FIRST BASKETBALL TEAM

We signed Minnie up for Rec basketball. She is over the top excited! My little "Ball-ah" all ready with her tall black socks, crocs and sneaks packed in her bag :) just like her big cousin ;)

 

and not to be outdone :) Miss B asked me to go look for new sneakers in the basement for her... I assured her the size 1 that is the next size up that we have would be WAY too big... she assured me they wouldn't. ;) She was right. My FOUR year old is in a size 1 sneaker.

WHAT? STOP. JUST STOP.

 Minnie was a little nervous all morning... asking questions like "Who's my coach? Will Logan be on my team? When do we have practice?" all things I couldn't answer...but once she got there, grabbed a ball, found her cousins and two girls she ran track with she was good to go :)

She listened intently to the instruction

and had a BLAST!

She met her coach, found out Logan was not on her team and that practice is on Wednesday nights. :) Looking forward to a fun season and the chance for her to learn a lot :)

Bloggity Break

It wasn't intentional to take such a lengthy break... I really prefer to keep up with life but... ah well... couple of Saturdays ago we headed north on a family adventure... we had NO IDEA this massive pumpkin festival was going on... the rain did not deter us and we had a GREAT time :)

BUBBLES!

There were literally THOUSANDS of carved pumpkins... it was so cool to check them all out...

face paint... in the rain... sure. Why not?

Sadly there are NO pictures proving that Laura Jane and I were ACTUALLY together hanging out and catching up this past week BUT... there are these pictures proving it ;)

It was fun showing Noah the FIRST picture I had of he and Miss B :)

 

We had a great time and committed to getting together again SOONER rather than LATER! :)

Also newsworthy!!! Husband organized childcare with SIL L so that he and I could go on a DATE!!! (please note the one "child" we did have to bring with us in the back ;) We tried a new place, had a great time and it was SO fun just being together! :)

This one is just for "Fletch" :) Thanks for the breakfast ;)

Now that I have been feeling better (Praise the Lord oh my soul!) Miss B and I have been outside more and taking Defense for a walk :) there are no words for this girl and her dog...

I posted this on FB...

she was inside for over an hour before I heard her say... "I forgot I still had my hat on"

never mind the golf medal or the mossy oak camo pants.... 

 

This kid cracks me up...

Lily's Pool Party

Such a FUN time celebrating the first of the crew that is turning 7! :)

 

Pool party with friends... YES PLEASE! :)

Lil and her "old soul" wanted a chocolate torte for dessert :) YUM!

Horseshoe cupcakes for those that might not have such a mature palette :)

SUCH sweet girls and wonderful friends

 

and then there is Miss Spicy-Pants...

with all kinds of sweet mixed in :)

We loved celebrating you sweet Lily! Here's to a GREAT 7th trip around the sun!

We love you sweet girl!

Speaking of....

A SEPERATED play date :) Big Girls went to Liz's and we had the 4 year olds... they love long rides in the car watching movies...

seting up game camera....

playing on toy computers...

and eating!! :)

Such a sweet and special time with Cam-Man... Miss B was just filled right up with her buddy

speaking of buddies... these two... make me laugh... play together AWESOME until they don't and are so STIKIN' cute....

Also cute... :) Aunt Carol came up to go to a Women's Conference with Country Mum last weekend... Miss B and I rode along to the airport *sniff, sniff* so she could get home to Uncle Mike...

such a special bond between these two...

speaking of bond... chemo day or should we just start to call it "play on Aunnie's phone for an hour" day? :)

speaking of, no phones here... On Wednesday Minnie had early release from school and it was 78 degrees... so we headed to the ocean... Miss B didn't get much time there this summer what with her broken arm and all... so she immediately plopped into the "dirt" and just started in....

oh... this girl... her legs go on for miles, her smile is contagious, she is powerful, emotional, sweet, helpful, and can be the kindest one....

so blessed with a BEACH so close... time with these girls... sunshine and 80 in October...

and the fact that they call me Momma....