Ahh and Baseball officially is underway

Whether I like it or not, yet another sports season has begun. I am not so much bummed about the actual sport itself, but the fact that it means that the dreaded "S" word is about to begin, combined with the sports season and practice and that means a whole heck of a lot of time to entertain the children on my own plus make the house run smoothly. But don't worry people, I can do it, I am... SUPERMOM!!!! But I digress. Like I said baseball has officially begun with the Valley tournament this past weekend in Orderville (my former stompin grounds and the place where Greg and I met). Considering that 3 of the 4 of us were puking our guts out the day before we had to leave and Brailie decided to puke her guts out at the actual tournament, I would have to say the weekend was pretty good. Well minus:

-the sweltering heat

-the matchbox sized hotel room with the paper thin walls, paper thin mattresses and tacky bedspreads

-the pool that suddenly was closed for construction (looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a month)

-changing diarrhea diapers in a collapsible camping chair during the baseball games

-having Allie show her "terrible" side on the bus ride home, screeching to be let out of her carseat for over 30 minutes straight

-A terrible kink in my neck caused by the lack of sleep on the paper thin mattress

Thank heavens it was the one and only overnighter for the season. With a toddler and a baby who would rather be standing and holding on to something- it is just too hard to get much out of a baseball game let me just say. But we did have fun and I had a great time visiting with some of my former co-workers from Valley and especially seeing 3 of my 4 favorite boy students that have recently returned home from missions. That was the best part. Here are the rest of the highlights I caught with my camera amidst the previous mentioned items.

Brailie sporting her cheerleading dress. Loving the bus ride.

Mommy loving the bus ride too

Allie loves the bus too-she just doesn't want to have her picture taken right now.

Passing the time at the game by playing on the "bench" (bleachers)

Thank heavens for Carly Swalberg. This girl is our neighbor. She is going into the 7th grade. Allie adores everything about Carly. She loves to play with her and Carly is so good to play back.

Brailie getting ready for a rainier day 2 of baseball

Day 2 is over. YIPPY!!!

Our favorite baseball coach.

Unfortunately the team only won 1 out of the 3 games they played but they played really well in the other two games, they just couldn't keep it going right to the end. They are great kids and we look forward to hanging out with them for the next couple of months. As Allie has learned to say "L..E..T..S...G..O.. Lets go, Pirates"