Fun in the Sun

John Michael's 1st Birthday Bash

Birthday party with cousins. Another celebration is planned with grandparents! He gets to turn one twice! Yeah!!!

Happy Birthday & Congratulations

Happy 1st birthday to John Michael and Congratulations to Samuel for winning the district tournament this past weekend. Last Friday night we celebrated a first birthday with John Michael and last night we celebtrated a championship win with Samuel and his All Star baseball team. It has been a busy and fun past few days! We are having a great summer! I will post some pics from both events when I have more time!

Family Time

This past week we spent five days in Pigeon Forge with my family (mom & dad, 2 sisters, and 7 kids between the three of us). Thankfully we had a very nice, rather large house/cabin to stay in. Complete with our own hot tub, community pool, and a stream running right through the back yard perfect for kids to play in. Of course I enjoyed having mom and sis's around who wanted quality time with the baby of the family. Much time was spent poolside and sitting on the back porch watching the kids play in the creek while reading Harry Potter (yes I am still enjoying them and am now on the third book of the series - call me crazy!) We had a great time and the break was much needed for all of us. Joseph was the only son-in-law to go but he was a life saver. The kids really enjoyed having him to play football with, take them down water slides, and explore the creekside. He and Samuel went river rafting at "River Rats" and did some father/son bonding. He was even a good sport and attended a dinner show (musical) which is not his cup of tea! Even though, I think we all had a great time and Samuel & John Michael had some quality time with grandparents & cousins. The day before we left, Samuel got a phone call from a Kentuck coach asking him to play on his 7-year old All Star team. Of course he was all excited but he was going to miss the first 5 practices (gone five days.. miss five practices, Yes they practice EVERY day of the week excluding Sunday). The coach called his other coaches however and gave him the okay to be out and still play on the team. So, we are back to baseball for the summer. We have a tournament this weekend in Pinson (first game tonight), Adamsville next weekend, State tournament is here at Kentuck this year, and Gardendale for the World Series, finishing up just two weeks before school goes back. Sound like fun? We will see how tired of baseball we are come July and it's 100 degrees and we have a three hour practice. So far Samuel is having a great time! John Michael is 8 days away from his first birthday! I can't believe it! We had some serious swim time while we were away and we discovered that he is just as much of a water lover as his brother. Joseph, much to my dismay, took him completely under the water one day and he came up laughing and splashing. He doesn't care to be splashed, dunked, or whatever. He had a great time swiming with the big kids!