My Mothers Day

I woke up this morning feeling just terrible. I believe I just have a sinus infection but I was feeling miserable. My honey had to work so it was just me and the kids today. I actually went back to bed after Chad left for work at 7:45 and didn't wake up until 10:30. Needless to say we didn't make it to church.

I did enjoy my day though. Warren was anxious to make me breakfast but because it was almost lunch time before I was hungry he made me a turkey sandwich and said Happy Mothers Day. It was a great sandwich. He trys very hard to make me happy each day but especially on important days like today.

Makenzie woke up very sore after pitching 6 innings yesterday. But we rubbed some icy hot on it and have just been trying to ice her most of the day. She is a trooper and usually doesn't complain to much about being sore from softball so if she says she is hurting it must be bad. Alex didn't get home from his baseball tournament until about 1:30 this morning so I let him sleep in too.

After everyone was awake and I was feeling better we decided to take a short hike up to Copper Creek Falls. It is only about 2 miles up the road and the falls are beautiful. We love to go their and hike the trail. It is one of my favorite spots in the area. I took some pictures but havent figured out how to upload them yet so I will try to post them soon.

After our hike we had dinner and then Alex and I went out and threw the baseball around for about 45 minutes. As we were coming in we noticed that a hummingbird was trapped in our garage and was unable to find its way out. As Alex was trying to guide it out the door with his baseball glove it just stopped flying and landed on his glove. I got a picture of it. I will post that soon too. Anyway, he just held his glove out and walked out the garage door with it and then it flew away.

I missed having Chad with us today but otherwise it was a great day. I love my family and enjoy days like this when I have them all to myself. I will cherish these days...especially as the kids get older. Alex will be a Senior next year so I theoretically could only have him home for one more year. Makes me sad to even think about it.

Hope you all enjoyed this mother day with your families.

Til next time,
The Carles

Busy Saturday!!!

What a day we have had. Alex's baseball team went to Orofinio on Friday for district tournament play. They went in to the tournament ranked second in a single elimation bracket. They won on Friday and played today for the District Championship. I just got a phone call that they beat the #1 ranked team and are DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!!!!! It is awesome for this little town here in the north. We will be going to Onatrio Oregon on Wednesday to play in the state championship series. I am so excited for him and the team. I also heard that our hometown team, the Mtn. Home Tigers won districts also.

Makenzies softball team also played their first game today. She pitched the full innings and did a great job. She is a great ball player and I love to watch all of them play. Her team ended up losing the game by 1 in the bottom of the 6th. They were a head by 3 but 2 errors in the outfield alowed 4 runs to score. She was a little bummed but she was happy with how she did.

Warrens team played last night. He did well and the team was hitting and fielding well also. Nevertheless they lost by 2. He was a little bummed to sit out for more than half the game but he coached 1st base and did a great job of cheering on his teamate. I was very proud of him.

All in all it has been a good weekend. Poor dad has had to work 16 hour shifts the last 3 days so he has not seen any games yet. We hate that he works so much but we do enjoy the pay!!! So ig uess we wont be moving to town until after next week since we are heading south for the tournament. Guess I should start packing again.

Til next time

The Carle Clan

PS can someone tell me how to add a caption under the pictures so I can list what they are?

New 2 Me

This is the view from our front door.

Ok...everyone I know has been talking to me about blogging, especially now that our family has left our hometown and moved up north. I am giving it a shot. I'm not making any promises about how often I will blog, especially right now with where we are living. We live in a very small town (97 people...when we moved in the pop. broke 100!!! It is now 102) and all they have here is dial up.

We have been here since February and it is beautiful. I wake up every morning to deer in the front or back yard. It is green (no more desert!!) and quiet. I do enjoy it very much. But....we are 35 miles aways from the nearest town which is where my kids go to school and all of their friends live so around the 16th of May we are moving closer to town.

The kids are all invovled in their sports. Warren finished baseketball and his team went undeafeated into the tournaments where they lost one game. He is now doing baseball. Makenzie is playing softball although it is not at the level of play she is used to playing. The program is new here and they havent had much sucess but she is persevering. Alex is playing baseball for the varisty team. He is doing well and is at districts right now.

Chad is working alot. We miss seeing him but enjoy the fact that I can stay home and be with the family while he is gone at work. I have no plans to work while I am here as long as we can handle it financially. So far so good.

If you are ever up north or want to pass through to Canada (it is 1500 ft from my front door) give us a heads up. We would love to have visitors.

til next time...

The Carles