Bee's, Baseball, and 1st Grade

Last Thursday we went to a Salt Lake Bee's baseball game with Will's work. It was a lot of fun. We also got to have a 'picnic' before the game. We got there at about 6:30 and sat down to eat in this little picnic area, and it was all you can eat, so it was nice. We all got full! Then it was off to our seats to watch the game. We had some pretty good seats too. The last Bee's game we went to, I got a Bee's hat. This time, we bought Porter one. (Will has enough hats as it is...) haha. Anyway, we had a lot of fun.

Porter played baseball this summer. Last summer it was t-ball, but this summer it was coach-pitch, so he actually played some real baseball. It was so much fun for him. He hit that ball so hard and it went a lot farther than the other kids when they would hit. He is going to follow right in his dads footsteps with sports and athletics. He is very talented. I took a bunch of pictures.

At one of the games, Will's parents came down to watch and spend some time with us. Towards the end of the game, a little bird came and sat right on Papa's (Craig) lap!!

Porter starts 1st grade today! I can't believe how fast he is growing up. When Will and I first starting dating, Porter had just barely turned 4... now he's going into 1st grade! It's just amazing to me. I wasn't able to be there this morning when Tiff took him. Her camera is broke, so no pictures of Porter's first day... :(

We are going to try to go to Lagoon this weekend. Porter has never been, and he really want to go..

Well, I think that's about all for now...

It's that time again.....

This time last year, and the year before, and the year before.... Will's parents left the country to teach abroad. They are very passionate about teaching and education. We (Will, Po, and I) went to visit with them last Wednesday (the 13th) at the hotel they stayed at before they left us for another year. It's so hard seeing them go. We worry about them quite a bit, but are very excited for them at the same time. This time their adventures are taking them to Cairo, Egypt. That would be an awesome place to visit, let alone stay there for a year (or 2 in this case..)

They signed a 2 year contract. So, unless they decide they don't like it, which is what happened with teaching in Indonesia.. (they left for Indonesia last year, around this time, and came home in December) now, we won't see them again until June 2009. We will spend a few months next summer with them, and then they are off again... in August.

It's really hard for Will to see his parents leave again. He misses them a ton when they are not here. The only way to really communicate with them when they are overseas, is via email. (We still haven't heard from them to see if they made their journey there safely, by the way.) Will and I would like to go meet up with them in June '09 before they head home for the summer. They'll know their way around and it will be nice to have someone who knows what to go see. I have never been out of the country, and Will has never been to Egypt, so it would be something new and exciting for both of us! We have a lot of saving up to do, and things to pay off... so, we'll see if it happens. We also really want to get hitched next summer, so we really need to get our butts in gear.

On another note, I have to apologize for not being good about blogging this year. The last entry was from January... Sorry about that... You get lazy, or forget, or just plain don't feel like doing it... Anyway, I promise to be better about blogging for the rest of the year. I get on every once in a while to check out everyone else's blogs, and feel guilty because I haven't been good about blogging myself.