Vacays & Dates!

We had our family vacay in June
(remember the Cousin Vacay trip to the beach?!),
but my side of the fam planned a big family trip to Gatlinburg for mid-July.
Tim had to be back at work for some important football camps & I was hard at work setting up my new classroom, so our boys joined the fam for a fun trip to the Mountains!

Timothy & my sis, Kosh, took some great vacay snapshots -which they sent daily to keep me in the loop!  Here are a few . . .

Beautiful cabin!

Taylor "entertaining" poor Papa again . . .

Umm, can you spot the bear in this pic?!

The fam saw THREE outside their cabin!!

Is this child blowing his watermelon?!!

And while they were vacationing, my hubby & I were dating!! :)
We went & had a fun night out every night they were gone!
My cousin, Andrea, joined us on the last night!
Here are some shots of our dating life . . .

Dinner at California Pizza Kitchen!

We love the avocado egg rolls & bbq chopped salad!! Yum!!

Another dinner, this one at Sumo!

We also love hibachi Japanese food & shows!!

Why oh why did my hubby have to get this fortune

in his cookie?!!

Habanero's is one of our faves!

We enjoyed a Mexican & funny movie night!!

After almost 13 years, 3 kids, & hectic schedules,
vacations & dates are A MUST!!!

New Hardware

My guys have some new hardware to add to the collection . . .
Baseball Championship Trophies from this season!
They're pretty snazzy!

Coach Bowens also received a well deserved thank you present from the team & parents!!

Ballin'!!

(Hee hee hee)

The Ump

My daddy has a new gig!

After years of playing professional baseball, coaching college baseball, then working as a minor league instructor, he has taken on a new baseball role . . . 

When he's not playing golf, HE'S AN UMPIRE!!!

We were in Decatur the whole week of the 4th, & were lucky enough to check out a game & see him in action.  The boys (& their parents) absolutely loved it!!

GET IT RIGHT, BLUE!! :)

Cool Cars Party

I just had to share some pics from a cute birthday party 

Tanner & I attended.

His friend Sam turned 3 & had the coolest Cars party!!!

Sam's mommy teaches 1st grade at my school 

(she was Taylor's teacher) & is super creative.

She made everything (including all of those cute cars) 

at the party! So impressive!!!

Tanner had a racin' good time!! :)

Baseball Champs!

My boys had an awesome baseball season!! 

They were undefeated, league champs, & beat the All Stars!!

Timothy & Taylor were great at bat & in the field & Coach Bowens was a terrific assistant.

Tanner & I were the #1 cheerleaders. :)

Tanner also felt like he was part of the team - he got to work w/ them at every practice.

On game days, he sat on the bench with the guys when they were up to bat.

He also headed out to the field w/ them every time they switched to defense.

It was tough keeping him w/ me; thankfully, he will get to play next season! 

 

What a fun championship season!!

Go Yanks!!!