It is spring and we are back at the pond! The boys spent hours fishing on Saturday and we had a family outing on Sunday - I need to remember that this "perfect" weather is short lived and get out and enjoy it.

The t-ball play by play

At bat

1st

2nd

3rd

Home!!!

And the good game line

Yay, our boys played great last night - they might not have won the game but they did so much better than last week. Carter got out on his first hit, but rounded the bases for a run on the 2nd. They are so much fun to watch as they are trying but can't help become distracted by say the dirt (when he was in the outfield, I'm relatively certain he was singing and dancing while kicking dirt). Nothing like pictures through the fence!

AR Trip

I'm a bit behind on my pictures from the girls' weekend in Arkansas - it was so nice to get to spend some time with my mom, aunts Patty & Jean and cousin, Becki - I so miss seeing all of them but am going to get a double dose with Julia's wedding coming soon! Yippee for Graf girl get togethers, we need to plan another soon. It was nice to see Grandpa and Garnett at home too- they are an amazingly active set of 80+ year olds. Seeing them reminds me of how lucky I am to still have ALL of my grandparents and even some bonus grandparents - I'm one lucky girl!!

Happy Birthday Dad

We celebrated my dad's birthday last weekend when they visited - we kicked off the weekend with crawdads and oysters - 2 of his favorites, Carter even ate the crawdads (until he got a bit too much spice!). We hit the Relax the Back store where the boys fell in love with massage chairs (oh no, what have we started, oh wait maybe they could go for pedicures and just sit in the chairs!). We did a shrimp boil and had some delish GiGi's cupcakes (the champagne was a BIG hit for my local cupcake fan friends). It was lovely to have them but the weekend went WAY fast!

Here Fishy, Fishy!

We have our first set of pets! 4 fish that Mimi and Papa bought the boys for Easter. Their names are Carter (Carter names everything after himself first we've met Carter kitty, Carter frog and now Carter fish...just realized he could be named after our friend Carter Fish!) Hester (Carter's Bears jersey is Hester) and Lincoln's fish are Pinky (my Mii name, but the fish is pink) and Cutler (his Bears' jersey name).

They seem to be doing fine, we were sure that Cutler would be floating because he has a funny swim but have been reminded that maybe some fish just swim differently (although I have yet to see him go to the top for food which concerns me, I don't think he can get there and I'm hoping the little orange fish are letting some drop down for him).

They have a fun fishy home complete with color changing lights, we will see how much I love them in a week when I get to clean their tank - this brings back memories of my fish the Beta that lived on and on and on in a bowl that had to be cleaned and cleaned and cleaned - hopefully their legacy will be a long life and a clean tank!

We survived the first t-ball game, it wasn't pretty but we survived it!

T-shirts done!

They aren't perfect, but they were a great start! Even got a picture with Carter for finishing - too bad I didn't wash my hair today!