A day worth blogging about...

Today started bright and early - Avery had a game at 10am. It was already hot and humid but it was a nice morning anyway. Drake went with his Grannie to eat breakfast so, it was just me & Colten to cheer on Avery since Andrew was on the field too. After we had a bite of lunch, Andrew practice kicking in the front yard and Avery put on a dance outfit and headed out to cheer him on (and catch butterflies in the process; her new found passion). Once Drake came home it was time to head back to the ball park for his 2 pm game - and what a game it turned out to be!

  

So far this season the Cubs have had a tough time pulling off a win but today it happened and it was a great game... the energy in the bleachers was great too. Drake scored what was the tieing run in the 4th ining and in the 6th had an important 2RBI single. Ending score 16 -15. The boys were so proud and happy, it was a great ending to our day at the ballpark. Afterwards, Drake & Avery went home with their Grannie and Andrew, Colten & I went to grab a bite to eat and check out a potential location for the new Fun Fare.

Later that afternoon, Drake was invited to sleepover at a friends house so we headed home to pack his bag. This was his first time sleeping over at a friends house - he was very excited! With overnight bag together and DS case in tow we headed to Elijah's for the night.

With Drake away for the night Avery took full advantage of time with her Daddy so she spent the evening,til dusk, in the yard looking for a pet lizard - still in her black and silver dance outfit and heels. I WISH I had a picture of that! 

Unfortunately, she still has no lizard but we did see our first (2) snake(s) of the season. I guess it's good that they were Kingsnakes... that lessens the risks of coming across a cottonmouth but, nonetheless, I am not thrilled about country living in that aspect.

MVP!, MVP!

Today Drake and Avery played in their first ever ball games. They were awesome! Neither of them had ever worn a glove or used a bat until last month.
After struggling to consistently make contact with the ball in practice, Drake went out and made two great hits and scored both times. Drake's coach told the team that if he had an MVP trophy for this game, Drake would have been awarded it.

Avery also had two hits and made it to home plate both times. She was soo funny out on the field (girly girl). I am so proud of both of them!

Honorable mention to Andrew for assisting as a coach for Avery's team - Great job Hunny!