Family Fun Night... and a trophy!!

We went to the Baron's game last night. The YMCA had organized a special family night for Bryant's t-ball season. We all got to go to the game for $7 (plus parking, plus concessions, plus this n that!). And the Barons gave all the kids a red jersey. The boys were thoroughly impressed with how hard and far the players could hit the ball! I caught Bry several times going "Whoa!" We watched the first five innings no problem. All three of my boys were busy hoping and praying for a foul ball, or asking for food or drink. Hank spent a lot of his time going back and forth between seats and concessions. It was a hot night, so we had a bunch of drinks between the five of us! (BTW, do you see the lady smiling at Sophie in the background? She kept talking to us and watching us the whole time we were around her. Not bad, I suppose, but it made me uncomfortable. She looked at us like that the WHOLE time.) Bryant was extremely exciited to get his trophy for the season... even with a couple of games to go. Hope that doesn't mean his motivation to complete the season is gone! :) We left shortly after that cause the kiddos were tired and Ms. Sophie is not feeling that well. It was a fun night though, and all the kids slept HARD!

Bryant Playing T-Ball

He loves to try and jump into a pile of people. He might make a great football player someday!!!!!!



Bryant has a couple of more games, but we thought we'd let you guys see what you're missing!

Our Little Ball Player!

This was Bryant at his first tee-ball practice. He is loving it and doing really well! He's at least running the bases the right way this year instead of backwards! :)And here he is with his Daddy at his first game. He is on the Marlin's this year. Dad gives him a little pep talk before the game. "Go Big Brother!" Me and Sophie cheered on Bry on a blanket with some snacks!

My First Trophy!

The boys finished out their tee-ball season this past week with a seriously hot and long double header! :) It was a fun season for both boys. I'm not sure if they will get to play on the same team again for a while. I'm glad they got to at this stage in the game. Here are a few pics from their final game. Hank had double duty out in the field trying to keep both boys on task and into the game!Bryant has really enjoyed making friends more than anything. He is playing with Bryce. We were constantly having to tell them to pay attention!Tres has turned out to be an excellent little ball player! In fact, they keep saying he is a 'switch hitter' where he can hit both left and right handed. He loves it when he gets a homerun (or is allowed to run out the bases!). Bryant sort of gave up on the second game! We did talk him into hitting, by telling him he had to do it to earn his trophy! :)And here they are, our two tee-ball stars, with their very first trophies!

T-Ball Moments

I have been meaning to post some tee ball stuff. It has really been a lot of fun to watch the boys at practices and games! This was their first practice. We didn't know that there was going to be a little girl on his team! And I let him wear that shirt! :)This was the first team meeting. I love how involved all the parents are. At any of the practices and games you will find at least 4 parents on the field with the coach and team. Here's Bryant waiting for one of his practices to get started. He is the smallest and youngest member of his team. When he is wearing the batting helmet, he looks like Chicken Little! And he rarely runs to the right base. But he LOVES to play!Hank gives Tres some instruction during their last game. Bryant is in the background on the bench waiting his turn to hit.Here he is with Colin, Brennon, and Bryce. One of the other mother's made all the kids a bucket with their name on it to help keep them out of the batting area. They sat on them until they realized that they could wear them or fall off of them. Either way, they were entertained, we were entertained, AND they stayed out of the batting area!They had team pictures over the weekend. The boys did SO good! We did individual pics of each boy, a team picture, and we did a 'buddy shot' with both of our boys. When we get them back, I will be sure and post those!

The games are all fun to watch! The kids do great for the first two innings... but by the third (and last) they are all about done and ready for other things.

Deep Breath!

Shew! It's been a busy few days! Hank and I spent the majority of the weekend working on our house. Cleaning, odds and ends kind of stuff. We are pretty ready to put this bad boy on the market, but plan to wait until after we get back from Disney.

Sunday evening, a blog friend, Melanie, came into town and I got to meet her and her kids in person! It's so funny how you can get to know someone through a venue like this. I was amazed at how natural it felt to spend time with her. We played games Sunday evening, and laughed until we cried (and some of us may have even peed our pants...being pregnant and all!). We ate until we were sick of eating. We played games and talked until 2 am. That is not something I do anymore, and was so much fun!

Monday, I spent the morning getting things semi-ready for our vacation, then went and picked up Crystal and Mel and her boys. We ate at Chik-fil-A with Vickie and Mercy. Then we headed over to Watermark for a while. After that we went to the mall, and indulged Mel in as many cravings as we could! We were both pushing our strollers, constantly answering one of our two boys, and shopping for our girls on the way! I was truely sad to have to leave when I dropped them off! I have pictures, but I don't have time to download them now! I will do a slide show when I get back next week!

For now, I hope this video tides you all over! The boys were painting a project for Grammy & Pop Pop. The messiness almost got away from us!
You are instructed to ignore the huge pregnant woman who walks into the shot at the end! :)
And here they are are getting all cleaned up after the paint onslaught!
I had to rinse them off, wrap them in towels, clean the tub, then put them back in and bathe them. Such fun!

The boys also had their first tee ball game tonight and it was so much fun! Again, pictures will be posted when I get back! They did so good, and looked so darn cute in their little uniforms!

Well, I better sign off for now! We leave for Hank's parent's house in the morning. Then from there it's on to Disney! The boys are so excited that they went to bed early for us! Can you believe it!

1st T-ball practice video redo

here is a retry of the t-ball video

1st T-ball Practice

Here are the boys at their first T-Ball Practice