

SEVEN PEAKS WATER PARK!!

{Gage and Tate}

Father's Day 2012

End Of Year Awards

Little League Championships

It was a great Little League season this year, but the best thing was that Kevin was able to coach Treyson's team!  It was fun to watch him with the boys...especially since they all really liked Coach Kevin!  Their team made it all the way to the Championship game, coming up through the losers bracket, but just couldn't beat those pesky Pirates!   They played really well, and had a fantastic season and I couldn't be more proud of my boys!!

L-R top:  Coach Brad, Coach Tony,  Kolten, Trevor, Joey, Payton, Treyson, Nicolas, Coach Kevin

Bottom Row: Diego, Mason, Spencer, Patrick (Mini P)

Tate's team was coached by Coach Kimball and they had a fantastic season!  They didn't play great through the season, but battled in the tournament and made it to the Rookie Championship game!!  They played their hearts out, but couldn't quite get the runs they needed to win.  It didn't matter though...they got their trophies and about 5 minutes later it was all forgotten and forgiven.  That's what I love most about Little League.  Well, that and my cute little boys in their uniforms! 

Top Row: Coach P, Coach Greg, Zack, Crew, William, TATE, Griffin, Gannon, Coach Kimball

Bottom Row: Tyler (TyTy), Justin, Andrew, Dylan, Mia, Brandon

Mother's Day 2012

From My Bug...

Fantastic Week

It was a fantastic week at the Lewis house! 

On Tuesday, both sets of parents rolled into town for the festivities.  My parents drove a van down and brought my grandma's piano!!  Woo hoo!!!

I love, love, love it and am so happy it's mine!!!

Treyson qualified for Academic Night, but didn't want to participate in the ceremony.  It was Tuesday night.  I'm so proud of him for working so hard!

On Wednesday, my main man graduated from ASU with his Masters in Post Secondary and Higher Education.  It was a super day!

After graduation we went to have lunch at Firehouse Subs. 

The next couple of days were spent getting ready for Tate's big day. 

On Saturday we started the day out super early with Treyson's baseball game at 7:30 a.m.  He had another game at 1:30 p.m.  It was a big day for him.  Luckily, they won both games even though Treyson and Kevin had to leave the second game early for the baptism.

The baptism was wonderful!  I am so thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives and the blessings of the priesthood. 

 After the baptism we had a birthday party for Tate. It was so fun to have some good friends here to celebrate with us...the Richins, the Stecks, the Herreras, and our wonderful parents, and also Tate's friend, William Fife. It really was a great day!

April

It seems to be my mantra lately...

Where did ____________ (fill in the month) go?????

April is no different.  I'm reeling at the speed at which this month has flown by, and yet it has seemed really long, too.  That probably doesn't make any sense to anyone but me.

I'm going to try my hardest to re-cap this month.  I did post on the 3rd about mom and dad coming down, so I'll start from there.

The easiest way to describe my month is this way...with a photo of my calendar.

Maybe it doesn't look too bad to you, but it was incredibly busy.  Baseball is in full swing and there were days that I had 4 games to go to.  It was incredibly difficult to choose between watching Tanner play, or watching Ty, since their games were scheduled on the same days at the same time.  They were both so understanding and seemed to be ok whether I was there or not.  I hate having to choose.  It makes me sad.  Especially since I hate to miss ANYTHING!! 

My dear friend, Stephanie, came to sunny AZ with her family and some friends for their spring break.  It was so wonderful to spend an afternoon shopping, lunching, and catching up!  She is an amazing woman, wife, and mother, and I love her dearly!  I sure miss you, Steph!

{blurry cell phone photo--at least it sorta hides my hideous sunburned nose and sudden and extreme case of adult acne!!!}

Treyson made it into the elementary school's annual high jump competition again.  I didn't get any photos of him jumping (too many kids and parents to get a good view), but I did get some of him waiting to jump. 
(Try to ignore the fact that the boy in front of Treyson is scratching his butt....uuuggg...)

 (...and I have no idea why this boy is wearing a white glove on his hand.  Maybe trying to channel his inner Michael Jackson?  Wow.)

Easter snuck up on me this year.  Needless to say, I was grossly unprepared.  I did manage, however, to get some eggs boiled for our annual coloring...

Sadly, that was the extent of our Easter celebration.

On the 10th, Becca and her family came down because Rob had meetings in Phoenix.  We had such a fun time hanging out with them!  They were incredibly good sports to support the boys by watching their many, many baseball games.  Of course, I didn't take any pictures.  I don't know why.  I can't explain it.  Dang!  We love you guys!!  Thanks for coming down to visit!

On April 12th and 13th, I got to tend my very favorite redhead in the whole world!  She is such a sweetheart!

On the 16th, Tanner was recognized at a school assembly as a Golden Scholar.  I was so proud!!

The 17th provided me with some much needed "girl time".  Leslie, Sara, and I lunched and talked the afternoon away at Liberty Market in Gilbert.  It was great!  Thanks, girls!

Bevan, Donna, and Anna Bean (as Treyson calls her) came down for their annual the-winter-is-over-the-ski-resort-is-closed- trip to visit!  We had fun catching up and loving on that sweet Anna!

Tanner's last Freshman baseball game was on the 24th.  I am not ashamed to say that after the game I sat in my car and shed a tear or two.  It has been such a fun team to watch.  Most of these boys have played together in 7th, 8th, and now 9th grade, and will probably not play together again for a while.  Next year, a few of these boys will move up to Varsity, while most of them will be playing J.V.  It will still be great, just never the same.

Top Row: Coach Gilbert, Adrian Montano, Justin Boubelik, Sonny Santibanez, Tyler Muzzy, Brendan Morris, Ryan Beaver, Tanner Lewis, Coach Peloquin
Bottom Row: Daylan Amey, Brandon Balli, Sam Eichinger, Max Cook, Jake Peloquin, Harrison Alteri, Evan Spitzer, Christopher (Boston) Rossini

This weekend is looking to be another busy one.  The baseball booster is having a huge garage sell to raise some needed funds for the team.  I also have a couple of baseball games and a bridal shower to attend.  However, next week holds a couple of very special events:
Kevin is graduating with his Masters Degree (wooooooo hoooooo!!!!!)
and
Tater Bug is getting baptized!!