Hiatus

I've heard that if you stop something for a while and then try to restart it, you can become discouraged trying to play catch up.  Like if you don't pay your tithing for years then feel like you have to try to catch up for all those lost months of not paying it, then you can get to feeling very discouraged and overwhelmed. I've been told that you just need to start today, move forward and not look back at all the lost months, just begin anew.  Well, I believe the same thing goes for blogging or journal writing.  Though I don't want the past months lost forever, I feel like if I keep putting it off because the task is getting bigger and bigger I will never get back on the horse.  So here I am today vowing to start anew, with just a few highlights from the past few months.
First, We survived softball and baseball season.  I coached Hannah's team which was a treat. It was her first time playing softball and she did so well.  She got to where she could rip the ball pretty hard.  She was aggressive and fun to watch.  Abby played minor's and improved so much as the season went on.  She got stronger and more confident.  She decided to be a pitcher and made me play a lot of catch with her so she could work on her form.  She got to be pretty accurate and much faster.  Jake played his first year of Major's and his team was awesome.  They went undefeated and won the tournament of champions.  He was a starting infielder, batted second and got to where he could lay down a bunt anytime and get on.  He was the king of the infield single.  Annie and Claire were champion supporters.  The kids loved being at the ball park.  They knew we would be there nearly every night of the week and they all found friends they could count on being there too.

This is the only picture I have from this ball season.  I didn't order any packages and I forgot my camera all season.

Second, I ran my second ever race.  The Whiskey Row 10K.  I beat my goal of 60 min by running it in 55 min and change.  It was fun and a great challenge training for all the hills.  The whole family came out to support me.  Hannah, Abby and Jake all ran the 2 mile fun run.  The Browns were up - Kelli ran the half and her girls all ran the fun run too, so it was fun for my kids to have friends to run with.

That's it for this post.   I have all these amazing memories with my family and they're all sure to be lost or forgotten if I don't document them.  So wish me luck in my future blogging efforts.