Saying thanks to all those who have served, who are serving or who will serve our country...
THE LAND OF THE FREE
and
THE HOME OF THE BRAVE
I know that this is not the best picture, but it is the only one I have of my dad in uniform. He served in the United States Army starting in 1967 (I think) and was stationed over in Vietnam for 13 months. He met my mom 3 weeks before being deployed....they didn't really know each other when he left, but wrote to each other the entire time they were apart. He came home in December 1968 and proposed to my mom 3 days later and were married in September 1969...they are still married almost 41 years later. He has never really talked about his time in the army, but I just wanted to say thank you Dad for all that you did do (& still do).
I know that this is not the best picture, but it is the only one I have of my dad in uniform. He served in the United States Army starting in 1967 (I think) and was stationed over in Vietnam for 13 months. He met my mom 3 weeks before being deployed....they didn't really know each other when he left, but wrote to each other the entire time they were apart. He came home in December 1968 and proposed to my mom 3 days later and were married in September 1969...they are still married almost 41 years later. He has never really talked about his time in the army, but I just wanted to say thank you Dad for all that you did do (& still do).May you all have a blessed Memorial Day and never forget.
Wednesday our friend (and the head football coach where Ryan coaches) had to have knee surgery, so the boys and I went over to sit with the kids. After an afternoon of swimming, movie watching and video game playing we headed to church for dinner and service! I do not envy those moms with 5 kiddos!! Hats off to you!
Last minute picture right before heading to bed and yes this was my before bed snack...I was craving chocolate and this was the only thing I had in the house!! It was actually very tasty!
So what did we do?...well, of course, I had my camera, so we pulled it out and started snapping away!
And this one is of me and Dawn (a friend who is 
And here is Brendan running for 1st after his only hit. Such concentration!
The coach brought Colin in as a Closer...in last inning to finish out the game and he did A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.! There was 1 out with 2 on base and he finished the game with 2 strike outs! The above picture is Colin warming up and the below picture is Colin striking out the batter! Way to go!!
Look at how sad the runner on 2nd is!!...so sad he can't even look up!
And that brings us a V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.!! Onto the play-offs!
Brendan playing 2nd.
Colin batting...no hits, but 2 walks...one from him being hit by a pitch...way to take one for the team Colin!
Catching Brendan in the dugout...he was 1-3 tonight but did score and bring in a run!
They were down by A LOT in the last inning...but they came back to make it a VERY exciting finish...unfortunately they ran out of time...literally ran out of time. Our league has a 2 hr max per game...so the game ended with us up to bat and 2 outs.
Monday was our end of the year awards ceremonies at school...AND...Brendan cleaned up! He received 3Q Principal's honor roll (all As) & 4Q honor roll (all As & Bs) and 2nd semester honor roll and entire year honor roll! He had a fabulous 4th grade year! So proud of him!
I was not feeling my best Monday so I came home from school and headed straight to bed...this is what I woke up to on Tuesday morning...lucky me...don't be jealous!
Wednesday on my way home from school I stopped by Sam's Club and picked up 120 cupcakes (that's a lot of cupcakes!) for our end of the school year celebration on Thursday morning!
My last work day of the school year...I cleaned up and put away my entire kinder room...and this was my partner in crime's last day...she is taking a leave of absence to be a SAHM...happy for her...sad for me!
Our first TRUE day of summer vaca!! We always start our vacas with a tradition of breakfast at IHOP and then we headed to WalMart to get some new pool toys for the pool and then of course we had to come home...blow'em up and take a dip!
