Little Kid Baseball...

Oh what a night! Carson had a big Fall Ball Ballgame tonight. It began with a little girl being stung by a wasp, then some guy getting a can of spray out of his truck and hosing down the bleachers. Hilarious sight. The longest baseball game known to man. Vomit. Tears. Mass Confusion. A riveting score of 3-0. And finally, Brent yelling, "There's no crying in baseball. If you want to cry, go play softball with the girls." I said as a representative of the girl's softball team, I took offense to that remark. Then I proceeded to call him Jimmy Dugan for the rest of the night. If you've ever seen "A League of Their Own" you will get that Tom Hanks reference. If not, just trust me. It was funny. :0)

Labor Day Eve!

I can't think of a better way to end Labor Day than this way.. It started with the fam and ended with my friends, who are basically the family I got to pick for myself. Buddy and I met at Al's to see the cutest little baby in town, Brylie Kate. We sat around and swapped stories and reminisced. We sound like a bunch of old people, but it was great memories and I haven't laughed that hard in a while. I always find myself hanging with the boys, and if Jacob Haley had been there, the night would've been complete. However, I had Al and Buddy, so all was good. They are 2 of the best. And Al is SUCH A good dad. I think it's pretty obvious by this pic. He is so happy and their baby is just precious. Then as I drove back to Muscle Shoals, I called the girls and caught up with them. Mal and I had a great conversation about God's plan vs. our plan because both of us seem to keep running into brick walls. Jenn always just makes me laugh. What a great family of friends I have. I am blessed! :0)

Labor Day Morning with the FAM!

I cannot think of a better way to start my Labor Day morning!

I drove down to Gran's after church last night and spent the night with her. If that wasn't fun enough, we got up this morning and had the GREATEST, MOST WONDERFUL homemade breakfast. Uncle Earl and Mason brought up some of their friends from Pelham to plant a greenfield so we all ate breakfast together and played around afterward. It was awesome. We definitely missed the rest of the fam, but hanging with all of the guys was fun. Gran also told me one of her famous stories. It went something like this...

"Once upon a time there was 3 bears and Goldielocks. Goldielocks was going to cook them some supper. There was Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Baby Bear. Goldielocks met Little Red Robin Hood in the woods. She was going to Grandma's house to take her some honey. Then they ran upon a fox.... that's it. That's all I know." At this point, I was laughing hysterically. Even funnier than her crazy fairy tale, was that is EXACTLY how I remember her telling it 20 years ago! She's the best. :0)

Sunday Mornings!!

Sunday mornings are the BEST! This truly is the highlight to my week. I very much look forward to the 9 o'clock hour when I get to spend an hour with my 2nd graders. These kids are awesome. You NEVER know what is going to come out of thier mouthes. Here, we have Becky and me. Becky's great. We are pretty much polar opposites, but we get along so well. She is so funny and definitely the only person I'd want to teach a class with. Good times. :0)

Our First Big Adventure

We must get caught up... It's been quite a busy holiday. Friday, Sister and I took our first big adventure together. First big adventure as in it's the first time we've gone to another state and stayed at a hotel and all that business all by ourselves. Pathetic, I know. Nevertheless, it was a GREAT trip. We left out after work and drove to Bowling Green, KY. One perk of having to work where I work is that you get great deals on hotel rooms. So, we checked into a Fairfield Inn and had a fantastic night. The bed was the greatest, most wondeful bed. Our only drama was that we couldn't figure out how to turn on the shower head. All I wanted after a day of work and a 5 hour car ride was a nice, hot shower and I couldn't figure out how to get it to work. Sister came in and tinkered with it.... nothing. So finally, I went out and called the front desk and apparently they've had that question before because that lady immediately knew the answer. Funny. Anyway, we got up the following morning and went to see the KY cousins. Such a good time. We sat all afternoon with Buddy, Lee Alice, Lisa and Erin. It was so much fun. We must do it more often. Then it was 5 hours back to Muscle Shoals. Good kickoff to the weekend. :0)

Luke!

I have been very excited about this. I thought I'd missed the first two weeks being in Hawaii, but alas, Bro. Jeff isn't starting Luke until THIS Sunday. So exciting. It's always been my favorite Gospel and now we'll go DEEP into it. Bro. Jeff always preaches verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter, so you always know where you're going to be each week. I love that. No guessing. We spent a couple of years in Hebrews, a couple of years in Ephesians and we just got finished with a few years in Hosea. There's no telling how long Luke will take but it's sure to be good. Fun times! :0)

My 3 yr old peeps!

I got decked by a three year old! Tonight was the end of our Fall Outreach at church and I volunteered for nursery... I thought I was going to leave with a black eye. It was actually lots of fun though, other than getting hit. The cute little guy in this pic is my buddy Ezra. He is the sweetest little kid. We played lots of ring-around-the-rosy. His sister was in my 5 year old class. She's truly the smartest little kid I've ever met. We had over 10 kids in the room in our room tonight. My other adult helper had to stay in the hall, battling a little autistic boy so it was me and her two children in the room with all the rest of them. 3 year olds are fun. They're chatter boxes and can pretty much go to the bathroom by themselves so I like that age. I offered to fight with the autistic kid for a while and when I got him, he decked me. Needless to say, I gave him back. I'll take 10 good kids any day. :0)