Summer is getting away from me.  Seems like whenever we do something I always forget the camera or I take it but don't use it.

Last week Benjamin and I went to see a theatre production called Once Upon a Mattress.  It was a cute production.  I sure hope the drama club gets going again in the fall and can find a director.  He really enjoys it.

Last week the book ends (oldest and youngest) did a baseball camp.  They concluded the week with a cookout and a baseball game.  There were two games, the younger kids and the older kids.  I did not get in on the action with the younger kids, but when they ask ed for any dads to join the older kids, I told them I was not a dad but really wanted to play.  They were gracious and said sure.  I happily ran to right field and only touched the ball once (we only played 2 innings because it was getting dark).  But what I was most happiest about was batting.  Oh my word, I was nervous and the pitcher was a high school kid.  I don't know that I had ever gone up against a baseball, being thrown overhand and lots of people watching.  The first pitch I hit it and it dropped in behind 1st base!  Yay.  This momma still has it!  Of course the second time up I struck out.  Let the good balls go by.

This week all three boys did a football camp.  They all enjoyed it and Jacob said he even learned a few things about QB and how you step back to throw.

All the camps for the summer is over, minus VBS at our church.  Should be a really quiet August.

Time to start looking at school supplies.  Joseph has had the tough decision about whether he wants to do gymnastics, football or hip hop.  I told him he had to choose and he has chosen, at least at this point, hip hop.  The best thing about that...the studio is in our neighborhood (squeal) and he can ride his bike!  Just brings a smile to my face thinking about him dancing.

All the boys went to orthodontist today.  As expected, the doc said Benjamin is probably looking at jaw surgery in a few years.  All of his issues are skeletal.  We are gonna wait a year or so and then probably have a consult with an oral surgeon.  (The upside, this surgeon can do it in his office, which means no hospital, so much cheaper surgery.)  The ortho just thinks we really need to get a good plan in place and prepare for it.  His bottom jaw is already about 10 mm further out than where it should be.  I asked if insurance would ever cover it for a medical reason (versus dental) and he said who knows.  But that is where the oral surgeon can present his case.  Nothing we are loosing sleep over, but good to know that we can at least be preparing for it down the road.

Now Joseph, he has become the priority!  He wants braces so bad, not sure why.  But his normal bite is where the front teeth exactly hit/meet.  With this bite it means that your back teeth don't meet and it can be hard to chew food.  The ortho noticed excessive receeding gums in the front and was baffled.  After lots of looks, it appears that when Joseph eats, he pushes his bottom jaw forward so he can eat without his front teeth hitting each other.  Doing so has put pressure on the front teeth and caused the receeding gums.  Ugh.  So, we go back in a month to get new impressions for an upper retainer for Jacob and impressions for Joseph.  He is going to be fitted for a device he will wear on his face when he sleeps and it will attach to his mouth, in the hopes of bringing the bottom jaw back a bit.  (This should have been an option for Benjamin years ago, but the old ortho missed it).  Still not sure where the really strong bottom jaw comes from, because the ortho said it is genetic.

This weekend we are going camping.  We are going with 4-5 other families.  This will probably be our first and only camping trip this summer.  Hopefully my camera will make it into the car and then out of the car for some pictures.

Oh, for those that have been watching the news, we are nowhere near the forest fires.  It is probably 3-4 hours northeast of us.  Fortunately in a lesser populated part of the state.