Father's Day BBQ

 What a fun day!  We all got together at my parents' house for a BBQ and some cornhole.  

Summer = BBQ + Slip n' slide + corn hole

There really isn't a better afternoon/early evening than one that consists of good food, drinks, kids laughing and playing on a slip n' slide, and a mean game of corn hole going on. Oh, and good music. Sounds like perfection to me! 

Congrats on the board signing, Dad!

Baseball and Other Shenanigans

Just one more tournament and life can return to normal.

 

Just one more tournament and life can return to normal.

 

Just one more.........

 

Holy baseball! 

 

It's a damn good thing I have unlimited PTO at work, because I surely would have maxed out any cap by now. Sheesh! The East Boise Classic was a fairly small tournament - only four 9U teams participated - but the game schedule was just as grueling as some of the larger tournaments. Carter did fairly well in this tourney - several hits, a couple walks, and a couple hit-by-pitches that left him with some bruise battle wounds. Wear them with pride, buddy!

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

The team ended up in the championship game - again playing East Boise. For some reason, our team has a mental block against East Boise (we have lost every time we have played them). The boys ended up taking second place, grabbed their medals, and got the hell out of that heat!

 

 

 

We made time for a late Father's Day / birthday for Veronica celebration BBQ as well. We needed some downtime!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(recreated this 2014 picture)

 

 

Definitely needed some of these this weekend:

 

 

 

 

Again, just one more tournament.........

Welcome summer!

This weekend was jam packed, and not really on purpose or by design, but it just worked out that way. I kicked of the weekend with drinks (ok, lots of drinks) with some of my favorite ladies. The patio weather was perfect downtown, so we had some good food, drinks, and laughs while gossiping about life, and mostly guys. It's what we do. ;)

 

 

A lot of my weekend was also soaked up by college softball and the super regionals, which never disappoints. So many good games!

 

The family got together for a big baseball/softball practice, which ended up being a really fun two hours. After that, we headed back to my place for a great BBQ. The weather was, again, perfect for being outside.

 

 

 

 

 

Of course the neighborhood volume level rose quite a bit when the slip 'n slide came out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

En epic cornhole tourney began and it was abundantly clear that my dad and I need to be recruited to a professional league. ;)

 

 

And after the kiddos were put to bed, out came the drinking games until the wee hours of the morning. Talk about a flash back to college days......and the 2-day hangover I am STILL nursing today not-so-gently pointed out that I sure can't recover like those college days. ;)

 

 

To cap off the long weekend, I took the kids up to Sandy Point to get some sun on our bodies and our toes in the sand. It was a great afternoon!