CAMP OUT 08"

Connor's baseball team the S.A. Devils had their 2nd annual camp out. Our team is fortunate enough that one of our coaches family has a ranch just outside of Fredricksburg, Tx. All 5 of the baseball teams gather once a year for a father/son camp out. The Jung family organizes this for us every year and they really go out of their way to make sure the kids have a great time. The kids have a flashlight scavenger hunt where they dig up stuff and ran courses at the end of the hunt they dug up new Devil t-shirts. The played fungo golf and they had a boat race. The also played ALOT of baseball.

Here Connor is getting ready to bat.

Connor catches frogs with some of his friends Hunter and Ben.

Devils group picture.

It was amazing that over 80 boys and their dads attend the camp out.

All of us mom's really want to say thank you for letting us have a weekend to ourselves. (did i say that out loud?)

OFF HE GOES...TO THE BIG APPLE

Cody left for his trip this morning (or for some people that did not sleep, really late at night) he had to be at the airport at 4:15 a.m. I know harsh....But I am proud to say we made it. Mom and hip brother Kyle took him. (yes, I too was shocked to hear that my 12 year old wanted to get up and do something for his brother.) I have to say Kyle was so cute telling Cody that he was really going to miss him. With brotherly love Cody replied with a half hearted "ummmm. " Hip hubby and little brother left yesterday for Connor's baseball camp out. So it was very stressful knowing I had the sole tasking of getting up at 3 a.m. (no sleep for me)

Cody(in red) with his friend Riley, Julia and Amanda. I think they are going to have a great time. I am very happy that our good friend Rick (Riley's) dad is going as a chaperone, that made saying goodbye a little easier.

Here Cody is right before we say our goodbye's. I have to say that I was very excited that he said I could take pictures. ( I did wait for another mom to that the first one so I would not look like the dorky overprotective mom.) So off you go......on your first real adventure with out us. It makes me sad to think you are growing up so fast. Life was so much easier when you were a baby and I knew I could spend every moment with you. If this is any indication of how it is going to be when you go to college I am pretty sure that hip hubby will have to have me medicated and hospitalized or I will just go with you boyz. (I'm not joking) (I mean it)

x0x0x0x0x mom

CRAFTY MOMENTS

Every once in awhile I have a CRAFTY MOMENT.....(really I like something that I think is over priced and think how can I do that). The candles fall under a crafty moment. I saw them at a local decorating store and they wanted way to much $$$ for a simple candle,so my little brain started churning. I found all of the candles at Hobby Lobby ( 1/2 price of course) and the crosses I found there also, some of the crosses are Christmas ornaments.

I just love all of the different looks and the different heights. Our dinning room table is really long and the candles really fill it up. 

p.s. you must think I am really crazy for talking about candles but the truth be told (if you read further down) I'm doing everything to avoid packing Cody for the big apple.

PICTURE SHARING IS CARING

I have been visiting some of the wonderful blogs out there and I saw where people are sharing their decorating ideas. On the Nesting place she had a link to a blog( I don't know how to add a link so go check out her blog)that showed how she had decorated with family pictures, so I thought I would show some of mine. Above is a hallway down to my husbands office and one of the baths, this wall stayed empty for about a year. And it finally hit me to put up shelves with pictures. I have this in our kitchen bath that the previous owner had left a plan black shelve, but I decided to switch it out to a metal shelve and off I go.. putting metal shelves all over the house. Its a great way to hang pictures and put stuff on the the shelves to add dimension. I love the family sign and found that at a craft store Hobby Lobby so I hung that and just worked around it.

I took this pictures to show my wonderful work space. This is my desk (that the hip hubby as taken over) I got demoted to the kitchen desk. I did the same thing with the metal shelve. I love the piece of tin ( I just had in the garage)I added some pins to put pictures up with, so I can change those out.

This is the wall next to my work space (that hip hubby took over). I just went to the store and found stuff that I liked and I worked it in. I love the sign up top it reads, AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVERY AFTER.

This is in the game room. I love all of the pictures of when the boys where babies. I framed them all myself, got everything from Hobby Lobby.( Shout out to all the framing business , love you guyz just can't afford ya.)When I put them up they looked pretty plan,,,,that is until I added the brown silk ribbon,now it has that finished look. Love it....

I've got to be a part of it, NEW YORK, NEW YORK.....

I have to report some very disturbing news......The oldest of the hip boyz has decided to venture out to the BIG APPLE.....( not really he will be coming home, I had you for a second)

Last night we attend Cody's eight grade trip meeting. He is leaving for New York and Washington D.C. this Saturday and will be gone for 6 days. So at the meeting we learned that the most important part and the most disturbing part of the trip is he had to be at the airport at ......are you ready for this  4:15 a.m.(I think whoever planned that needs to be fired) All kidding aside this is going to be a great experience for Cody and this will be his 2nd trip there, so he is a pro at haling a cab, riding the subway, knocking into people as you walk, being rude, paying way to much for food and bargining in China town. On this tour he will get to see NBC, Empire state building, McDonald's in time square(hey he is only 14),Stature of Liberty,Ellis Island,Financial district(make your daddy proud),"Marry Poppins", Virgin records and Battery Park. The in D.C. they see M.T. Vernon, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Kennedy Center, Air and Space Museum, Holocaust Museum,Natural History Museum, Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the unknown Soldier. They get to go on the Alexandria Colonial Ghost tour (spooky), Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Pentagon and.....drum roll.........            The White House...and I am sure that President Bush will be waiting with open arms since we are from Texas..

Oh, did I mention that I had to go buy a new camera at Target for this trip. Thank goodness they were on sale, cuz Cody you better be taking lots of pictures....I hope you have a great time and trust me when I say I will counting the days until you are home. p.s. the Blue print is cuz I am sad and I will miss you.

RUN CODY RUN

Cody ran in his first track meet on Tuesday. He ran in the 800 and the mile. It was so exciting. I guess this goes with the territory of having 3 boyz that eventually I will attend every sporting event known to mankind. ( Which really is kinda fun, cuz I am pretty girly)

Look at the form he has,,,oh and he looks so cute..

Here Cody is running in the home stretch in the mile race. He did awesome he finished 13th out of about 40 kids. He ran the mile in 5:40 (which I am told that is a great time) . Hip mom, Kyle, Connor and hip grammie cheered him on... Way to go.

I was a bit shocked to find out that track meets are around 4 hours long.(WHAT!)

We are just so blessed that Cody runs in the second event and the last event, so that means we sit for 4 hours to watch about a 6 min. event.(LOL)  Cody I will do that for you any day (and every Tuesday) you know that I am your BIGGEST fan....

DEVILS BASEBALL RANKED #1 in TEXAS

Take me out to the BALL GAME........Connor played in a tournament in Austin this  past weekend. Look at how cute he is... and that sweet face,,, I love it.

Connor plays center field and did I mention that he is the best center fielder, I have ever seen...and you know that I have seen a lot of baseball and I know my center fielders. LOL

I just love this picture. Connor is up to bat and I love the #1 on his helmet. He is #1 on the team and the kids and parents on the team call him "UNO".

O.K. I know what your first thought is, "why did she put such a dark picture up". Well if you have read my blog you know that hip hubby got me a new mega, super, long, lens for my camera. This weekend was the first time I have used it....let just say that will all the excitement of the new toy, I forgot to turn on the flash.

Here is Connor coming home to score..... 

The Devils won the game and they won the tournament. Yea...

The coolest thing is that his team really is pretty good. The are ranked #1 in the state of Texas and #3 in the country...I know pretty cool for a 10 year old. After Connor got his trophy we hauled booty out of there to get to Kyle's game. Kyle's team also won so it made for a great car ride home. Except for the fact that we left Austin at 10:00 p.m.,we had to stop and eat so we got home about midnight. The kiddos had to get up at 6:30 for school ( so I guess you can dismiss my mother of the year application).