happy birthday dennis!

April 26th was my hubby's 37th birthday. We had a pretty great day (considering we both had to work). I did manage to get the afternoon off and picked up Tyler from school early and went shopping for Dennis. We ended up getting him some new shoes, a shirt and a couple pairs of shorts. We had his gifts ready when he got home from work and it was "party time". He loved everything he got and then we made his birthday dinner which consisted of steak, garlic mashed potatoes, corn and blackberry cobbler for dessert.
Unfortunately, I did not get pics of ANY of it. I'm such a loser sometimes. He did have a good day and I know I am very blessed to have such a sweet and wonderful husband and Tyler has a wonderful father.
We already have his Father's Day gift in the works. :)

Since there were not any pictures from his actual birthday, I will be sure and take some when we go eat with my wonderful mother-in-law and father-in-law later in the week. But for now... Here is a pic of my wonderful husband and our sweet boy.

we'll take second!

Well we got second in the championship!! Go Blue Jays!!! Those boys played so hard and did so well!! We played 2 games on Saturday and 4 back to back on Sunday. They were worn flat out!! They really did an amazing job keeping up and showed wonderful sportsmanship. Very proud of the boys!

Here are a few pictures I snapped of Tyler during the tournament.

Here we go!



"Yes, I'm gonna play hard..."



Practice swing!



Batter up!



Here he is pitching... pretty good arm on this kid!



It was a wonderful weekend and I was broken in very well!!!! Happy about all of it and so glad to be a "baseball mom"!!

happy birthday tyler!

Tyler's birthday was last week and yes, I am just now posting about it! We've been kind of busy and if you read the post below... you know this already.

It was his 10th birthday and I was able to take a half day off work and bake cupcakes and take to his school for his whole class!! They were a pretty big hit!!

Then, hubby planned a big paintball party for Ty and several of his friends and a few other dads to help of course... Well, it got rained out!! It was just to wet and flat out COLD to try to make a party of it. Such a bummer. It is rescheduled and he was a great sport about it. Maybe I can tag along when they go.

We were able to go to granny's house on Saturday evening and eat hamburgers and hotdogs and they were so yummy!!! Nothing like a granny and papa's cookin'.
Poor Tyler was burnt out on cake by this point and we were going to have sundaes. Granny also bough a watermelon to eat for dessert. We ended up ditching the sundaes and chowing down on the melon.

Here are the pics of the cutest darn birthday boy and his fabulous watermelon birthday "cake".





He got to light the candles himself. He loved that part!!

Den and I are so blessed to have Tyler. We cannot imagine our lives without him.

more time please...

Ok, so it seems that we have been going non stop for the last 2 months. Between work, church, baseball practice, more church, birthday parties and other things... it seems there is rarely time to just be at home and enjoy it.

Tonight, my sweet family is going to spend the evening at home. The 3 of us are going to eat some dinner and relax and watch movies. The Blindside will definitely be part of this evening. I cannot wait to watch it. I've heard nothing but good things about it and I'm super stoked to see it. I'm more excited to just spend time with my boys.

Have I mentioned how sweet my husband is? I have mentioned wanting a watch here lately and found one of my old ones and was so happy!!! I wore it for about a day and then realized it did not keep time correctly. I was bummed. :( Last night I walked in the door and hubby was already home with Tyler and he just handed me a brand new watch!!! He went and picked one out for me. How sweet is that?!?!?!

Starting tomorrow morning is our opening baseball tournament. I am excited for this as I am a new baseball mama. First game is at 9 A.M. It will be an early and long day but I can't wait. Hopefully I will get some decent pics with my camera while we are there.

Happy weekend to all!!!

wedding prep

Here are a few shots of the wedding preparation for myself and the girls. I was so thankful to have all the help that I had. I had a wonderful Maid of Honor and amazing family helping me get ready for my special day.

The bride:








The groom: (unfortunately, not as many pics as of the bride's preparation)




A HUGE thank you to all who where there and to ALL who helped. I love you all!!!

bowl it out

The other night we had a "family night out" and it started with a wonderful trip to the bowling alley here in town that has recently re-opened. We had such a good time and we all 3 got to have our wins. I won the first, Dennis the second and Tyler won the third game. We just had a blast being goofy and wearing the super cool shoes.

here is Dennis making one of his faces during a deep discussion with Ty...


Tyler "peacin' out"


the pink ball was his "lucky" ball...


about to knock down some pins


the above said super cool shoes :)


All in all we had a wonderful evening together. I can't wait to see how our next "family night out" goes. Maybe this Saturday???

I gave in...

Ok people... here's the deal. I have given my new hubby such a hard time about being a Survivor watcher. I watched the first few seasons and then let it go. Well... as much as I hate to admit it, I got sucked in. Last night I found myself actually interested in what was going on and asking the hubby questions about it. I got irritated when I realized that I was enjoying it... but I watched it anyway. Ha!! I know my friend Michelle is going to LOVE that I'm watching it now. I'm still not as die hard and she and my hubby are but yes, I'm a watcher now.