Fall Festival

PD had a fall festival had his school last night. I didn't take my camera because I did not expect him to let me take any pictures but of course without my camera there was some major entertainment! He and some friends got up and sang karaoke to YMCA! It was so funny my kid was not a bit shy and danced all around. I took a few pics with Allen's phone they are not great but you can get the idea.

PD is the one in the white shirt and hat. As you can see their were 3 girls and 4 guys in the performance. I just wish I had my video camera it was priceless! I also notice the girls are all taller than them! Poor kids!

I hate the pictures are not better but oh well. It was so funny because they had the words up but the boys were so busy dancing the girls did all the singing! Yes the girls are wearing boas they didn't have any appropriate costumes for the boys. I guess we needed a construction hat, an Indian vest and a policeman's uniform!

Family Get Together

On Sunday we had a great time getting together with my dad's brothers and their families. It was fun to see my cousin and her girls as well as my aunt and uncles. The weather was perfect and as you can see everyone enjoyed being outside. Every year we do a group photo but this year we didn't! I can't believe we forgot. So below are some random shots of the day.

The kids chowing down! How depressing they are all so big!

G and her friend riding horses! She takes lessons and trains horses! She was great with them.

PD just hanging out!

My dad and his brothers! Every time they are together it is amazing how much they look alike.

PD, G and her friend checking out the horses.

PD swinging (standing) on the swing my dad had made for him when they built the barn. He has outgrown it already!
It was a great time getting together. I hate I didn't get any more pictures of the women or the girls with PD. You can really see my dad's side of the family in him when you see them together. We are hoping to get together again in the spring for a fish fry so I will have to take some more pictures then.

United Tour

Allen and I had got a great surprise Saturday. One of my dad's customers gave him free tickets to the United tour which is Micheal W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman. I was so excited! It was the best concert I have ever seen! They were so entertaining and did a lot of songs together. It was a fun date night with my hubby. Below are some pics of the show..just discovered there are none of us but we were there!

Friday Field Trip!

Friday I took a personal day and went on a field trip with PD's class. We went to Atlanta and toured the Aquarium and Coke World! The trip was a really fun and we enjoyed both of the tours. We had to be there at 6:15 that morning and thanks to a broken down bus didn't return until 8:30 that night. Yes I was stuck on a bus with 50+ fifth graders for five hours !! We left Atlanta at 3:30 that afternoon! Good times!

PD and one of his buddies on the bus!

Fifth grade boys trying to entertain themselves on a broken down bus! Don't know what they were doing and don't want to know!

The crew I toured with

The whale shark... it was huge!

Raising our hands for Coke!

Hanging out at the soda shop

Are we cool or what? Heading into the 4D movie

The Smart Apple Soda from China... we hope to try there sometimes in the near future! :)
Trying the Smart Apple Soda from China

This was a really fun trip and I enjoyed spending time with PD and his friends. I got to meet a sweet girl that is special to him too but I won't post her picture. She is a cutey and I can say he has good taste!

Where were you this weekend?

We spent our weekend here:PD had a tournament with the team who wants him to play travel ball. I must say it was an experience and a long weekend. We were at the ball field Saturday morning at 9:45 and did not get home until 7 Saturday night. Sunday it was the same story. PD had 4 games this weekend and had a good time playing. His team did ok for their first tournament together. They played very well on Sunday and won their last game. We think it had something to do with a lucky dime in PD 's shoe from his Uncle Mike. As a matter of fact he wore it in his shoe to school today so he wouldn't get any checks and it worked again! Below are some pictures of the action.

PD getting ready to head for home.

Watching the pitcher to see if he can steal home!

Still waiting.

Sliding into home.. no he was out!

Ready for a play at first!

Trying to hold them on first.

Running for third

Wearing his rally cap in the dug out!

Getting ready to bat

Team meeting after the game.

Talking to one of the coaches after the game.

Sunday after the final game.. do you think he is tired?

It was a good experience for us this weekend to see what travel ball involves. I have to say to is a huge commitment that we are not ready to make at this time. For us the main thing that we can not commit to is missing church twice a month to play ball. We love our church and we feel it is important for our family to be there. This was one of those times when it is hard to be a parent because we are doing what is best for PD in the long run but I don't think at his age he sees it that way. We had a talk about it last night and he is disappointed but I think he understands that there are more important things for our family. We have come to an agreement that we will get him some private pitching and batting lessons instead. We believe in the long run he will benefit from that more. We also did not feel a united feeling with the team. We just didn't see it as a good fit for us. I am glad that PD had the experience and we were able to see what that world is like but we know that we are not ready for it !
I will say there was one team out there that I was very impressed with and could totally see us being on that type of team. This team had prayer together on the mound with the team they played after every game. (I missed this with my camera) I also got the feeling there was some kind of worship together for those families since they missed church for the tournament. I thought that was a good way for those families to have both!
On a side note the tournament was at Heritage Park in Simpsonville and it was awesome! They have a beautiful place and I was so impressed! If you have not been there besides the ball fields they have a cool train ride, picnic area and playground! I want to go back soon and visit the things we didn't have time to do. I think it would be a great place for a play date! I am excited that we have no baseball on our schedule this week! We are looking forward to things finally slowing down.. at least until we start Upward!

Baseball Fun!

PD was suppose to have another baseball game on Monday night but the other team didn't show. Apparently the other teams have decided not to play our team anymore. It really stinks because the kids are the ones who suffer! They don't get to play because the coaches on the other teams don't like the fact that our team was beating everyone so badly. They even questioned if we were playing older kids (which we aren't). I hate it not only for our team but the other ones too. I just wonder what lesson they are teaching their kids. Don't play unless you can win? I mean you never know when a team will have a bad night and the other team will have a good one. So the dads played the boys at practice and as you can see it was lots of fun!





We have a tournament this weekend so we will see how things go for his team. It will be interesting to see how the whole things works and how much time is involved.We are still deciding what to do about travel ball. PD really enjoys playing Upward basketball and he would not be able to do both because of scheduling so we are really thinking hard about what is best. He has expressed interest in doing basketball again this year and I think that will be what we do for now. We don't want to totally do away with basketball because he says when he gets to middle school he wants to play so we think he could use the experience. Either way it sounds like we will be busy!

Go Gamecocks!

Allen and PD had a great time at the Carolina game on Saturday. Allen forgot the camera but got these pictures with his phone.


It has been a busy week around and no time to blog! On Sunday we had a great lunch with some friends from church at City Range and then we headed to baseball practice. It lasted from 2-5:30 and then we all came home to crash! Being out in the sun all day really drained us! Monday night PD had a dentist appointment and then a game that night. He played great and his team won! On Tuesday I had prayer group at our house. Wednesday I had a field trip and then we went to church that night . On Thursday PD was suppose to have another ball game but after we drove all the way there we found out the other team was not coming. Apparently some people got upset that our team beat another team and they decided not to play us. So we practiced and then went and ate supper with mom and dad.Tonight Allen is headed to the game with the guys while PD and I chill out.I hope we can get some rest this weekend because we have got to start all back over again!