Take Me Out to the Ball Game...

Last Saturday Krue played in his very first Tee Ball game! The team he plays for is, fittingly, "Dekalb Chiropractic Center" and his coach is his very own dad, Lee. How fun! To make things even more exciting, one of the other coaches is Shane Heath... and the team is made up of lots of Krue's friends (including Ian Heath) and some of Lee's patients.

Game day was very chilly and windy! Kiefer was not a happy camper sitting in the cold, so I was busy taking care of him and unable to take any pictures. However, my good friend Kelli Heath had her very nice camera with her and captured the cutest pictures! She has quite and eye. Thanks so much, Kelli.

The game was hilarious and fun to watch. The kids were doing things like dancing off of their bases, throwing the ball directly at the runners, sliding every chance they had, and running in herds to get the ball. I am looking forward to the remaining games... and to nicer weather!

Krue and Ian

Having so much fun!

Our left-handed batter, Krue.

Krue running to First.... Shane cheering him on.

Getting some tee ball advice from Coach Shane.

Running for the ball in a herd :) You can tell by Lee's face that he is enjoying his team.

Krue throwing it to first.

Saying "Good Game" to the other team ~ Ace Hardware

A Week of Goodbyes...

This has been a sad week for us.

First, my sister, Ali, moved to Houston, Texas! We were able to spend some time with her on Wednesday and had a really nice dinner at The Tavern at Coventry. It is a bittersweet feeling because I don't want to see her move so far away... but I know good things are going to happen for her there. Krue and Lee were not able to make it to dinner because they had tee ball practice. Kiefer and I met Ali, Mom, Dad, and Mamaw.

I love you, Ali! We will miss you so much.

On Thursday, we had to bid "Farewell" to our dog of 8 years, Dudley (Duds, The Dude, Duders, Duderoni, Dudders, Sir Dudley, Dudley of Davenport). Dudley has been such a neat dog... but a stinker 5-10% of the time. We just felt like he was getting too unpredictable with the kids and other dogs and thought it would be best if he lived with someone else. We contacted the English Bulldog Rescue Group and found a foster family for him until he can be placed in a more appropriate (kid free) home. It is a really wonderful program.

Man, was it hard saying good-bye. Dudley was my first "baby".

I love you, Dudley! Don't forget us.

Our Family Trip To Splash Universe...

This weekend we went to "SPLASH UNIVERSE" in Shipshawana, Indiana. It was really cool! This was the first family trip we have taken in which the boys truly enjoyed themselves. They are at fun ages!

The water park was in a red barn. The hotel (attached to the water park) was designed to look Amish... to fit in with the community that surrounds it. The hotel had freshly popped popcorn every night for the kids, had an ice cream parlor, an arcade, and a fantastic restaurant that served an Amish country breakfast every morning.

The boys running down the hall. So excited to see the water park when we first arrived.

I made them stop and take a picture on the rooster before we entered the water park. As you can see, Kiefer was not to thrilled with this idea :)

Here are some pictures of the water park.

The dreaded bucket. Every 10 minutes the bucket would dump on one section of the park and drench everyone. I caught it in action (the bucket is located in the top of each picture)...

SLOWLY..... TIPPING.....

SPLASH!!!!

Krue nervously watching the bucket dump. He only went under it one or two times. He wasn't a big fan (Well, do you blame him? It is a TON of water!)

Kiefer loved every minute.... he wanted to keep going back for more!

The favorite ride, by far, was the curly tube slide in the back of the water park. There were two of these slides, side-by-side, and they went inside and outside of the park. (If you look at the fourth picture that I posted you will see a gray slide at the top. That is the slide they loved!)

Dare-devil, Kiefer, and a more cautious, Krue, having fun!

Krue gives Kiefer some lovin'.

We took a break and headed into town for some dinner.

We took a tour of Shipshawana by horse and buggy. How cool is that?

We ate dinner at a restaurant called "The Blue Gate" and it was unbelievable! We had a full (all you could eat) family-style Amish meal ~ Salad, fried chicken, roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, chicken and noodles, green beans, stuffing, and homemade pie. Yum! We were stuffed and happy to say the least.

When we got back to the hotel, the boys wanted to go the arcade. They headed straight for the basketball game. We had to pull them away.

Racing Motorcycles.

Krue played a pirate game in which he won 200 tickets. They just kept coming and coming... he was cracking up! Kiefer kept making necklaces out of them :)

Playing Air Hockey.

Playing Skee-Ball (Mommy's Favorite)

Going to bed after a long, but very fun, day.

Play Us a Melody...

I just love these pictures. The other night we met Ben, Brandi, Ella, Parker, Heath, & Amy out for dinner at the Munchie. They have an old piano in the restaurant and the kids discovered it and started playing. I grabbed my camera and took pictures of the cousins together. Too cute!