Hey Batter, Batter, Batter...SWING!

It's bitter sweet BUT... it's over!

For the last 3 months all we did was: EAT, DRINK, SLEEP, THINK and PLAY Baseball!! When the regular season ended I was happy and sad... HAPPY to have my boy back, no more 2+ hour practices 3-4 times a week, no more trying to make Jack & Jensen happy during 2 hour games etc. SAD that I don't have anything to do on practice nights or game days, no more sunflower seed spitting in the bleachers, no more fun chats with other baseball Mom's etc. Oh but don't worry about me too much...My little stud made All Stars! So we were given the opportunity to continue all these things. The changes... now the games are in Magna/Taylorsville, the practices are 2+ hours 6 (yes I said SIX) days a week, it's the middle of June, hot as hell and all we want is to go camping!!! Then... Games started and we had a blast, it was intense and loud, we were constantly looking forward to the next game and trying so hard to make State. Well we got beat...and now it's ALL over, and we are sad AGAIN!
Here are some pictures of our short but fun All Star Season.

Dug Out

Head Coach Bart Street
First Assistant Coach Judd Assistant Coach "Grandpa" Kendrick & Rob Walker
(The sad thing... these 2 helped Coach all year BUT due to the politics of Baseball they could not be on the field.)
Action Pitcher...Robbie
Ready to Play Ball
My FAVORITE All Star

Fellman & Kendrick getting shade and hydration!

Coach Grandpa giving advice to his FAVORITE Player

Game over... we lost.

This was sad, way sad
Goofballs

Here's to next season... WE CAN'T WAIT!!!

Breakfast, A Beautiful Drive, Good Company AND Fishing

Since My Dad, Ben and I all had the 1st week of July off we decided to make some memories!
The Plan: Drive up Provo Canyon, past the Cabin in Charleston, down the "old river road," into Heber. Stop at Chick's for Breakfast, drive up and over Cascade Springs, down to Tibble Fork to fish!!

AND, we're off...

So excited...

This is where most of my childhood memories took place,

"The Kendrick Corral"

Our cute lil' family summer home / cabin.

Chicks in Heber. This little "hometown cafe" has the BEST bacon, eggs, hashbrowns & scones!

Our little Ham waiting for breakfast (ALWAYS with a HotWheel in hand)

TWO buckaroo's waiting for food!

Good Morning...No make-up needed for a fishing trip with the Boy's!

Mt. Timpanogas *Breathtaking*

Magnificent

Bambi

My cuties at our fishing spot!

My Dad assisting Ben with a SITUATION (LOL)!!!

My Babes

"This is how we do it..."

"Funky Filming"

Grandpa and the Boys

GRANDpa & Jackee

Lathered in sunscreen, keeping hydrated & smililing

Such is the life...

Me and My boy's

Mommy and her babes!

"OUR" Fishing Spot

Daddy's Hands

JEN JEN's hands

My FAVORITE almost 2 year old!

Jackee & Jaders...

CRACK KILLS

My babe thinks "WORMS are cool"

"LAZY MAN FISHING"

Beautiful

This is our new friend

"Mr. Hide Inside Pot Gut"

This is him... "hiding inside"

"H E Y... where'd you go?"
"I'll find him!"

Another picture of "OUR" Spot

After a long day...

...we sleep in the truck on our drive home!

Life...Lessons...Messages...

Life is so strange, it can be so perfect 1 minute and so crazy messed up the next.

My little Family has been faced with some hard decisions the last few weeks. These decisions have stirred up emotions we never thought we would have...love, hate, sadness, loss, fear, anger, joy, thankfulness, rage, optimisim etc. Ben, Me and our Boy's have been so blessed to have such WONDERFUL amazing supportive Family and Friends. I can't even explain how loved and cared for we feel.
Today while talking/crying/freaking out on the phone with my Mom she said..."You need to be strong, you need to give your problems to the Lord and trust in him." I felt irritated like she was minimizing the situation. Well, just a few hours later I was Blog Jumping when I came across a (literally) Friends of a Friend of a Friend's blog and found this:

All I could say (with more tears in my eyes...) was WoW. Thank you Mom for opening my eyes and reminding me to TRUST my Father in Heaven. Thank you God for being my BEST Friend, for taking the pain and anxeity off my shoulders into you hands, and for the amazing family you have chosen me to love.

~ Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009 ~

What a talent, you will be missed!

To My Youngest Son...

~ A baby is a miraculous gift from God, no matter how one receives it. Some are given the ability to bear them, others the ability to rear them ~

Jensen,
I am writing this to you so that you will ALWAYS & FOREVER no matter what remember me!
First of all, I remember when you were so tiny before I had even met you. Your Dad would always brag and boast and show us lot's of pictures of you at work. I used to think to myself what an amazing, loving, caring Dad you had. I told him often that I thought he was wonderful and you were so lucky to have him.
Then I became good friends with your Daddy. He brought you over to Grandma & Grandpa Kendrick's to visit one day... I couldn't believe it. I still to this day remember that he brought you chicken nuggets, you sat on his lap while he carefully fed you. You were so amazed by the dogs (you still are!!) Anyway, I remember we played outside on the grass, you weren't even walking yet. While I was getting to know you, I was falling head over heals in love with your Dad. We were full speed into a complicated mess!
After life slowed down and we became stable, you became a bigger part of my life. You got to meet your older Brother's Jaden & Jack, you were introduced to many new Family members...(Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins etc.) and lot's of Friends. Everyone would laugh and say to me, "I thought you didn't want anymore kids" or "I thought you were done" or "too bad you didn't get a girl." I laughed at all these things but knew in my heart we were meant to meet. You slowly started spending more time with us and the sleep overs...they were the best. You and Daddy would sleep at my house because Daddy was on call for the mortuary, this way if he got called out we wouldn't have to bug you while you were resting.
I had gotten rid of all my "baby" things because it was true...I hadn't planned on anymore, but Daddy and I bought new stuff! Before long my room had been turned into a Baby room! I had diapers in my dresser, baby soap in my bath tub and a crib next to my bed BUT... I was in Heaven!
After a few months Daddy and I decided that we would all live together. We wanted to give you, Jaden & Jack the opportunity to grow, live and be as happy as possible!
It has been almost 1 year since I met you and I fall in love with you more and more every day. I think about you every minute and, miss you every second that your away. I just wanted to tell you, I love you like you are my own flesh and blood...most the time I forget that you AREN'T. In the time I have had the opportunity to know you, you have started walking, running, dancing, singing, laughing, talking etc. Some of the things you say right now are: Ma, Dad, Jadie, One, Welcome, Jaden, Jack, PaPa, NaNa, Sponge Bob, Bolt, Nemo, Door, Bum, Nose, More, Yum and so much more. You LOVE cars, trucks, tractors, 4 wheelers, motorcycles...really, anything with wheels. When we ask you what certain animals say, you make this high pitched squeal and laugh so hard. My favorite game (1 that you play with ONLY me) is the "Hug-Hug Game" It's a game I made up with you. I sit on the floor and ask you if you want to play...you smile so big run to the kitchen, turn around, and run as fast as you can smiling & laughing with your arms out. You get to me, put your head on my shoulder (always the left one) and we hug and laugh. Then... we do it all again, over & over & over.
I love you so much! Thank you for being such an amazing Son, Thank you for letting my love you and kiss you and take care of you. Thank you for loving, kissing, playing and taking care of me. Thank you for being an AWESOME lil Brother to Jaden & Jack and Thank you for sharing your Daddy with us! We are the luckiest family around and I can't wait for all the years to come.

Love,
Jadie (Dadie)

P.S. I added the new song "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus to my play list. It's very common right now, and for some reason every time I hear it... I think of you!