Fall Baseball & Fun at the Lake

Blake is playing coach-pitch baseball this fall for the Murfreesboro Baseball Association and is on the Braves. He has played 3 games since last Thursday night (Whew!). Thankfully, the ballpark is right behind our neighborhood and we can even walk to the games. I can see such improvement already in all the boys even since their first game. Blake plays left center, short stop and third base. The Braves are 2-1 with many games left to go.

Last Saturday morning we drove to Dover, TN where we have a cabin on Lake Barkley. Even though it was very hot outside, we managed to catch some fish off the dock. Adam suprised me. He really got into the fishing and even tried to hold the fish while I took them off the hook. We also got to visit with Jeff's sister and her family in Paris. We ate a great meal at Trolinger's and went to her house for the boys to play afterward. Blake and Adam have 3 boy cousins in Paris: Clayton (7), Jack (4) and baby Andrew (9 mos). Suprisingly, we had a very quiet, relaxing visit at their house!

Subway sandwich night!

Jeff started a fun thing back in the winter with making "Subway"-style sandwiches at home. The boys thought it was fun so I decided to do it again. Blake really got into it. He picked out the meat & cheese, cut flowers from the yard and lit a candle! (Adam kept wanting to blow the candle out, which made Blake mad.) I added the table cloth. Then after our "feast" Blake lost his 3rd tooth! It has been almost a year since he lost a tooth and this one was loose for awhile. I sure hope the tooth fairy came through!

"Un-officially" Closing out the Summer.

I have no pictures to share, but thought I would still post. I am coming to terms with the fact that this last weekend of Blake's Summer Vacation has made ME feel probably more "sad" than even Blake. With every "last days of summer break" just means my little boy is growing up and I can't help but think that next year this time I'll be starting my last "little" boy into Kindergarten. But we made it a great weekend! Saturday meant going to the annual WMA Duck Blind draw in Lebanon for Jeff and Blake. (Yes-they got a blind!). Adam and I went to the gym. I tried Zumba for the first time. Hmm. . . Not sure if I'll maka a second attempt. After Blake's baseball practice, we spent the rest of the day in the kiddie pool and Slip-N-Slidin' in the back yard. Sunday, had a great church service, went to Chef Wang's to eat (yum!) and then hit the mall for Back-to-School clothes. (yes, even Jeff went :). I am just holding to the fact that Summer is NOT over yet!! Still plenty of days for pool time and playing outside :)

Blake is a Second Grader!

We went together as a family today to register Blake for Second Grade at Barfield Elementary. This will begin our 3rd year at this school and, already, it feels as if we've been a part of this school for much longer. This is a picture of Blake and his new second grade teacher. Her name is Mrs. Emily Flanders. I already like her. She left a Hershey's bar on all of her students' desk! We are excited about beginning a new year and look forward to making new relationships and seeing Blake fill those 2nd grader shoes!