The Maas Family

Well, we did not get the little boy we were planning on getting. A plan was worked out so that he is able to stay with family members. I’m a little disappointed, but I’m happy for him. Family is always the best place for kids as long as it’s possible to keep them safe.

Update on our summer…

We had a great 4th of July. The place that shoots fireworks off has a bike path that runs right through it. We were able to pick up the bike path and ride our bikes to the closest spot we have ever been during a fireworks display. We were only about 100 yards from the launch pad. We brought a blanket and just lay on the grass and looked straight up. They were right over us. Mason was a little worried at first. He thought that maybe the sparks would fall on us, but he quickly got over that. It was awesome. The best part is we got right back on the bike path after the fireworks and didn’t have any traffic to deal with.

Baseball is finally over. We lost our second tournament game, so we are officially finished, with summer baseball at least. At the awards ceremony, each player received a participation metal and one player from each team was picked to receive a sportsmanship award. Mason was picked for his team!!! We were very proud of him. He’s such a laid back kid and just wants to play. Winning is not that important to him. I’ll post a picture soon. I think he wants to play fall ball this year. It will start up around the time school starts.

Both the kids went to vacation bible school this summer too. I am lucky enough to work right near our church, so I was able take them and pick them up this year. They had a blast. Madisyn met a new friend and had a play date one day at the little girl’s house. Of course she loved that.

I can’t believe summer is half way over already. We still have a few things planned. The kids are at the YMCA camp this week. Mason is going to Art camp and Madisyn is in Bowling Camp. They are so happy to be there because they get to see a lot of their friends from school. They take field trips 3 of the five days. Mason is going to the Works museum and Madisyn get to go bowling all three days. They both get to do 2 more camps before summer is over. Mason will go to Olympics and Fishing and Madisyn picked Gymnastics and Art.

We have a weekend of camping planned with cousins, then having them stay with us for a week and then my two will go there for a week. I’m taking Madisyn to see Taylor Swift (with the cousins). The girls are very excited for that day. Madisyn has been listening to her CD to get ready for the concert. I don’t think Mason has been too happy with that. He’s asked me several times to make her stop singing. LOL.

I have been crazy busy at work. I was almost caught up and then we took our vacation, month end was here, we got a new system, …. and I’ve been trying to get caught up since. It seems like it’s always something. I try hard to not put in a lot of OT because it takes away from our family time in the evening, so it’s tough to stay on track. I’m getting close to being caught up though.

Darrell’s just been working and hanging out with us. Since we are trying to sell the house, no new major projects have been started. We’ve just been playing outside and doing some biking in the evenings.

So, that’s what we’ve been up to. Hopefully everyone is having just as much fun.

Blessings,
Angel