Fire!

I've been wanting a fire pit in my backyard since the day we bought the house. Finally made it happen this weekend! We tore down the kids' playset because it just doesn't get used all that often anymore and we wanted to free up some real estate in the backyard. While we are waiting for the new grass to grow in, we set out to find the perfect spot for the fire pit. Many factors went into this, such as slip 'n slide placement during the summer, garden placement, where the dog poo's the most, and of course the pitching area. Couldn't be too close to the house, or under the big tree, etc. We finally settled on a spot off to the side of the patio. This weekend's weather was perfect for our inaugural fire.

 

Eight

This sassy-pants girl turns 8 today. She had one heck of a busy birthday weekend - a softball game (and the win!), followed by not one, but TWO, birthday parties. And a birthday shared with Easter. Needless to say, our weekend has been PACKED.

This girl had quite the seventh trip around the sun. She learned some hard lessons at school with friendships, but she sure worked hard to overcome those. She also really excelled with her school work and has had a great year academically. She has embraced the heck out of softball, which has been everything I wanted it to be.

She's sassy, smart, hilarious, adventurous, and one heck of a firecracker all wrapped up into an itty bitty young lady. I'm so proud of her. Happy Birthday to my girl.

Boom!

This team.......what a dominating performance last night, with an 11-2 win. These girls found their bats early and kept it going the entire game. 

Let the Games Begin!

But first.......I know we need rain. Truly, I get it.

 

It rained all day yesterday, including the entire game itself. Carter was playing at one field, the girls played at another. Thankfully, this only happens once during the entire season. Not sure how we lucked into that. ;)

 

 

Both girls did a great job during the game. Kendall had some very aggressive swings at the plate, and played good defense. Addie also played solid defense, including a strike-out during her inning to pitch. She had a nice single at the plate as well.

 

 

Despite the weather, the team played so great together and this coach is sure proud of their hard work. A WIN on game one is definitely their reward!