Monday, May 10, 2010

T-Ball Days

Brady started his first season of t-ball in April. It is a non-competitive team for 3 & 4 year olds. All teams are coached by a parent and all the other parents help out as well during practices and games. They don't count runs or outs and each team goes through their batting order then they switch. It is super cute! Brady is loving it! The day of his first practice I'm not sure who was more excited, Brady or his daddy! I called the coach and asked what Brady needed and he said he needed a glove and some cleats. So I thought I would run over to Target and get just that. Well this particular day Tim got off work a little early and I asked if he wanted to stop at Target with us. He suggested we go over to Dick's sporting goods because they would have a better selection. I thought, sure ok, you're probably right. Had I known what this trip was going to hold I wouldn't have invited Tim along! :) So we go in and Tim dissects the gloves for a good 15 minutes. Then he says he needs pants. Ok, fine. So I get a pair that are elastic waist banded for easy on and off. That would have been great, but then Tim says he has to have a belt-so much for easy on and off! Then we go over towards the sliding shorts-these apparently are so that you don't scrape up your leg when you slide into a base-I say, I'm not sure he's gonna do much sliding honey, he's only 3. Then he insists on this specific pair that has none other than a protective cup! I say really?! But he insists! We stand there and debate about this for a good 10 minutes. Finally I give in and say fine, I've gotta get home to get supper ready, so whatever will get us out of here. So then we go over to the cleats and uneventfully get a lovely pair of under armor cleats for a mere $24.99! Good gracious! Ok, good lets go. But no, Tim says oh yeah, he needs some baseballs and goes over "quickly" to get some. He finally emerges again with not only baseballs, but baseball socks and he just had to have a 3/4 sleeve baseball shirt. So finally $130 later Brady is ready for his first day of t-ball practice. But if you looked at him, you would have thought he was on his way to the major league try outs! But the funniest part was this cup. So he's out on the field practicing fielding the ball, but while he waits his turn he is adjusting his cup every chance he got! Lucky for him I got a great picture which of course I included in this blog down below. It was hilarious! Thank goodness after that practice Tim decided that maybe the cup was a bit over kill. Hmmm.....ya think?! Gotta love Dads and sons and their sports!
Gimme 5! Good play!
Dad helping him to stay focused during the game.

Tuff Stuff is their team name.

In the field at his first game.



Fielding the ball, getting some pointers from dad.

Adjusting his cup! Too funny!


He did a really good job hitting the ball-he would just forget to run.
Getting dressed for his first t-ball practice.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Playa del Carmen

Just before closing on our new house, we left the boys in good hands with Mimi and Pa Pa and headed off to Mexico for my friend Erin's wedding. The wedding was in Playa del Carmen which is just south of Cancun at an all inlusive resort. This was the first time Tim and I have been on a vacation by ourselves. It was absolutely wonderful and well earned after all Tim's hard work in his LPN program and all our hard work moving. Erin and Kain are two great people and had a pretty big group there for the wedding. About half the group were friends from college so it was really great to be able to catch up and hang out with old friends. It was a week full of re-living the good old days and trying to drink the resort dry!


Our beautiful hotel. The little hut on the left is the pool bar where we spent A LOT of time!
The Mann's and The Blunck's-a.k.a. The Quads and The Buchs (Old college nickname/maiden names.)

On the beach outside of our hotel on our last day. We were so sad to leave.

Tim and I sitting at breakfast enjoying the view.

The view.


More of our hotel and our stretch of beach. Another place we spent A LOT of time laying on the beach drinking lots of cervezas!


The beautiful bride.
The Ball State crew.


Me and the Bluncks all gussied up for the wedding on the beach.
The bride's beautiful bouquet.
Showing off her new jewels to her sister Lindsey.
Looking down the other direction of the beach in front of our hotel.
All purdy for the wedding.

The Blunck's
Purple speedo dude-This guy kept walking past during the entire ceremony! Lovely backdrop for any wedding ceremony! Haha!
The Bride and Groom.

Champagne after the ceremony. I thought this was a pretty picture.
The I Do's
Walking down the isle with mom and dad.
The ceremony set up

Just beyond the ceremony set up are the tables and chairs and dance floor for the reception.

Wedding week shinanigans.
Me and Erin

Inside the pool bar.
Quad and Bucher

Erin and Kain at one of the many happy hours.

The rooftop pool and swim up bar.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Pictures

Ok, I finally have a moment to make a post. The boys and I have been sick with colds, coughs and fevers for the past week and a half and I think we are all finally on the mend. We just got home from Brady's t-ball game and he's resting with his new favorite movie, A hundred and one dalmations, or the puppies as he calls it, and the little one is napping, so my house is nice and quiet. I should be preparing meals for the upcoming week, but it has been a month now since my last post and gosh darn it, my peeps need to see some pictures from my last post! :)

Our graduate-Sgt. Mann, LPN
Top 3 students up on stage recieving thier certificates. Tim is on the end on the right. I know the picture isn't the greatest-it was quite the juggling act trying to take pictures while containing both boys by myself. I'm just happy I got any pictures of the ceremony!
Top 3 of his class.
Tim and his buddy Mike. Mike and his wife lived in our apartment complex and they drove to work together every morning.
We still had the TV unpacked, so Brady was sitting on this stool watching a movie trying to stay out of the way while we packed the truck.
Last night in the apartment. Cheers!
Loading up the truck. The 3 foot piles of snow on the ground provided quite the challenge!
All loaded and ready to go in the morning. Our neighbors weren't too happy about us taking up all these spots-but we said tuff! We were sooo happy to be leaving!
The boys hanging out with the pile of stuff that still had to be loaded somewhere. This was the morning of Tim's graduation and the day we left.
Our moving turck.
Tim and his co-pilot. Brady had a blast riding in the big moving truck!
Unloading all of our stuff into my parents garage for a few weeks until our house was finished.
Mimi is so happy to have her grand babies here!