The kids have been spending the last few hours deciding what to pack in their allocated space, which has been amazing to watch. They all have their different treasures, and it is interesting to see what is most important to them as they pack for almost a whole month. Natalie, for example, packed her jewelry-making kit as a high priority item (right next to her stack of books). Nick spent the afternoon making sure our electronic gear was ready, including organizing our DVDs to ensure everyone's movie tastes were covered. Jake brought his series of Magic Treehouse books as well as the next few Harry Potter books, hoping I would continue reading them on the trip. Josh of course packed his Legos and light sabre -- two, in fact, so he can spar with Jake. Jill is the heart and soul of the operation, as she has packed all of the kids clothes and organized the rest of the "extra" gear. She also took Natalie to the doctor today as her ear was hurting and come to find out she has an ear infection! Thanks to Jill's quick action she got seen today and prescribed antibiotics...we would be lost without Jill's leadership on these things.
For me, it has been a packed day of baseball and electronics and getting the car ready. As predicted in yesterday's post, the baseball game against the Foster City Giants was a tough one, as they were a very good team. Our boys played valiantly but came up short against a bigger, stronger, faster team -- we lost 7-1. Jake had a terrific time with the team and made some really nice new friends. Below are some action shots of Jake at the tourney:
All four of these pictures were from the game against Half Moon Bay when Jake made several plays at shortstop.
These two show some pretty intense faces on a grounder...
These two show some pretty intense faces on a grounder...
While these two show his ability to make a tough catch in the air.
I am SOOO proud of this boy!
After baseball was over (sniff!), Jake and I went to Best Buy to get more "gear" and then it was home for an afternoon of testing gear, organizing gear and packing gear. I am officially a gear monkey! Of course as we finished the afternoon and prepared to go to Sunday evening mass at St. Simon's church, I discovered that the battery in the van was dead! Aarggh!! Oh well, better to discover this here than in some town in the middle of the Nevada desert. I confirmed with a garage that the battery was indeed dead so at 7 AM we will be getting our battery replaced at the dealership. Just another detail to be checked off for the LFam July 2008 Roadtrip!!
Well I better head off to bed now -- 7 am is going to come mighty early.
Well I better head off to bed now -- 7 am is going to come mighty early.
Happy Birthday, Mom, aka Lynn Gallagher!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peace to all,
Brian
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