Baseball has officially begun - and I don't mean major league. Isaac is a Mudcat and Taylor is a Giant. I am discovering that baseball at Isaac's age is much more competitive than I remember. His team practices 3 times a week, 2 hours each practice. He has 4 coaches and I think all of them played college ball. The "Baseball Moms" are all devout and sit through all the practices in the wet and cold. They are getting jackets for the kids with their names on them and nobody bats an eye at the idea of Saturday practices. I, meanwhile, am racing between Isaac's and Taylor's practices, which are on the same day but in different cities, of course. Whew - it's going to be a fun spring! I really do love watching the boys play - Opening Day is April 15th, for those interested parties.

Taylor's baptism is on Saturday. My little brother, Ray and my two younger sisters are coming. My parents will not be able to make it due to my Dad's precarious health. Tay is very excited. Marnie - your gift came today and let's just say, Taylor is wearing some pretty slick Vans to bed. Thank you.

The trip to Yakima was a lot of fun. Again - thanks to the hospitality of Brian and Paige who made us feel right at home. Dave 's marathon was very exciting to watch - he did great but I know it will not be the last marathon we see him run. He has the itch now. It was hard not to feel the excitement with all those runners. And it was easy to feel like a real loser for just standing on the sidelines when they have 70-year old men coming through, having run their 130th marathon! Brooke and I felt a little lame, but I'm not sure if we felt lame enough to actually do it! Time will tell...

That's it for now. Love you all...

Adina