Couple of days in my favorite town

We spent the first part of this past week in Stillwater. The purpose was for Beau to go to the Oklahoma State Baseball camp, but we also got to spend some extra time with Me Ma and Pa Pa, Uncle Travis, Aunt Julee and our cousins.

It was a full couple of days, but I think everyone had a good time. 

I know I loved being back on the campus and having my son be a part of that. Having mini dates with that same cutie at my favorite eating places was also pretty special. 

Taking BP

Where's Beau? Can you find him? He is leaning on his bat. 

Right field

Game time at bat

First base

Coming home

Swimming with cousins.

And of course, a trip to Stillwater is not complete without cheese fries from Joe's!

Brenley the word master

We just got a packet of papers from Brenley's first grade teacher in the mail on Friday.  In it was this sheet. I'd say my baby girl is a pretty good reader. End of the school year, she is at 6th grade level words. 

Summer

Three weeks into summer vacation and I still can't quite believe it's summer. Lots of rain. Different schedules. Baseball games. Ice cream. Some days I feel like the days are just dreams. 

Before I get too far into June, here are just some snapshots of everyday life. 

Headed to Lowes to pick up weed eater string and the kids had to try out the mowers, which brought flooding memories back of how we would hang out at Lowe's while toddler Beau would literally sit on every "tractor" in and out of the store. Where does the time go?

Ribbie got his first professional haircut. His hair (now a few weeks later) is super curly because he spends his time at Playcare playing in their wading pool and sprinkler. He is so cute. 

Baseball in Stillwater for the Eskimo Joes Shootout. Hot and we didn't play all that well, bur I love this town. 

Of course we had to eat at Joes too.

We attended a rabbit show with my Dad here in Wichita. My baby girl loves these rabbits. Here she is learning the ropes from PaPa.

And this is how we roll on a Saturday morning when our baseball tourney gets canceled. Can you say "bed heads?"

Last day of school

Here they were to start the year. 

And here is where they ended the year. My new second grader and my new seventh grader. Yikes! 

I'm glad to see the year end. As with all things, there is a definite beginning and a need for an end. I'm a little concerned about what the summer will bring, mostly for Beau. I hope I can keep him busy and moving!!

And of course, here is our Ribbie, just because. 

Both kids had a great year. So proud of them. 

Brenley

Just a few pics of our precious girl just loving life.

These are her new "glasses" that she won during a school fundraiser. 

She needs them to read. Lol. Can you see the furry baby we have in the middle of us? Small bed for three people! 

This is my babe getting her toes and nails done. She is growing up too fast! 

Here she is playing a game at school for her End of Year Party. 

I lover her spirit, and I hope she has a great summer!!! 

Baseball - May 2015

There's been a lot of baseball played between the last time I posted and now. We've won some, lost some, and been rained out a few times in between. 

We've been to Edmond, Tulsa and Kansas City. And we've played early in the morning and late at night. All in all, it's been a lot of fun.

Here he is in Edmond flipping for the home/visitor spot. 

And here he is stretching out before our Sunday evening games. 

This is Beau receiving his second place medal and certificate from Coach Brian. Mind you....this is about 8:00pm on a Sunday night and we had still a 2 1/2 hour drive to get home! Argh! Late night.

Here he is in Bixby, OK getting his 1st place trophy from Coach Craig. Another late Sunday night. 

The late night didn't matter to these happy faces. 

Here he is in Kansas City at the Hawaiian Hit Fest. Lots of rain here. We got the games in, but unfortunately just missed making it to bracket play. 

They got fun new jerseys for this tourney. 

There's been lots of league games in between, but now we are on the down hill slide. We've got June and early July to get through, but the tournaments slow down at least. 

Love watching this boy and his teammates play. Love watching his Dad coach, too. 

Last 2 weekends

So I'm only a week behind. That's better??!!!

We started off last Saturday at the Farmer's Market where the kids got their picture taken with Smokey the Bear. They are such a good sport about Mom and her pics. 

We had a great time walking around deciding what we needed from these local vendors. The kids were great shoppers.

Then we went to Will's birthday party. Perhaps the most photogenic nephew we have. So terribly cute. 

Our Sunday was supposed to be filled with baseball, but the rainstorm meant we had other plans, which consisted of errands and chores. Not nearly as fun, but always good when we are together. 

This particular weekend is our last "free" weekend for awhile with no baseball or plans to speak of. 

The kids, Dad, and Ribbie enjoyed some outside play time. Beau is loving getting to "coach" his sister. Really sweet to watch them. 

And of course in the middle of all of it is this little guy! 

To wrap up, Bren completed her 472 piece Lego set she bought last Sunday with her Target gift cards. She is such an amazing builder! She literally did this all herself. She amazes me on a daily basis.