Only Thought Ball Was Over!

Esther batting

Joy batting

We just "thought" that ball season was over!  The girls are playing in a softball tournament tonight and tomorrow.  I don't think that I ever posted any of the girls pictures this season (I didn't take very many pics this year at the ball games.).  So here are pictures from a game earlier in the season.  I'm posting early tonight since we have a game later in the evening.

Woody had a busy day.  He woke up early and once again walked six miles in a cooler part of the day.  He came in saying that it was really humid out there this morning.  He also did our weekly grocery shopping.  I put groceries away.  He did several chores that took him outside.  He started the job of washing the front porch chairs off and he also decided to change our air conditioner filters...one of which is a wash and use over and over.  He took out the one disposable one that is in the upstairs air exchange.  Graham came over just at the right time and after I vacuumed off the vent cover, Graham put the upstairs one back in...that one is harder to do as it is overhead...so we were glad for his help.  I also vacuumed off the downstairs vent cover and Woody just a few minutes ago brought the dry filter back inside and put it back in.  Nice clean air filters once again.

Graham was over because he was wanting my help in doing our side of the family tree.  So we spent over an hour pouring over the records of Woody's side of the family and mine.  I think that when he left we had traced six or seven generations back from Graham's generation. He's going to generate a family tree with his laptop.  After he gets the names plugged in we will go back and add dates, birthplaces, etc. Graham had come to me a few weeks ago and said that he wanted to do this.  We looked at it a little that night and said that we would delve deeper when we had more time...which turned out to be today!  We worked down in the guest bedroom...so now instead of fabric for sewing projects we have papers for genealogy stuff!  I have pattern pieces out of the pattern envelope and wound a bobbin with the thread I will use for my blouse.  The sewing machine cabinet is now all cleaned off of things from the last sewing projects...just notions, etc. that I use while sewing are there now...and those items are back in the place they belong.  I continue to look at both sides of the fabrics trying to decide just how I want to use them.  I was going to use the line drawing of the blouse and sketch in different ways to place the fabric...but I had already sketched on the line drawing for a blouse that I have already made from this pattern...so need to trace the outline off and got interrupted when I started doing that.

Melany called making plans for Father's Day.  It looks like they will be coming here on Sunday.  So she and Nathan were putting their heads together to plan the meal.  I got in on part of the planning too...talking to both Melany and Nathan.  They will be doing the meal this time...but I have some meat in the freezer that they are welcome to grill over at Nathan and Kathy's!  I will lay low on this meal and let the children treat their daddy!

Well, I had better go get my cameras together as it is almost time for us to head off to the girls' game.