Maddie - The Preschooler

With all of the baseball that has been going on over the last month I almost forgot to document Madison's first day of preschool. Here's a picture of the big girl and her big brother getting ready to leave the house.

I knew she would love being there with other kids her age. I knew she would love playing and going on the play ground. I knew she would love playing dress-up and watching Holly, the parakeet. I wasn't expecting her to tell me that she wasn't ready to leave when I went to pick her up. Guess that's how you know they really enjoy it! She is having a blast.

I am not sure if this picture says "OK, enough with the camera already" or "This getting up early for preschool is rough" or "Hey, I am a monkey". Either way it made me laugh.

On a baseball note, we play for the 5 year old State Championship tonight. So excited, can't wait! Of course if it is anything like it was yesterday, I might need a room at Bryce! Wish us luck!

Northport Nationals

We had our first All Star Tournament this past weekend. Things didn't start out very good. But we came back and tied the game up in the bottom of the sixth inning. The next inning Walker County scored two runs to beat us 17-15. The Nationals played two games Saturday and won both games. Then Sunday we had to play Walker County twice in order to win the whole thing. Big Blue came out strong in the first game to win 25-11. And the second game of the doubleheader was even better. Something just clicked and we played like we have been playing ball together all year. The final score was 22-0 in four innings! There were double plays, fly balls caught, good base running and the bats were as hot as the weather. It was a great ending to a wonderful Father's Day. The guys (and girl) were so excited about getting their trophies and playing in the tent sprinklers. Here are the pictures from the tournament. Click on the album to get a better view and then click on the right if you want to download any of them.

Look what's on our front door

About a month ago a momma bird made her home in the flower arrangement on our front door. We have enjoyed watching the nest as these four ugly, naked, alien-like creatures have grown up to become full feathered, beautiful little birds. Now we can no longer use our front door for fear that we will have them learn to fly in our living room. It's a small price to pay to have my kids witness one of God's many miracles.

Going back to Cali...Cali...Cali

Nah, I don't think so. We've just gotten over the last Cali trip. It's one of those places that make you appreciate where your from. I mean they don't have ANY sweet tea or county music!!! The lyrics to that Hank song "If Heaven ain't a lot like Dixie" come to mind. I really don't know how I survived. I LIVE on sweeeeet tea and their idea of sweet tea was this raspberry flavored tea-like water. I told the waiter that what he had brought me was raspberry tea and not sweet tea, and he looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language! From then on I stuck with Dr. Pepper (when available) or Coke. You can never go wrong with Coke.

But seriously, we had a great trip. The wedding was beautiful. The kids had loads of fun. Madison and Cassandra (the grooms niece) had so much fun being flower girls that they decided going down the aisle once wasn't enough, so when they got to the front they turned around and went back to do it all over AGAIN! Too funny! Besides the couple of hours in the ER for Madison's dislocated elbow everything thing was great. The first thing Jacob said when we landed in Birmingham was that he missed Aunt Jo Jo.

Here are some pictures I took during the festivities.

More Bees and Graduation

Here are some pictures from Saturday's playoff game against the Blue Claws. The Bees won and will play the Volcanoes Thursday night at 6:30. Both albums are from the same game, somehow they got separated into two different albums. Enjoy!






Jacob's preschool graduation was last Sunday night. It was sad, funny, cute, and exciting all rolled into one! We have really enjoyed his years at preschool . The program was very cute and the things they have learned are just amazing. I took a TON of pictures of Jacob, because, well, he is my baby and he was graduating. But there are some random ones in there of other kids , too. Just click the download button to the right to download those to your computer. If you have any problems, let me know.

Birthdays and Ballgames

Madison had her 2nd Birthday Party on April 5th. Me, being the planner that I am, thought that I had everything under control and all planned out for a smooth and stress free party. You see Jacob was supposed to have a baseball game at 1:00. Maddie's party was at 3:30. Which in my mind gave me plenty of time to watch Jacob's game, pick-up the birthday cake, and get home WAY before anyone showed up for the festivities. Well...think again! It had rained that morning and it was still drizzling at about 11 when Kelly called and said that they would be able to come to the party after all. And then she asked the dreaded question..."what time has Jacob's game been moved to?" I had NO CLUE that the games had been moved back two hours. Which meant that our once 1:00 game and suddenly became a 3:00 game! I wasn't upset that Michael and Jacob were going to miss the party, I was distraught that I was going to miss the game. Oh well, Michael linced me after what seemed like every play and kept me up-to-speed on the game. It wasn't the same as being there, but it was a close second (well, not really, but I am still trying to be optimistic about the whole thing). The party was fun even though we had to move everything indoors. And our baseball crew arrived just as Maddie was finishing up her gifts. Here are a few pictures from the party.

Now on to Baseball...Yes, Bert, this one's for you.

The Bees are holding their own this season. We are 9-1-1. Not bad, huh? Jacob started out at pitcher but has since moved to first base. Here are some pictures from the season so far.

This is one of may favorite pictures.

Andrew making a great catch!


And Connie the Cow with the team.

Hannah ALABAMA?

Madison's 2nd birthday was Sunday. We had a little family party Saturday night which netted her several fun gifts including this cool Hannah Montana headset.

If you know Madison, you know that she LOVES music, especially if it is associated with a TV show/movie. She had so much fun singing along with Hannah. Here are some pictures of our little "Rockstar".




The real birthday party is Saturday. I will post more pictures next week.