Just pix

Seems like the last couple weeks has been consumed with ball photos.   I had some photos saved in my phone that I don’t want to lose, so I’m leaving them here.  

This photo of my little ladies’ man cracks me up. 

Cameron and Tatum went to the Stampede. Cameron happened to see his old preschool teacher (and family friend) and she sent me a photo. I love it. 

Work has been a true fiasco lately.  Law suits, easement disputes, budget time,  an audit. So yes, I sometimes have to take a second to decompress.  If you don’t laugh you cry right?  

I know I already shared this photo, but I love it.  They were deep in conversation after Saige’s last game. I’m not sure what they were discussing, but the moments where I see them acting like true friends make me happy.  

Evelyn’s ball photos.  I don’t think they are the official team photos, but the sunflower seed one is the most realistic thing I’ve ever seen. 

The girls have been going to the summer reading program.  The library at Carbondale truly has a fabulous children’s program. They have a ton of cool stuff for the kids all summer long.  This week was touch a truck and meet Chester Cheeta. Wrenley wasn’t a fan of Chester I was told!  

Cameron and Tatum went to a concert - he said it was Madison’s.  I love that they are having such a fun summer together.  

Amy took some cute photos at her daycare.  Lawson is getting so big!  And he is going to be a big brother.  We are so excited!  

Our first month of summer break went by in a flash.  We have been enjoying the more relaxed schedules.  It’s weird that it is a few days until July starts.  Slow down summer!  

 

Colin, Easton, Saige

Today is Colin’s 28th birthday.  I cannot tell you how proud of him I am.  He has grown into a fine man.  He is a good husband, a good dad and a has a job he loves.  The life he is building is happy and amazing.  

Today Easton is 6 months old.  He is a joy to our lives.  It is crazy how fast half a year can fly by!   

I love them both (and Spencer too). 

Happy birthday and happy half birthday to my boys! 

Saige’s team won their tournament tonight.  This means they were both the league champions as well as the tournament champions.  

This team was pretty fun to watch. Yea they are goofy and mess around a lot, but they are also competitive, worked hard and played pretty well together.  

This game ends summer ball season for this year.  It was a good season and I’m glad we did it.  I’m also sort of ok with reclaiming our evenings.  

 

Saige’s tournament

Saige's team ended up being the league champions, and as such, they got a first round bye in their tournament.  It worked out well, that way we were able to catch Evie playing on Monday.  

Saige's team won their game last night against Auburn Yellow, and will advance tonight to the championship game.  

This is a fun team to watch.  They mostly work well together, the coaching has been pretty upbeat and positive, the girls seem to be having fun, and they are pretty talented.  I will be excited to see if they can pull off the tournament championship.  

I couldn't help but flash back to the last time we had a tournament in Auburn.  I believe it was Harper playing, but the coach of the Auburn team switched out pitchers after every batter (wasting time) and pulled a bunch of other shenanigans.  I am happy to say that last night was much nicer than that!  

Saige did a good job on second base, and got on base each time up (although the walks were high and I think she may be tying a season record with Quincy for being hit by pitch).  

Good luck girls!

The cutest little fan club -

I am pretty sure if Wrenley Kay was ever clean, someone would think Madison stole a child.  :)  

 

Tournament week

Cameron sent me this cute photo on their way home from western Kansas.  I guess there was a carnival along the way.  I am sure he had to stop to get carnival food.  Or something.  It sounds like, after meeting her family, they are still together, so I guess that is a good sign.  And nobody broke any legs or had any other trauma, so good work Cameron!

I did get a good chuckle out of Cameron facetiming me yesterday to tell me that he was awakened by someone sending a Mariachi band to his neighbor's house.  For some reason, that cracks me up.  I imagine it would be amusing for one day....if it happened again, I would be annoyed!  He said he enjoyed the music, and was finding the humor in it.  

It sort of reminded me of when we lived in Osage City and the band kids would practice for the parade by marching around and around the block in the early morning.  My kids thought that they were putting on a show just for them!  I got a little sick of the Osage City Indian fight song after a couple of days!  :)  

Evie had her first and last tournament game last night.  Her team lost their game, so they are done playing for this season.  She has come a long way, and I can see the improvement, and her confidence is a lot better.  She had a great hit too!  Their team does a lot of stuff right, they just need a little more time to get the basics down I think.   

I like watching the kids play, but I am really never sad to see the season end.  I don't know how Madison feels about it, but I didn't see any tears being shed.  Saige has a couple of games left, so we are not completely out of the running phase of summer yet!

It was sort of funny, I was busy working in the garden yesterday.  I planted a row of okra and some watermelon.  I was in the zone and not really paying attention to time.  Harper reminded me that we should go watch Evelyn play.  I am glad she did!  I tend to get lost in garden world and lose all track of time.