Baseball Boys!

Last weekend was Parker's first tournament of the season.  I'm very excited about their season starting.  From this looks of this picture, Parker is too!

Although this is only Parker's second season he is catching on fast.  He was so proud when he won the game ball. 

Cutest batter I've ever seen!

There is not many places Tate would rather be than watching Parker play baseball.  

He is soaking it all up!

Most days he wakes up asking for his glove, ball and bat!

I think it's safe to say this is the first year of many baseball seasons!

On another note, we are very excited around here.

My mom and dad are here visiting all week!! AND we are taking the boat out for the first time this weekend! 

Happy Saturday!!!

She's Got Game

Soccer is in full swing around here.  

Practices and games four times a week keeps us on our toes!

She sure is fun to watch!!
On Monday they played the hardest team (by far) of the season.  We tied 1-1, they scored in the last 10 seconds to tie us. I have never seen her so intense.  She had a look about her, and she played her little heart out.  

Keep up your hard work, Lyss!
I love you!

Weekend Fun!

This pretty much sums up our weekend...

Hanging out... 

 no plans,

 nowhere to be,

didn't care what time it was...
AND we were just 10 minutes from our house...
I just love living here!!!

Getting some sun, playing on the sandy beach...

Cookin' up some tasty food...

Peach Cobbler in the dutch oven...

Corn on the cob...

Potatoes and baked beans...

Chicken Kabobs...

Our chef...

Kid Approved...

When you go camping, you obviously have to have a campfire to make s'mores!

I think we could do this all summer long :)

Spring Break Fun!

This spring break was the first one in a looooong time I remember Aaron being off.  We decided to take full advantage of that.  So, we hit the road and headed to Crested Butte, Co with some of our besties...the Berna's.

 It was a 17 hour drive total so we broke the trip up and stayed the first night in Wheeler.  After much thinking and worrying,  we decided to let Tate stay in Wheeler for the week.  He's not much on road trips yet.  It was SO hard to leave him behind, but he was in great hands.  THANK YOU so much mom and dad for taking such good care of him.  It is so very comforting to know how much he is loved! He had a great time...checking on the cows, playing baseball, soccer, riding the golf cart, and visiting friends.

From there we headed to Amarillo to meet up with Chad, Nissa and Nash. It was so great to spend some quality time with them.  

After a convincing the boys we needed to make a quick stop at Starbucks, and a quick pull to the side of the road due some car sickness,  we were off...

It seemed like we were there in a hop, skip and a jump (maybe that's because I was able to sneak in a nap or two)...

Aaron's good buddy, Don,  from high school works at the Almont Resort.  We CAN'T thank him enough for all he did for us.   Seriously, it was so awesome! These boys picked up right where they left off :)

(Almont Resort)

(Our view from the cabin, beautiful!)

(The cabin)

The whole week was filled with fun.  We did something different everyday.

We went sledding, skiing, rock climbing, ice skating, fishing, golfing, and lots of shopping!

(Lyssa picked up right where she left off)

(Parker...watch out fellow skiers

...he isn't afraid of ANYTHING)

(Vanessa, Me, Parker and Lyssa)

(J.D., Chad, and Aaron...they couldn't hang ;)

 (Me and Parker)

(Nissa and Nash)

(Parker)

(Lyssa)

(Parker and Don...one of my favorite pictures from the trip)

(This another one...she never stopped trying to catch "just one")

(Nash and Parker...cutest boys ever)

(Second catch of the day)

(Lyssa, flying high)

(Don't look down!)

(Nash getting ready)

(She made it to the top...three times)

I agree with Parker..."Can we just go back?"

All You Need is Paint!

Thanks Roxy for the sweet blog post...click HERE to check it out.

For so long now I have been wanting to blog about 

All You Need is Paint!

It's my new business...I've actually been painting and repainting furniture for a long time.  When you are a coaches wife you learn to become very resourceful and figure out ways to keep all your stuff while bouncing around from place to place.  Painting a piece of furniture gives it a new look!  It changes everything!!

So, I took a leap of faith and decided to take it a step further by trying to get 'my name' out there.

It was definitely a God thing.  When we moved to Temple it kind of just happened.  I was painting for a business in downtown Temple within months after moving here.  From there, I started getting random jobs.  Everything from dinning room furniture, to bedroom furniture, kitchen tables, end tables, vanities, dressers, and my latest call yesterday...swings!  I'm excited about that!!

I'm terrible at taking before and after pictures.  

I kick myself for not documenting everything I have painted.

I even have a website I haven't used yet...ugggg!

It's my goal though.

Here is just one before and after...

If your furniture needs a new look...

keep me in mind.

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Capitol 10K

Yesterday my sisters and I ran the Capitol 10K in Austin.  

(Bridgett isn't pictured because we were supposed to meet her at the corner of something and something...well in the mix of over 23,000 people we just couldn't hook up.)

To sum it up...AWESOME! I forgot what a rush it is to "participate" in runs like this.  To be honest I was actually dreading it...until the second we took off.  I have only ran a handful of times this year.  I mean I have been workout out, but not 'training' for a run.  So, I was pleasantly surprised at how good I felt during and after the race.  

I think I have Summer to thank for that!!

Our friend, Summer, couldn't make the race.  She is approaching Kelsie's first birthday date.  Times are tough for her.  However, I am ALWAYS amazed at her strength.  If you haven't check out her blog, click here....it's truly an inspiration.  

We missed you so very much Summer, but we are so glad you are making decisions that are best for you and that you are taking care of yourself. 

XOXO

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