TIME TO CATCH UP!!!

Wow, I haven't touched the blog in months!! My stupid camera is broken. I can only get it to take pictures occasionally, then it freezes up. Won't even turn off; I have to take the batteries out, wait a minute, put the batteries back, and try to turn it on again. Sometimes it cooperates, most times it doesn't. Extremely frusterating as there have been so many moments I've wanted to capture!!! I have felt like I'm missing my right arm without my camera. I usually have it on me at all times. But in an effort to keep everyone updated as to what we've been up to, here are the few pictures I've manage to get:

The last week of school, Haille's Girl Scout Troop had a ceremony to receive the badges they earned. Haille's bestfriend's mom was the troop leader, and she did some great things with the girls.

This is Molly, Haille's best friend. They do everything together!!

Softball and baseball continued on through June.

Haille took a hit to her chin!!

I was getting really worn out trying to have Haille and Trentin in two different places at the same time, with a baby in tow. Every night after work I was running here to drop one kid off, rushing there to get the other one where they needed to be, and then hurrying to pick them both up. It was exhausting!! Thank goodness Axten is such a good boy, he made it very easy on me. He hardly had any meltdowns!!

I was looking forward to their seasons' ending, and getting to come straight home afterwork!! So on Haille's last game, I was feeling some relief, until her coach informed me that she made the All-Star team!! I am so proud of her because that's quite an accomplishment. Of all the girls on the 8U league (probably around 110-120 girls) Haille was nominated in the top 30 players. Of those players only 24 girls were picked for two All-Star Teams, and Haille made the Red Team!!!

So we have 3 tournaments through the end of July. It is so much easier having to take only one kid to practice/games!!!

IT'S CONCERT SEASON!!!!!!

Our first concert of the summer was Rascal Flatts. LOVE THEM!!!! Jason, however, is not a big fan. He took one for the team though!!

I swear, I hate my camera. This is the only picture I could get from the Toby Keith/Trace Adkins concert. They put on a GOOD show!!

AND THE BEST CONCERT YET.........

That's right NKOTB!!!! My mom, sister, aunt, cousin, other cousin's wife, their daughers, and a few friends all went together!!

I told Haille she should be proud. She can tell all her friends that her first concert was New Kids, and that her Mom took her!!! I have to tell a funny story here. I kept it a surprise, and she begged for me to tell her what our "special" thing was all weekend.

On the way to the concert.....

HAILLE: Where are we going??

ME: Do you know how much you like the Jonas Brothers?

HAILLE: Yeah, I love them.

ME: Well, these guys we're going to see....

HAILLE: (Interrupting & shrieking & talking a mile a minute) OMG!!! WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE JONAS BROTHERS??!?!? OMG...OMG....OMG!!! I'VE GOT TO CALL MOLLY!!!!!

ME: No, no, no. We're going to see the guys I loved when I was your age.

HAILLE: Huh? So we're not going to see the Jonas Brothers?

ME: No, sorry, I shouldn't have used them as an example.

HAILLE: But I want to see the Jonas Brothers!!!!!

ME: You'll still have fun!!! We're going to see New Kids on the Block!!!

HAILLE: WHO'S THAT?!?!?!?

I felt horrible because I got her hopes up to see the Jonas Brothers, and she had to see some 40 year old guys still performing the same songs & dance moves from back in the day!! SHE LOVED IT!!!! As did I, even though I felt like crap that evening.

The 4th of July was a complete wash-out. It rained ALL FREAKING DAY!!! Such a drag!! We still had our "Court Party". We were all stuck in the garage and in the house all day. All the kids had a blast playing in the rain, and I had a huge pile of soaking wet clothes to wash!! We're totally going to do this again, when it's nice outside. Our neighbor, Jim, already has Labor Day planned out.

Well, that's pretty much it!! We absolutely LOVE the summertime!! Nearly every weekend, you can find us outside playing cornhole, hanging out with friends, and enjoying the warm weather!!! I'll be keeping my eye out for a great sale on digital cameras!! Til then......