Sunday Snapshot~ Our girl turned 3

our lil' lady loves kitties. she should, she has 7 runnin' around this joint. they were all here when she came home and she's grown up lovin' on them and roughin' them up. most are getting up there in age as we've had them for the past 17 years, but they tolerate her so well. i think they were all quite surprised when they realized they were raising another toddler!

{MoonPie}

so her 3rd birthday party was to be a kitty party. this lucky lady had two parties this year, her grammy and poppy planned one during our visit to Tennessee which you will see soon. we just got back from our trip and have a lot of pics to show! the picture above was our birthday dinner out here, unfortunately she bit her lip while scarfin' her pizza, hence the tears!

big brothers were kind enough to allow me to turn them into kitties

of course the First Lady was all about it.

their first chore was to lap up the "milk" from their food dish. considering our second detests milk, this WAS a chore. he got in a few licks though for his sister.






goldfish for kitty snacks
this one licked his bowl clean i tell ya!

even cat daddy was on hand.


i think someone pulled our seconds tail.
the phone was a gift from grandma and pop pop. the First Lady who thinks she's old enough to have one herself, said.......
"even she gets a phone?"
kitties love to play with their toys
walkie talkies for her to use with her big sister
and Kit Kats for dessert too!


later she had a late night birthday swim in the pool

happy 3rd birthday sweet girl! we love you so much!

Sunday Snapshot~ the season so far

this woulda been a favorite pic of mine with the "diamond dust" and sun beams but i just couldn't get the light right. oh well.
the 2012 boys baseball season has been underway for about 2 months now and we're havin' a blast. with about 4 weeks left and the heat crankin' up we're glad to have this week off with no games. these boys deserve a break!
our oldest was on the 7th gr. school team this year and is still playing for the community league Yellow Jackets team for the next few weeks. he mostly plays first base and has discovered some mad pitching skills this year. more to come with his team later.
our second has just gone plum crazy this year playing for the 5th/6th gr Colorado Rockies team. he's their #1 pitcher and during one game pitched a few no hitters. whoa.



he's evolved into quite the baseball player, takes his time and makes good decisions. the mid season tournament took a full week to pull off with the frequent storms we had.


we had to wait for the mound to be dry enough before starting and once we started it flared up again and their game that determined who went to the finals had to be stopped in the second inning with only 1 out and the score 6-3.



it was restarted 5 days later exactly where it left off with their runners still on 1st and 2nd. he pitched three innings and they ended up winning. we all had to hustle to another park to play the championship game.

it was a close one, 7-6 and they came in second, but we got it done!

still half a season to go and then that nail biting end season tournament. it's tough some nights to get everyone where they need to be. at one point we had 2 boys, 3 games, and 3 ballparks in 1 night. we miss it though when it's all over.

it won't be a problem, however, if this one decides to try a little fall softball.

mama's keepin' her fingers crossed!