I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted on this blog. So many things have been going on - it's crazy.....well, actually it's been our "normal" family circus.
Daniel just finished up with his AAU basketball season. They went undefeated and were in the top bracket from teams around the entire valley! In the same weekend they won the AAU Championship game, they also took part in the "Spring Fling" tournament and were also undefeated taking home another trophy. They boys were tired by Sunday night, but were also really excited. What a bunch of proud parents and boys after almost 6 months playing basketball. They did awesome! So, now that basketball finished this past weekend, tomorrow baseball begins with tryouts for the majors league. Hopefully find out what team he'll be on for the next couple of years.
This month, Maci went in for her annual heart checkup at Seattle Children's Hospital (and by the way, it is an amazing facility as most people know). The doctor she had originally when we brought her home retired this past year so she had a new one for this visit and he was fantastic! They performed an echo and ekg on her along with other little tests and she is once again declared having a 100% healthy heart....in fact - too healthy for what she should be. To explain it simply, once someone has heart surgery, you can never take that away and they will always have their "own normal". For Maci she had ASD/VSD surgery in China and she has what they consider "normal" test results. Neither one of her doctors have seen something like this before and can not explain it(of course we've always believed she is our little miracle anyways). To say the least, they are very curious and are looking forward to seeing her again next year to see if it remains the same. Maci is always coming up with something to make us laugh. For example, this morning I was taking a shower before work and she came in and asked "why do mom's shave their legs"? And, I was not shaving my legs at this time so I couldn't understand where she was coming up with this from, but I tried to think of a quick answer and said "well....I guess they don't want their legs to be pokey". She looked at me and said "well...I think it's because moms don't want to look like dads" and then she walked away. I just totally cracked up - it really made my morning.
And now on to what Kelsi's been up to. A couple of weeks ago, she received a letter from the high school booster club notifying her she was awarded "Athlete of the Quarter" which is a really big honor. This past Monday night, she was also inducted into the National Honor Society which is a huge honor and it's for those sophomore students who obtain a 3.5 GPA or higher (cumulative) for three semesters. It's also determined on citizenship, leadership, community service, etc. Kelsi also finished her bowling season and received "All League Honorable Mention", most turkey's in a season and scholar athlete. Now, she's already 2 weeks into her fastpitch season and next week is her first game. This is her favorite sport and the team looks great - they should do very well this year.
Evie has been such a blessing to have in our home. She is such an amazing young woman and we are so lucky to have her live with us. She finished her bowling season and ended up doing very well to have never bowled before. She made a lot of new friends and had a great time. She is also on the honor roll and just started playing tennis for the high school. Maci is glued to her 24/7 and I'm not sure how she is going to handle Evie going back home to France in June (actually....I'm not sure how any of us will handle it).
Well, I'm going to try harder to keep this blog updated because I feel it is a record of our family and we will all enjoy looking back at these times and wondering how we ever survived this "family circus". :-)
