Mom & Dad

Mom and Dad celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary and we met them in Blackwell for lunch to celebrate.  We also went down over a quick Friday night and Saturday morning in July and helped them finish up giving the house a paint job.  Brian and I are not great painters, but we were cheap help. Thankful for any time we can spend with them.

New Baseball Team - THE TRIBE

Beau got on a new 13u baseball team this season called The Tribe. Turned out to be a pretty good team. Beau really improved this year in all aspects, but especially pitching. He hit the ball really well this season also.  He was awarded several game MVP's in various tournaments that we played in for both his offense and defense. However, I think we are most proud of his leadership and teamwork on the field. He knew he was one of the better players on this team, and it instilled a whole new level of confidence in him. Plus, he looks great in a baseball uni. Proud of this kid.

The season ended early July.  There are two videos at the end of this. Let's hope they work.

P.S. Looking back at these pictures it reminds me of a couple things:
1) I need a better camera that zooms. iPhone pics are only okay in a pinch
2) I have to keep updated with the blog in real time.  These pic's are in no particular order.  I just liked them all and wanted to post them all. Some are from my phone and some are from Dad's, and well, you remember that time Mom was getting mad at her computer for not uploading pictures. Yeah. there is that too. Sorry, Beau. Your Mom tried.

July 4th

Well, between the HS Freshman working the Fireworks stand for his Football Fundraiser and our daughter who wanted to pop fireworks for the first time in your childhood (???)......we had a great 4th. Ribbie did too.

Brenley's Summer

I think Bren is having a pretty good summer.  More to come in a few posts about Speech Camp and Horse Camp. In the meantime, though, she has taken on Piano lessons, kept up with her brother at the ballpark, and got to see her grandparents - not nearly as often as she would like I might add.