State Baseball tournament

What an amazing season we've had with the new team!!
Like I pointed out in the wedding post - state baseball fell on the same weekend of Hope & Logan's wedding.  I mean, we can't plan that out.  BUMMER!  BUT we figured it out...  Kayson only had to miss ONE game of the SIX, so I'd say we did pretty good.  We are all absolutely exhausted - but it's done!!

Anyway...
Friday - 2 games - and 2 wins!  The boys played great... was super fun.

Saturday - 2 games - and 2 wins!  Kayson missed the 2nd game.  But the first game he had 3 RBIs!!  I hated that I actually missed that in person! 

Sunday - 2 games - and 1 win.  The first game of the day... we didn't play well.  We couldn't field the ball... we couldn't hit the ball pass the pitcher!!  It just was not good!!!  BUT the 2nd game - playing for 3rd place ... we did great - things were clicking, and we won!!  Kayson did great - 1 RBI, and he even pitched!!  He did great... under a little pressure, and things got nerve racking at the end, but the team came through with a win!  Oh we were so excited!!!

3rd place out of 85 teams!!!! (Elite bracket)

We are all so proud of these boys... they've come a long way, improved in so many different ways, and became friends!  I'm super proud of Kayson in particular - obviously!  He's just grown so much...  shown some good aggression, shown some passion, and just done well. 

Following the games, we all got out of the terrible heat and met up for a super late lunch at Los Tres Amigos.  Always a nice time there... slow, but good to sit and chat with the families. 

I can't believe the 3 months of baseball is over... done!!  We've had so much fun getting to know the parents, and they are amazing.  The coaches are great - straight laced, but very firm and passionate about the game and the kids.  Pretty tough job coaching a bunch of 10 year olds!!  ha  Overall - I feel we hit the jackpot with this team and I honestly can't wait til next year!  It's always a lot, but it's totally worth it!!!

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

All of Kayson's 'goods' from the season!!!

Cora - swim lessons 2019

We did the same private swim lessons this year as we did last year... just for Cora.
She's done well, but still seems to have a long ways to go.  But she's done well, and listens to her teacher.  (Miss Molly is her teacher this year).

Kayson came with us each day, so that was nice.

 

 

 
 

Hope & Logan get married!!!

We have been waiting about 10 months for the big wedding day of Hope and Logan!!  Saturday, June 29 was the day... the big day...  to be mixed in with a big thing called State Baseball for Kayson!  YIKES!  There was some stress with this... I worried like crazy, but in the end, it all worked out. 

Anyway, Friday afternoon the festivities began.  Trish and everyone did a bunch of stuff Thursday and Friday, but I didn't go help due to baseball...  so Cora and I headed up to Clarion Friday afternoon after baseball.

Friday night -
Rehearsal and supper.
Everything went well - we got all our duties and had a nice time.  Cora and the other flower girl made fast friends (which was amazing), and they practiced awesomely!  I was thrilled.  She seemed excited, and ready.  After rehearsal, we went for dinner at a restaurant uptown...  nice, easy.  Then we went and met up with some of my AZ family at a brewery in town.  Cora was super hot and tired, but we needed to make an appearance...  it was a quick stop, but fun to see them.

Friday night we decided to stay at Jill's...  just cuz it was in town and easy to run back and forth if need be.  We slept terrible.  Ugh. 

Saturday -
Cora was up at 5:45.  I mean - seriously, she's never been up that early in her entire life!!! 

We passed the time... she played with a few toys that Jill had...  I went out to the cemetery to talk with Mom, missing her bad.  Then it was time to spend time with Hope and her girls.  We went up to the hair salon and had a super fun time up there... just sitting and chatting most of the morning.  Ashley did Cora's makeup and hair - and Cora was in heaven!!  Super fun.

From there, I got ready really quick... then off to the church for the start of Hope getting ready and pictures, and all the wedding prep things!  Everything went super well... and smooth. It was just super, brutally hot!!!!  Thank goodness for air and being inside!

Ryan and K arrived around 1:30/2:00, which worked out well.

The wedding went super well, and Pastor Bill's message was spot on... always perfect with that guy.  He's great.

And most importantly (I'm joking) - Cora did awesome at the flower girl role!!  Her and Evelyn did so great - walked down perfectly, smiling and throwing their little 'circles'.  It was darling!  I'm super proud of her!! 

Then... the tired set in.  It was like Cora was --- "I'm done. I did my job, and I'm done!!"  She became super tired... and whiny... and all the tired things.  Poor kid.  Ryan and I were one of the Host & Hostess, so we had lots to do at the reception...   Cora did ok... once we were there and things were happening... but she still was kind of a hot mess. 

Kayson was SUPER tired... so shortly after eating, Ryan took him out to the farm to bed (about 8:30ish).  I felt bad that he was missing out on dancing, etc... and that Ryan was missing too.  But it's just what we had to do. 

Cora and I stayed a little longer... she danced a little, and did really well... but then about 9:20, she hit a wall - and said "can we go?"  So... off we went.  Again, felt bad to leave and miss... but it's just us... Hope and Logan had a great day, so that's all that mattered.

It was great - I'm super happy for Hope and Logan... they'll have a blessed life together.

 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Weekend

What a weekend!  Another busy one, but wow - we had fun.

Last week was Cora's first week of swim lessons... I'll post on that later.  She's doing well.

Friday night:
Kayson went to an I Cubs game with Caleb, Hud, Carter, and a few other boys...  they had so much fun, and was a super late night.  I picked him up at 11pm.  OHMYGOSH.  I was absolutely exhausted.  Ryan, Cora and I just stayed in... ordered pizza, and layed low, it was nice.

Saturday:
Kids slept in... Kayson slept til 9:00!  He was wiped!
We did a few random things in the morning...  then things slowed down and we got a little bored.  Imagine that.  ha.  So...  we drove down to Sun Valley Lake for a 40th birthday party for our new baseball friend, Dave.  His wife surprised him with a family friendly party at the lake.  We weren't going to go, but then decided to...  and ended up having a really good time.  The kids had a blast, and the weather was perfect... until the storms rolled through at about 7pm...  and we headed home!  It was good... and we were all wiped out.

Sunday:
We went to church! 

Then Sunday afternoon, the Aces had a round robin type of scrimmage against a couple teams.  A very relaxed afternoon of ball... we ended up winning both games, which was great...  it was a good afternoon, and great practice for State coming up!

What a weekend...  nice to have something fun to do, but I'm looking forward to July when things slow down!!

So tired after a week of swim!

She was bored Friday night... golfed for 3 minutes.

K and friends... and Cubbie Bear.

Sun Valley Lake

All the littles with Uncle Dave!

ice cream truck for the kids!  How fun.

Longhorns, Aces, Bombers