BATTER UP!!!!

Freckles is playing T-Ball this year and their team is beginning to look pretty good. I think at this age they should just play to have fun and learn the game and not worry about winning or losing...but I'm definitely in the minority on that one. They love to win but don't seem to be upset if they don't.

(Waiting her turn to bat.) Notice how relaxed she is and doesn't appear to be at all nervous! Both boys and girls play on the team. Because Freckles has one of the best throwing arms and is the most accurate with her throws, she gets the prized position of pitcher. At this age, they don't actually pitch the balls but rather hit the ball off a stand. But the pitcher position gets to field most all of the balls that are hit. She does a really good job of throwing the ball to first base and listening for the ump to yell "BATTER OUT"!!!

Hitting her HOME RUN!

It's hard to get really serious about a game when you can always find someone in the field chasing butterflies, playing in the dirt or rolling around in the grass!

Freckles definitely has the genes from her Dad and Papa John when it comes to playing ball and her actions remind me so much of her dad when he was playing ball at that age. Leah is very involved with the team and helps them with their practices and keeps score (above picture) at every game.

Freckles is happiest playing ball when her dad is home (which he was last night). They spend hours in their front yard practicing, throwing balls, fielding ground balls, and taking batting practice. (Helps keep Chris in shape also....!). Freckles did her dad proud last night when she hit a HOME RUN! Give me five, Freckles...we are proud of you!

This is my sister. She has been playing T-Ball for two years now, let's just say; she's t he absolute best. She catches and throws the most acurate, runs the fastest, and bats the farthest. I'm very proud of my sister. This picture was taken in toinights game where she hit a home-run and won the ball game!

Welcome to my blog!

Hi, Welcome to my new blog! I have wanted to do this for such a long time and I hope you'll stick by me through my learning period!

I had some thoughts about naming this blog Bozeman and Gracie after our two shiz-tsu's. But the grandkiddies (Fish and Freckles) had such a fit that I would name it after the dogs instead of them, that I had to reconsider!

I'm not prepared to show any pictures of the day's happenings but I can tell you about Fish's attempt to save a baby bird from our back yard. All of a sudden I looked out the kitchen window and there were those pesky black birds dive bombing in the yard. On closer look, there was Fish waving my hoe over his head trying to protect himself (at least the hoe is being used for something....!) and Bozeman was trying to play with the baby bird. I started screaming as I am scared to death of birds...especially those in dive-bombing mode! We finally got Bozeman back in the house (and also Fish) and the baby bird was last seen hiding in the ivy under the trees. Hopefully, he will be out of the yard by tomorrow morning.

I'll close today with some beautiful flowers that were sent to my sister-in-law Sue who just lost her life to cancer. She is surely with her Father now and being reunited with her Mother and Dad. I've spent a lot of time the past few months getting to know Sue's family--her daughters who re-awakened my love of knitting as well as her sister Bobbi and her husband James, who have become great friends of ours. We will all miss this wonderful lady and I'll always treasure her friendship. (here's hoping that the picture ends up in the correct location....)