Poor baby bird...

He was doing so good...

We went to Gonzales for our last soccer matches. We had been invited to come. The Hawks lost the first game 2-1, though I think it should have been a tie. The teams were well matched. One of our goals didn't count the ref said because our boy kicked it while the goalies hands were going down for it...it rolled right through the goalies hands and between his legs into the goal...the kids were upset, but as I explained, it's the refs call. We aren't to argue.

They won the next game 7-1! They played much better though in that game and thus I think could have won their first game had they played the same. We even let Little Man play forward and though he doesn't understand the concept of spread out and wait for the ball to be passed, he ran around like a maniac trying! The older forwards were proud that he 'hit the button' as they all say, even though he didn't help them a whole lot they still tried to work with him. WE also let him do a corner kick which is really hard for him to do well since he doesn't have a lot of power behind his kicks yet. He did get it out there though really nice and if I remember right I think they scored a goal off of it (or they almost did)...they scored so many goals in that game that I forget how they were all done. They did douse me with some water they had left over and the ice from my cooler. They all found that quite funny! I just found it cold, LOL. It was a cool and windy day, though sunny. Steve and Sweet Girl got burned. Steve was burned on just about any skin that was exposed, poor guy! Sweet Girl's shoulders were burned as they wear sleeveless jerseys.

The Lady Tigers (B's team), lost both games. I thought their coach was going to bust a blood vessel during their last game! I could hear him over on my field loud and clear...Sweet Girl said that the last team they played were really rough. They would kick them anywhere they could and then take the ball. She has bruises to prove it and those were under the shin guards! I do not like teams that play like that.

We headed home and stopped at McD's (...uck!) for a restroom break and a snack for the hour drive back. Well...Little Man being the wild, never paying attention to where he's going or what he's doing, hops right over from the back seat into the middle seat and steps right into the basket that the bird was in...it died. Atleast it was quick though. LIttle Man was upset and felt bad, of course Sweet Girl became a sobbing hysterical mess that she is well known for, and Steve and I had a bit of a talk with him about paying attention to where he is and where he's going! He is constantly running into people and things because his head/brain is off in lala land...I know he felt bad, but I hope he tries harder to pay more attention to things.

We all came home and crashed for a little while. We were all tired.

Tiny Baby Birds...

We headed to Slidell last night to take our turn at the Bishops Storehouse. For anyone that may not know what that is I'll explain.


Our church has a large industry called Deseret. It is there to help those that need assistance. Frequently our church responds with aid and help during times of disasters. During Katrina the building in Slidell was one of the few with the ability to help with food, generators, communications out and such as that. The Bishops Storehouses are across the US and are set up sort of like a basic 'grocery store'. Orders are placed and filled every Wednesday and Thursday. Ideally those that are receiving assistance should also be helping to fill orders, but that doesn't happen nearly as often as it should. So many of our wards are assigned a month to serve; April and October are our months. I enjoy going down there. There is always good company to be had and good food to eat after all that work.


They also have a 'Cannery' there where we can order food in bulk and can it for longer term storage. Some of us had placed a large order for our food storage and I was bringing it back with me. Our church advises us to keep atleast a 3 month emergency food storage supply and try for a years basic supplies. I need to get a picture of my pantry and food storage...I wish I had a large walk in pantry...that would be sooooo nice! I did buy quite a big myself: 150 lbs of wheat, 125 lbs of oats, 25 lbs of rice, 21 lbs of elbow macaroni and 21 lbs of spagetti, 2 #10 cans of dried carrots, 2#10 cans dried black beans, some sugar, 3 #10 cans of dried apples and the same of dried onions; that should do us for a while! I had to buy a tarp though since it did start to rain. We had a large load on a pallet and I didn't want those things to get wet.


After loading the truck up. We heard chirping. We looked around and noticed a dead baby bird, but another was near it. We tried to find the nest but it was up on the building somewhere. These little birds were young. Not even fledgelings. Anyways...I heard more chirping and found another. We took them home...I know...bad idea! Also against the law, but we couldn't leave them on the concrete-the trucks roll through there to get loaded...there are no trees either to set them near. One did die today and I thought it might...I figured the fall may have done it. But one is still alive and seems to be thriving so far. It's eating vigorously that's for sure. I checked online for some info on what to feed it. I've made a mash of dog food, tums, vitamins, a few crickets, a bit of water, and hard cooked egg. So far so good. I also got some mealworms at the pet store to give it as well (chopped up of course) and we'll be getting some big worms from the neighbor that I'll chop and feed to it. My friend just grossed out at the whole thing, LOL! I haven't a clue as to what kind it is. It's just tiny! About a third of the size of my palm.