Go Mudcats!!!

Rookie league baseball is a whole different experience for me.  Much easier than T-ball, but Ashton is younger than everyone else on his team, and sometimes he has a hard time staying focused on the game.  He is improving a lot and having a good time and that's what counts.

Waiting for his turn to bat.  We did have a mixup with their uniforms at the first of the year.  The league had the wrong ones printed so for a few games they were they Mudcat/muckdogs (that's why the sudden uniform change from red to black)

So close.  I love his face in this picture.  

Getting a little batting advise from Grandpa.  I love that my dad loves to help Ashton learn how to play baseball.  He is there every game, patient and soft spoken, helping Ashton to do his best.  

Running the bases.  Love the kid in the background balancing his mitt on his shoulder.  

Happy Mother's Day

Tears of a Woman

“Mom, why are you crying?” he asked his mom.

“Because I’m a woman” she told him.

“I don’t understand,” he said.

His mom just hugged him and said, “and you never will.” Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?”

“All women cry for no reason” was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to GOD. When GOD got on the phone the man said, “GOD, why do women cry so easily?”

GOD said:

“When I made women she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly. This same sensitivity helps her to make a child’s boo-boo feel better and shares in her teenagers anxieties and fears.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

I gave her a tear to shed, it’s hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed. It’s her only weakness; it’s a tear for mankind.”

— Author Unknown —

Love you mom.

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Happy Birthday Abbie

My baby is two!!!! Holy Cow times is going so fast. Although she has the attitude of a two-year-old to remind me, I can't believe that she is so old. She is my adventurous one, always trying to see if she can do something new. Right now she is in to quantifying things: big, huge, giant. Good, yummy, delicious. It is so funny. And she surprised me the other day with announcing that her cup was pink, which is was. She knows pink, purple, green, and blue, oh and chocolate(she told me that she had chocolate balloons on her birthday.)  Her sweet little smile melts anyones heart and she definetely know how to use her dimples to her advantage.  I love you Abbie, thanks for helping me see that although I am a mother I still have a lot to learn.  Love you baby girl!!!!!!!

I'll do it myself...

The other night I was taking some of Lexie's friends home after her party, and Abbie thought she needed to go too, but it was bedtime and I didn't want her to fall asleep in the car.  So we left without her and when we got back she had put on her own shoes in an attempt to come with us.  So cute....

Dumb Deer

I hate deer, I really do.  Can't they leave my flowers alone???  (Look past all the weeds, :) this is the only flower bed I haven't gotten to this spring.)  There is only one flower on my tulips the rest have been mercilessly eaten.  One stinkin flower!!!  My solution...

Just kidding, really dial soap in nylons.  I have been told deer hate the smell so we are going to give it a try.

Happy Birthday Lexie!!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Lexie, happy birthday to you!!!  My sweetheart turns 10 today.  I can't believe that you are growing up so fast, it seems like only yesterday that you were my tiny baby that I first brought home from the hospital without a clue how to take care of you.  I love you so much.   Thank you for being you: sweet, caring, fun, friendly,  honest, dependable, funny, and my best helper.  I hope that you have many more days filled with love and laughter.  I love you, Mom.

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder

You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give fate a fighting chance
 And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance

I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack

Backyard Baseball

On Saturday, (I know I'm a little late) we had a great game of backyard baseball.  Just our little family.  It started as Ashton showing Jake how good he is getting at hitting, fielding, throwing and catching.  Then it turned into a makeshift game.  We had a great time and will hopefully get to do it a lot more this summer.  I had such a good time playing that I didn't stop to think about taking pictures.

Spring.....finally

Today was a beautiful spring day and we HAD to go outside and enjoy it.  First we (Ashton, Abbie and I) went to the park.

it was really fun but we didn't get to stay very long because soon it was time for Lexie to be home from school.

This picture completely shows Abbie's personality.  She loves to explore and climb things, with little fear.   She rarely looks back once she has started out on an adventure. This was the first time that we had been to the park in a while, but she wasn't hesitant at all.  "I climb, mom" was one of the first things she said to me.  She was quickly at the top.  I love her belief that she can do anything. I have a lot to learn from her attitude.

We had to get out

This was a week ago or so, on a day when I had my nephews and it looked like spring outside, but really didn't FEEL like it.  We tried the front yard so that we were at least in the sun.  The kids had a great time even though it was pretty cool and we didn't stay our long.   Bubbles and chalk are great outside toys!!!!!