Wordless Wed.

It's root, root, root for the home team.....

if they don't win, it's a shame!
'Cause it's one, two, three strikes you're out at the ol' ball game!

-#3 on the Rivercats-

James is playing tee ball! His first sport! As you can imagine there have been funny parts and frustrating parts that you can only get from a three year old. At first he didn't want to wear the helmet. Then he didn't want to run the bases. Then he got mad if anyone else in the outfield got the ball. Well, we got past the first two hurtles and we are still working on the last one. But we will get there, all in time. Seeing him in the little outfit is so sweet. Most importantly, he's seemed to enjoy most of the experience and at this age, I think that is awesome. Brendan wants to be out on the field so badly and we look forward to signing him up when he is old enough. Daniel has enjoyed the practices and I have liked reading baseball books with him. Another perk? James tells me he needs to eat all his dinner and drink his milk to grow into a big, strong athlete. No complaints here! :-)

Easter at Our Place

I have always adored Easter and this year it was extra special because James is just starting to understand the true meaning of it. We talked about it a lot and we was re-telling the story back to us. We also got on some sweet questions such as does Jesus get wet by rain? So precious. I am a firm believer that children are born very spiritual and that it is a gift that can (and should!) be nurtured. If not, the world takes that out of them. And of course, all the chicks and bunnies are fun too!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day...my husband informed me that I took over 100 pictures on one day. I think I need to be a 12 step program or something! HA!


Nana and Granddaddy came up and we had a low-key weekend. Love the time with my family! Nothing is better!

My First Blog Post as a 30 - something

30. Well, it hit me like a semi-truck. Not sure why, but still setting into being 30 with a bit of apprehension. Sure, everyone tells me 30 is GREAT! 30 is NO BIG DEAL! Well, it fits a little funny in my mouth to say I am 30 and then I just LOVE, LOVE, SARCASTICALLY LOVE when people say to me "You're only 30?". Gee thanks people. You just know how to make me feel good.

The upside, I have experienced a ton of awesome stuff in my 30 years and can't wait to see what is coming next. Downside, I still feel like a kid, yet the teenagers at Sonic are now calling me Mam. And I have three gray hairs, three for sure, maybe more.

It's a good thing that my best friend from high school Jessica flew down and surprised me in the cafeteria where I teach on my last day of being 29 so that I did not totally lose my sanity over losing my twenties. She was the best present I have gotten in a long time. (Much better than the temporal lobe epilepsy diagnosis I got a couple weeks before. Epilepsy totally sucks. I think I could devote an entire blog to how one manages to be a wife, mother, friend, employee, HERSELF, etc. dealing with this crap. Anywho, I digress, it is my TOTALLY wonderful friend Jessica that surprised me and made me laugh and made me cry and took me back to a normal place where I was just me, without all this other crap. I love you Jessica. I love you, I love you, I love you and I miss you so!) How to explain Jessica? Well, she is hilarious and so genuine. What you see is what you get. Pure comfort in her own skin. Always teaching you a life lesson but never in a pushy way. Always making you feel better about yourself and somehow making you seem like a person with so many gifts and the best spirit. No wonder she has been one of my favorite people for almost 15 years. If this helps, we are like 2 of the Golden Girls, and we are ok with that! I have no doubt that our far off future contains each other and supermarket runs for poli-grip and poise pads. We are just that kind of friends. The kind that you can just pick right back up as if 5 minutes went by no matter how long. When the moments you share are the memories you make, you know you've lucked out.

I had such a nice birthday thanks to my family and friends and despite me wanting it to pass be by, 30 is settling over me ok. Nothing too traumatic so far! :-) My parents came up too and we hit up Reata, one of my favorite places. I was surprised with flowers and balloons. I got a beautiful new watch. We ate delicious food. We spent too much. We had this pedicure that was unbelievable. We laughed, we hung out, we stayed in our pjs and talked until the sun went down. We left the boys with a babysitter (gasp! that is a BIG deal for me!). But the VERY.BEST.PRESENT. of all was Jessica.

Testing, Testing, is this thing on?

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