I never seem to have enough time to keep in touch with those I love so much.....perhaps this will help a little.It is softball season, so it is a crazy time of year. I am managing to keep up with the two classes I am taking (thank God for online classes), working full time and participating in the softball experience.
June 27th Kourtney AND Nick will be having surgery. Kourtney for a torn ACL and lateral knee ligament repair and Nick for ear surgery to repair the hearing lost years ago. This just happens to be the week of my midterm exams as well. So while they are recuperating, I will be frantically studying.
Nick is busy coaching Emily's softball team, so proudly displayed here in this photo "Leighow's Subway". (Pictures of Leighow's in action-Log in using Danville and password Homerun) He is anxiously waiting to see the final standings to see if Leighow's will win the championship, earning him the spot to coach the 9-10 year old All Star Little League team, which thankfully will be played here in Danville (a lot less mileage). With any luck I will be reprieved of managing the concession stand, although I have to say that Nick has pretty much taken over this responsibility for me since manging my schoolwork and work schedule doesn't give me time for a whole lot else.
Kourtney's summer is going to be a bust, since she will be laid up for 6 weeks on crutches with no weight bearing on her knee, followed by 4 weeks of partial weight bearing and then September she starts her Sophmore year with regular trips for physical therapy. Hopefully she will be recovered enough to start her driving lessons in December. As you can tell she is quite the photographer, and supplies us with regular updated photos, albeit mostly of herself. It seems self photography is the thing to do these days, and provides a healthy dose of self esteem.Memorial Day weekend was a rather unexpected blast thanks to Kourtney's idea to have friends over for a "camp out". She invited a few of her very best freinds, Ally, Marlee, Carly and Nick over for a backyard campfire and then slept outside in tents. The thrill for Nick and I is that we got to enjoy the company of a few of our favorite people, the Inverso's (Nick's parents), my sister Dawn, her husband Dave, my friend Jen and a few minutes with Mom and Dad. Then Sunday after Kourtney and her friends watched the original three Indiana Jones moves, we (the Motterns, Inverson's, Dave and Dawn) all met at the local "Drive-In Movie" place called Three Points Drive In Theater to watch the new Indiana Jones movie and Ironman. The whole evening was made even better due to Maria's homemade heavenly hot chocolate!
Lastly, Emily will be finishing Elementary school this year, heading for Middle school next year for 6th grade. She still looks like she is a 3rd grader, so I am hoping this summer will bring a much needed growth spurt for her so she actually looks like she belongs in 6th grade.
