More Hurricanes Baseball....

This was our tourney in Martinez. Vince pitching and Big Devin on first. Torin laying down the tag.

And...........Jordan at short. What would I do if they put him somewhere else? I think my camera would go there automatically after all these years. :)

Our Little Yankee Boy!

The kids hanging out for the day after Drew's game.

Kalei being good in her stroller watching Drew's game. It ended up raining and I had to hide in the dugout to keep her dry!

Here is Drew playing short stop. He mostly is at pitcher this year, but he goes to short too. He is 7 now and playing on a new team that is mostly six year olds. Last year on his team he was only six and played up early, but with all these kids being too young to be at this level they are struggling to win. They have a couple solid players and a couple way out there players. Drew is doing well though and is having lots of fun. :)

That's Drew crossing home plate.

We love you #25! You're awesome!

Jordan's baseball tournament....

I just loved this picture with the sunset and the fake fans in the back. That's Jordan way out there at short stop. Here he is pitching. He hadn't pitched in forever, but he did alright.

Family comes to visit!

Jordan on the way home from Sky High!

Drew sleeping on the way home from Sky High!

Tim, Lily and Jordan

Cool jump Jordan, right out of the picture!

John holding his neck after his first jump:)

Good job Bubba!

These were the designated babysitters! Or maybe they were the couch sitters?! Gotta love 'em.

Maddox just being cute.

Jaime and I. I think the only place we've ever gotten any pictures of us is at Ice Creamery!? That's just wrong. We do other things too. Jaime do you have the proof we were at Sky High?

My hubby, John and Jaime looking cute. :)

Trying to get Graydon to smile.

Wrestle Mania Part I.

Wrestle Mania Part II.

Trying to get these guys to stop for a picture wasn't easy.

Lily showing off her new Tinkerbell earrings.

They don't look awkward at all!

Graydon showing off his pictures Drew helped him print on the computer.

Just chillin', thinking of you Marylynn. That's why Joe's holding the burp rag. He missed you.:)

It was good to see everyone. Just sucks that we don't have more space to all fit in. Tight quarters make it hard on the kids. They had fun, minus only about two accidents though. Thanks everyone. We missed the Hess' and the Jacobs' though.

Meeting with the principal....

So I met with the principal this week to discuss the ridiculous rule that the students were not allowed to wear hoods. I of course did my homework and first checked the parent handbook from the first day of school and then called the district office to find out whether it was a district rule that I was unaware of. I spoke to somebody there and there was no such rule, but since I had called in it was policy for them to send an e-mail to the principal alerting her of my concerns and then if I didn't get anywhere with her I was to call them back for an official complaint.
Mrs. Schmidt is her name, and when I arrived with my handbook in my purse and ready to let her have a piece of my mind....suddenly she had this phony smile on her face and she sat and shook her head to everything I said! How annoying is that. She said she had never made up such a rule and that they are allowed to wear hoods, even though when I called to make the appointment with her she said it" was not a new rule but anyways.. what time do you want to come?"So it was a not new rule yesterday and today it is not a rule!? She said there is no gang problem and that she had to ask some boys at lunch last week to remove their hoods because they were sitting on the bench with their hoods on and they looked like they were hiding. I asked her hiding from what? She didn't know what to say. She then went on to say it was too warm for the hoods. I told her if I'm not mistaking it was cold and foggy last week right? I told her it was unacceptable to not allow the hoods or it if it needed to be a certain color hood we should be notified in writing of any dress code changes according to the handbook! She again said she never said it was a rule but said she told the teachers to tell the students not to wear them. I think she was contradicting herself?
So I made it clear that she needs to make a new announcement that it IS OK to wear hoods when it is cold, and it needed to come from her or the teachers soon since it is winter. She then said no problem we will do that and sent me on my way! What a waste of energy on her part to try and do such a ridiculous thing without thinking that somebody would have a problem with it. What next, no umbrellas in the rain because it could be used to hurt somebody? To this day there has been no such announcement per the parents and students that I have seen since Wednesdays meeting, so I guess I give her until this Friday when I'm off to go visit again. Let's worry about more important things like we need more tutoring!

Venting!!

I don't normally do this type of blogging.....but this is really bothering me. How is it that Jordan came home from school the other day and told me that they are no longer aloud to wear their hoods on their sweatshirts or beanies on their heads because it is gang type behavior! Are you kidding me?! Do we really have gang activity at the school? Do we really need to enforce this type of stuff on our K-6 students? I was furious all weekend thinking about it. Not only is it insane to not allow anything to keep their heads warm, this is winter even though we are in California, but we were never notified of any dress code changes! I thought a lot about it and then called the principal today to schedule a meeting. She asked what it was about and I said the "new rule about not allowing the children to wear hoods or beanies." She said in a snotting way" it is not new but anyways when do you want to come?" I really am going to have to be good tomorrow when I go at lunch to meet with her!That nasty woman does not scare me! Maybe when your 7 or even 11, but not me. I say bring it on! I even contacted the district office today to let them know of my meeting and to verify if it was a school rule or a district rule. It is apparently up to the school to enforce stricter rules if there is a problem in the school, but if you've ever seen the school you'd know it is not an issue. We have a very high population of Mormons at the school, along with a high population of Indians at the school, who most of which are stay at home moms and constantly volunteering. It is not a low income neighborhood or school where some of those things are more of a problem. Well enough. I will be in the principals office tomorrow, not because of bad behavior thank goodness, but because of an insane rule that I can not tolerate! Wow what is coming of this world that our children are not allowed to keep warm!!

Jordan's first West Coast Hurricanes Game

The tournament was held at this place in Manteca called Big League Dreams. It was great. There are fake fans in the outfield and the fields are replicas of some of the major league fields. The infield is turf and the outfield is real grass. Look at the pictures closely for the fans. Oh yeah and they have real stadium seats for the real fans! Awesome. For the kids not playing they have a great playground, batting cages, and even a indoor soccer facility, a fairly decent snack bar(with not so decent prices) indoors with heat, and AC, a bar, and each of the fields can be seen from inside. Very good idea considering the heat in Manteca and for this weekend the cold in Manteca. My mom and sisters came to watch the game. Kiana and Drew played at the playground all day and the arcade. I know they were wasting every bit of change we gave them on those stupid claw things that nobody ever wins! (except for the little girl who crawled into one, did you see that?!)
All but Jordan went and had lunch at Chili's and we had a great day together. Thanks for coming and cheering on my little slugger. :) Jordan's coach has set up a blog for the team and he has done some really good posts. We've added it to our family list on the side, check it out when you have time. He actually re-enacted the whole first tournament. The Hurricanes played some really good games for their first time ever playing together. They won the first game 12-6 and then they played a team from Nevada, they lost the first game by a bock, which totally sucked because we were tied up at the time, and then they played them the next morning at 8am, it was freezing, and they were close again, 7-5 Nevada Outlaws, and we ran out of time and they called the game!! We later found out they are the best team in Nevada and have never lost a game. Man do we want to play them again in a couple of months.

Jordan was the lead off hitter for the first game and he got a base hit! WooHoo! Go #23!

Jordan, Jordan, he's our man! If he can't do it, no one can! I don't really cheer like this for him at the game so just want to say it now. He'd kill me. :)

Looking for his sign.....

Jordan and CK team captains at the beginning of the game for the toss.

Just warming up for game two....