All-Stars

We received the call Saturday that Taylor made All-Star's. She was so excited! She started dancing around. It was cute! Taylor practices on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Her All-Star's tournament starts Thursday 6/25 - Sunday 6/28 depending on how far they make it in Buckingham. It is a double elimination tournament. She had her first practice this past Monday. Her coach whipped those girls butts! If they made bad throws or bad plays, she made them drop down and give her 5 push ups. I love Taylor's All-Star's coach. She is so good with all the girls!

Kami made All-Star's as well. Kami isn't as excited as Taylor. Kami thinks that she will not be able to stay with her Aunt Tina on Friday and go to Cobblestone Water Park. Her tournament starts Thursday 6/18 - Sunday 6/21 in Goochland. It is a double elimination tournament as well. I don't think her team will be playing a game on Friday. That way she will still be able to go with her Aunt Tina and cousins to Cobblestone.

Chase's baseball season is over. We had our ups and downs with Chase this year with baseball, but we made it through!! If he plays next year, hopefully it will all be better. He did say that he wants to pitch some next year if he plays. Chase said that he is going to route his sister's on in All-Star's!! :)

Well, I hope everyone has an AWESOME day!! :)

Wednesday

Well today is the last game of the season for Taylor and Chase. Taylor has a game tonight against the other Cumberland team. The game on Monday, Taylor made a few good plays. She played catcher again and she really likes it. Casey (the pitcher) said that she loves it when Taylor catches because Taylor lets her know how many balls and strikes with her fingers. Casey said that Taylor talks to her and gives her an awesome target. I am a proud mom!! :) We should find out tonight if Taylor made All-Stars or not. We will see. Keep your fingers crossed! Taylor really wants to go!!

Chase had baseball practice last night. His coach was letting all the boys practice pitching last night. Chase really enjoyed it! Chase's coach came up to me and said, Too bad you are not going to be at the game tomorrow night (I will be @ Taylor's game). I said why? He said because I am going to pitch your son! He was amazed with his pitching technique. We haven't told Chase because we don't want to get him all nervous about it or if by chance his coach doesn't pitch him. I guess we will see. :) At least this will give him the practice for next year!!

Kami and Taylor teams have pictures before the game tonight. Kami's last regular game is Friday. She has a double header home vs. Amelia.

I will let ya'll know if Chase pitches tonight and I will let you know if Taylor makes All-Stars tomorrow! :)

Have an AWESOME day!! :)

Weekend Update ...

Saturday morning started off real nicely. Ronnie left in the morning around 7:45 to head to Fluvanna for Kami's double header game. Taylor, Chase and I left the house around 8:45 and headed to Buckingham for Taylor's game. Ronnie said that Kami's team lost both games, but they did good considering the fact that they really haven't had any practice. :) Taylor's team played Powhatan. Cumberland won the game 7-0. It was a really good game. Powhatan didn't get past 2nd base! Taylor played 3rd base and loved it. We left Taylor's game and headed to Chase's game @ Charlotte County Court house. We met Chase's team @ the Shell station @ 12:15 pm to head to Charlotte. It took us about an hour and 1/2 to get there. Cumberland had the game 4 to 1 until the last inning. Charlotte beat us 5 to 4. It was a really good game!

Saturday late evening, Katina, Chip, my sister Theresa, and her husband Mikey rode their Harley's out to my house. We went to Vito's and ate dinner. Taylor rode on the bike with her Uncle Chip to Vito's and back. She looks like a natural. I swear, Taylor is so much like her Aunt Tina it is crazy!! :) We got back to my house and Chip rode Chase and Mikey rode Kami around the "block" on the bikes. They had fun. When Mikey and Kami pulled in the driveway Kami had a perm-a-grin on her face! Thank you Uncle Chip and Uncle Mikey!! Ya'll made your nieces and nephew's day! :) It was nice seeing my sisters! :) Can't wait for my niece's birthday party on 8/1/09!! :)

Sunday was a lazy day at the house! I finished up my laundry. Taylor and Ronnie slept for awhile on the couch. When the sun started going down, Ronnie played ball with Taylor and Chase and I watched Kami ride her bike around the house. Kami was so proud of herself because she can stand up and peddle! :)

Also, please pray for my grandma and her friend's family. My grandma's friend Betty passed away Saturday evening. My grandma was really close to her. They spoke to each other every night. I know my grandma is going to miss her dearly! I love you grandma!! :)

Ball Games Last Night ....

Yesterday, Taylor had a game in Amelia and Chase had a game in Farmville.

I took Taylor to her game yesterday in Amelia. Those girls played AWESOME! Taylor's team won 11 to 4. Taylor made the play of the game. Taylor was in the center field and caught a pop fly! She didn't even have to move. It was beautiful!! That was the last out that they needed for the game! After she caught the ball, her whole team ran over to her and was giving her high fives. It was GREAT!! Casey pitched an awesome game. The way the game started was 3 up, 3 down. Casey struck them out! :) The first couple innings Taylor played catcher. It was a really good game!! :)

Ronnie went to Chase's game in Farmville. Chase's team lost the game 17 to 14. Ronnie said they all played really good. Heath hit a home run last night. I wish I was there to watch his game.

This weekend we have another packed weekend for games. Taylor has a Round Robin Tournament starting @ 9am. Kami has a double header in Fluvanna @ 9am & 11am. Chase has a game @ Charlotte Court house @ 2pm.

Have a nice day!! :)

Memorial Day Weekend

We really had a nice holiday weekend! Saturday, Taylor had a softball game vs. the other Cumberland team. Taylor actually played on the other team because they didn't have enough girls. Which Taylor didn't mind. The other teams coach was her coach for 2 years. She was happy! Evvie (the coach) let Taylor pitch some too. Taylor asked to get pulled from pitching and Evvie put Taylor on First base, well as Taylor was walking to First base, Evvie told her to put her arms up. I wasn't sure what was going on, so I started walking to the dugout. Evvie took Taylor out of the game because she was getting ready to pass out. Taylor has passed out on Evvie before, so I think that Evvie knows her signs. Taylor didn't mind sitting on the bench the rest of the game. I am just glad that she was okay! :)

Saturday morning, Ronnie went to help Chip and Katina get hay up. When he came back he brought my nieces with him because I watched them for Chip and Katina to go out to dinner. I really enjoyed having them. Hailey was all about Ronnie and Chase though! :( She wanted Ronnie all the time. But that is okay, I got more kisses from her than he did! LOL! After Taylor's game, I took the girls to Dollar General and they all got water guns. They had a water gun fight! They had so much fun! They didn't come inside until dark. It didn't take them long to fall asleep! :) I can't wait until I have them again! :)

Monday, Taylor had another game vs. the other Cumberland team. She had a double header. Taylor played catcher, she really enjoyed that! :) No passing out drama this time! :)

Last night, after Chase's practice Ronnie took us to dinner @ Vito's. It was nice. We saw one of our friends there with his two sons. They came over and ate with us. It was nice to visit with them. Their family is AWESOME! :)

I hope everyone had an awesome weekend!! :)

Also, please pray for Michelle, Aaron, Jessica, and Aylie they are traveling back from Colorado today. They should be back to Virginia by Friday.

Monkey Doo is sick ....

Yesterday, the school called me about 2:15 and said that Chase had been in the clinic 3 different times during the day. The first time he had no fever and his head was hurting him. The nurse gave him Tylenol and sent him back to class. The second time he was complaining of his stomach hurting him. She let time lay down for a few minutes and then sent him back to class. The third time he was still complaining of his stomach hurting him. This time the nurse called me and told me what was going on with Chase. I talked to him and told him to just lay down and ride the bus to Heather's and I will be there to pick him up soon. Well, not even 5 minutes later the nurse calls me back and tells me that he got sick. She said that since they were getting ready to load the buses she was going to send him on the bus. I left work and meet Heather at the top of her driveway to get the kids. They told me that Chase threw up 3 more times on the bus. My poor guy!! Heather brought a little bucket for Chase to use on his way home. (Thanks by the way Heather!!) Thankfully he didn't need it for the ride home. He slept most of the evening. He woke up hungry. I was afraid to give him anything to eat. He found something to nibble on and a few minutes later he was complaining of his stomach again. He got sick a few more times that evening.

This morning he woke up saying that he was feeling a lot better. I didn't want to take the chance of him getting sick at school again. So, I kept him home from school today. My grandma is watching him for me. THANK YOU GRANDMA!! :) Grandma had the blanket on the chair this morning, just like she use to do when Katina and I were sick at their age. My grandma has been a huge life saver for me! I am glad that she doesn't mind watching them when they are sick.

Hopefully tomorrow Chase will be okay to go to school! He has a baseball game this evening, but it looks like he isn't going to be playing in the game tonight. They have another game Saturday he can play in. :)

Thanks again Grandma! I love you!! :)

Weekend Update

WOW! Another busy weekend!!

Saturday, Taylor had a softball game against Powhatan. They lost the game, but they played their hearts out. After the softball game, we headed to the Richmond Metro Zoo for Landon's birthday. We stayed there for awhile. Then we headed back to Michelle's. I really enjoyed spending time with Michelle. I don't get to see her that much anymore. This Saturday she is going to try to come out to watch Taylor and Chase's game.

Sunday, Taylor had a horse show @ Amber Hill. She did AWESOME! Ace was giving her a fit, but she handled it really well. If that was me, I would of jumped off the horse and gave up. That is one thing that I love about Taylor she is a fighter!! There were 6 people in her classes. The first class she came in 5th, second class she came in 5th, and the last class she came in 6th. I am very proud of her. The last time she rode Ace was 2 weeks ago. Once softball is over she will be able to ride more. Jessie did awesome as well. I can't remember where she placed. I know in the last class her and another rider had to stay in the ring and ride again to see who was the Reserved Champion. She didn't get it, but she did awesome! My sister told me the reason why, but I don't remember all that stuff yet. I am learning! This is only my second horse show. LOL! Thank you Mom and Amador for coming to see Taylor and Jessie show on Sunday.

Kami is going to start showing in Western Riders with Kaila. She is so excited! She said Mommy that means it will be a day all about me! :)

This coming up weekend, I get to keep all three of my nieces! I am really excited! Michelle is going to try to come out too. Hailey will have Landon to play with. It is going to be so much fun! :)