dirt

When it is after 5:00, about the time that mom is exhausted and gives zero you know whats.  We are gonna wait this one out until dad gets home.  

A friendly morning reminder...

Nash learned this Bible verse at Sunday school this past week.  I usually throw away their 'work' shhh, don't tell, we have plenty of beautiful drawings scattered around our house.  This one went straight to the refrigerator.  It is a friendly reminder first thing in the morning as we pull out the milk and coffee.  Do your kids fight and cry and whine right when they get out of their bed? Just wondering...

catcher

Jackson loves playing catcher on his baseball team.  Lucky for him, most kids are still a little scared to play this position so he gets a lot of chances to load on all that gear and get to working on those squats.  He is also pretty good at it -yes, I am his mom and think he is pretty freaking great at everything!  And, it is a tough position for mom to watch without cringing every single pitch.

gamers

Saturday is officially game day around here.  We had a rainy week and my boys were all itching for some baseball action.  We started early with Nash and the Red Fireballs in a close 9-9 match-up...  Jackson and the Orioles did not play until 3, the same time as the Carolina Football game, how could South Durham Little League do that?! :)  So, Nash and I had a date to the football game, a last second WIN for the Tarheels.  We ate hotdogs and asked sooo many questions, I loved every minute of it.  Jackson and dad headed to a nail-biting Orioles game.  They won in the last inning!  We all met back at home and played more football until the sun went down.  Then, we sleep, sort of.

When can I play?!  I wan hit mommy!  Good job Nashy.  Good job Jackson.  Ok, I wan go home.

Jackson's fan club.  Theo and Brooklyn.

Go Tarheels!  'They have 7 refs mom, wow, that is a lot.'  'Hope we get some sacs.' 'It is so hot.' 'Let's go home.'

Heels house!

'Down, Set, Hut, Hut... Nope penalty, I didn't hike it yet.  5 yards.'  

Pictures!

Last week we had some pictures taken by our sweet friend, Amber Byrd.  She is amazing.  It was hot and the boys were being boys and I wasn't feeling that great. I thought about cancelling but I am so glad I did not!  She worked her magic in under 15 minutes and everyone was in a way better mood afterwards!  She has posted one sneak peak picture and it is all I could have ever wanted and more!

weekending!

My amazing, patient, fun-loving, parents agreed to watch the boys AGAIN this past weekend while we were in Greensboro for a wedding.  One of Charlie's BFF got married and he was a groomsman.  We stayed in downtown Greensboro which was a happening little spot, ate good food, did some dancing and lots of toasting.  It was a great weekend by all!

                                           

Friday night was TarHeel Town in downtown Chapel Hill.  They came, they saw, they conquered.

Up and at em on Saturday morning for back-to-back baseball games.  Go Orioles!!

Go Red Fire Balls!  They won.  Nash got 4 outs and lots of hits and if you need any more details, he is happy to talk with you about it.  :)

Saturday night bowling for the boys!

And a date night for me with this handsome groomsman!

TGIF

Last Hoorah!

The pool has closed, what shall we do to exhaust our kids now?

These boys closed down the neighborhood pool Sunday night, as we have most of the summer.  No one wanted to take a picture until we told them to yell out GO POKEMON!  Ahh, summer nerds unite.