RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!

Well the month of June has been a weird one here in UT. We have had more rain than Seattle!! It just would not stop! Every day - day in and day out.
I am always joking at work that it never rains in Grantsville. Tooele and Stansbury can get it because they are closer to the mountains but for some reason it does not hit Grantsville. Snow or rain! Well that's not the case this year, I don't think that there was any place safe in Northern Utah.
I loved on the news when they said Seattle had not seen rain in 28 days - and we had just hit 14 days straight of recordable rain!
On June 10th I think it was by far the worst rain storm I have ever been in - here in Utah! (when we went to TX to visit my brother there was a bad one!) Here are some of pictures that I took from the cover of my garage and front porch!My swell (we don't have park strips here in Grantsville) is COMPLETELY FULL!! In the 4 years that we have lived here I have never had standing water or any kind of water accumulate in our swell. And this was all in a matter of may 20 minutes!
Here is where it was filling up from - it was just rushing down the street like no other!
Here is a view across the street looking at my neighboor Bob and Kay's swell - By the way - Bob dug is swell really deep, it is probably 2-3 feet deep. And look it is over flowing out onto the street!Here is a cool picture of the clouds as the storm was finally breaking up - Ryan and Aynsley wanted a picture of it. They thought that it was cool with all the swirls in it!And then the kids started to play - Aynsley and her freinds running through Racheal and Jake's swell next door! And NO she did not ask if she could, I just went out to find her doing it! LOL :) I had them stop and pose!And after the rain stopped and half of my wood chips washed down the road - It started back up in the middle of the night again and hasn't really stopped till yesterday - I think yesterday was the first day of no recordable rain in Northern UTAH - and yesterday was JUNE 27TH!

I am feeling OLD!

I don't know why, but my birthday coming up this week is really hitting me hard! LIKE SERIOUSLY HARD!!! I think that this one has to be the worst so far. I will be 38...yuck!! I think that there are several reasons why it is hitting me so hard. One is - I have officially been out of school - 20 years - HOLY CRAP!! In my mind I have not been out of school that long! NO WAY - NO HOW!
I think the reason that I don't feel like I have been out that long, is because my oldest Ryan is only 12! I see some of my friends that I have connected with on Facebook, they have kids graduating this year, and my oldest is just going to middle school. So there you go - I have not been out of school 20 years!
Another reason that I am feeling horrible about this birthday - is the fact that 40 is only 2 years away and we all know that 2 years is NOTHING! And another reason - There is ALOT more GRAY in my hair than a year ago - it's like my hair follicles decided, she is depressed about being 38, lets make more hair this color!!
It sucks getting old, I mean come on - 38! I shouldn't feel this this way at all!!

BLA BLA Blogging!!

OK - SO I just looked and it has been since April that I posted anything. Why - well a couple of reasons. The ONLY people that read this Blog that I set up are my mom and my sister, they already know what is going on in my life any way, so why write about it!! I dont have "followers" not even my brother is a follower - so why write?? And the 2nd reason - I keep up more on FACEBOOK than this blog. If people "really" want to know what I am doing they can go to my facebook. Well that is if I posted anything there too...
Here is an update in case anyone is interested - Ryan - we are smack dab in the middle of baseball season, we are having a good year. Hitting is good - his Pirates took 3rd in the West Desert Classic Tourney. They played so well!! Only 5 games left - then we have 4 weeks off till FOOTBALL!!! I will try to get some pictures taken this week at games, as Leo will be with me to keep score while I take the picture or he can take the pic....watch my FACEBOOK page for those!! Yes Nathan and Robin - if you read this and want to see them - make me your freind....

Aynsley - finished the school year great, has been running around with me taking Ryan to and from baseball. She is SOOO looking forward to her summer with Grandma! She love love loves, doing things with Gramma, they are two peas in a pod!

Me and Leo - we are getting old and fat and trying to keep up with yard work, kids schedules etc. Even Leo has a facebook page now - So make him your freind too!!
TA TA for now!

Baseball - the greatest American sport there is!

Well, Baseball season has officially started. Here in Grantsville and with the pro's. Opening day is tomorrow for the big boy's. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE BASEBALL! I really don't know why I love it, I just do.
I started playing Bonnett Ball at age 8, with my dad coaching me. I stopped when I was 12 I really don't know why I stopped, other than my mom said I acted like a boy out on the field. I dont think that I do, I play and I play hard. But then started back up on a Co-ed softball team at 20. It wasnt until these last 2 years that I have stopped playing with them. Up until the last 2 seasons, I only missed 2 seasons, when I was pregnant with Ryan and Aynsley. I haven't played the last 2 years because it just so happens that Ryan's baseball games ended up being on the same night as mine, and well as you know, your kids kinda take priority.
My love of baseball, I think comes from my Dad. Although everyone of us from my Mom, my sister, and my brother love the game. I have to say though, my sister and brother love the WRONG team, but because of their love of the sport I will forgive them.
I love baseball because of the skills that you have to have to play. You have to have accuracy in throwing, you have to accuracy on hitting. It may not be the most physical sport, its kinda like golf, its MENTAL. There are so many factors that the other team can do, you have to look ahead, are they going to steal, bunt, etc etc.... what pitch should we throw, whats the count, what pitch would work the best. I love that!
Today's players have some of the best skill that I have seen in a long time, however I think that money and greed get in the way of their love of the game. I wonder though if they really could compete with the players of the past. Some of my favorite players have to be, Nolan Ryan, Mike Piazza, Mike Scioscia, Dale Murphy, Ken Griffey Jr, Mark McGuire, Curt Schilling, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripkin, Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, Kirk Gibson, Greg Maddux, Kirby Puckett, Orel Hershiser, Chipper Jones, Steve Garvey, Tug McGraw, and of course Scott Eyre, since I went to school with him and watched him before he was a big league relief pitcher! My favorite teams are the Dodgers and the Angels! Greatest baseball movies, The Sandlot, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, and Angels in the Outfield.
I love baseball, I love this time of year, I love watching Ryan play! I love that he loves baseball almost as much as me! I am glad that Leo loves baseball too, it would really suck if you had a spouse that didn't love baseball!!!