Memorial Day Family Fun

What a fun-filled Memorial Day! It started with Callie playing in the State Softball Tournament for All Star teams, in the 6U division. She did great and had fun, but her team lost in double elimination. We then headed to the lake at my Mom's brother's house, along with 40 other family members! And...my Marine brother! We haven't seen him in 2 years, so that was really exciting to have him there. My Aunt Linda loves to have a little parade, so we all wear our red, white, and blue and parade ourselves down the street of her neighborhood, and there are actually people out to watch, and, we even throw candy! My Uncle Terry rides his motorcycle, some people on bikes, and we even carry a cd player playing patriotic music! It's a sight to behold, let me tell you. We had lots of yummy food, tons of swim time, and really just enjoyed being around family that we don't get to see very often. The kids hardly got out of the water the whole weekend, except for Macie---she does NOT like the water so far! Thank you Uncle Terry and Aunt Linda for your generosity..we had a blast!

More Softball...

Callie had her first tournament as part of the All Star Team, the Astros. It was a Round Robin Tourny, which was tough on those 6 year olds! They started playing at 8 in the morning and didn't finish up until 6 games later, at almost 6 o'clock that night...in the heat...really silly! Callie was tough, though, didn't complain, until the very last game, when she looked up at me and said, "Mommy, I just can't do it anymore!" Hopefully the next tournament will be an elimination one! Thankfully, this one was in Deer Park, so I was able to take Macie and Jack to Jen's for a respite and some pool fun. I did feel a little guilty enjoying the pool for a bit while poor Callie and Bryan were at the hot ball field!

New House!

Yea! We are in! Here are some "pre" pictures...now if I can just remember to post "after" pictures, whenever that may be. Looks like we'll be living out of boxes for a while. I'll have lots of "help", though! A 6 year old, 4 year old, and infant..yep, things will definately take a while!