Wordless Wednesday #60 ~ Capo Valley High School Freshmen

Chloe and Molly

 Chloe making herself comfy among Nathans stuffed animals...

Nathan with "the girls" at the top of the stairs...

So, from the girl who would never really wanted a dog (nevermind 2!) I sure do love having them here with us!  Especially when my Fibro is acting up and I spend a lot of time at home in bed and laying on the couch!  They are my little buddies...

Hats, Hats, Hats

 While looking through my photos, I realized that we like hats!!  Many kinds of hats!  Cowboy hats at the Aquarium in Monterrey...

 A new hat for vacation...

 A hat for sun protection on race day!

 Of course...the Saints...

 A hat at the Giants game while in San Fran

 Angry Bird...what more can I say?

And a hat for his baseball team!

Baseball Season

 Nathan is playing travel ball again this year.  He is really a natural athlete and excels on the field.  He has started pitching more and more and even has the highest strike to ball ratio on the team.

I LOVE watching him play!

Wordless Wednesday #54 ~ Puppy Kisses!

iPhone 5 for Nathan

 Nathan wanted a new iPhone for his birthday and has waited patiently since July for it to come out.  We went and picked it up last night...he was a HAPPY BOY!!

23 Water Bottles!

I tried to get Nathan's baseball bag from my car, and I could barely lift it!  I looked inside and found 23 half-drunk water and Gatorade bottles!!  SERIOUSLY...the recycle people would be having a heart attack!  I emptied them out, and we started over.  I've tried numerous refillable water bottles over the years, but they ALWAYS leak and make a huge mess in their bags or the car.

Nathan's in 8th Grade!

 I cannot believe that Nathan started 8th grade!  This will be his last year in Middle School...next year HIGH SCHOOL!  He is such a great kid and is excited to go back to school after a great summer!

 Always have to take a foot picture, my favorite!

There he goes...

Nathan's Christmas Concert

Nathan had his Choir performance last night and it was FANTASTIC! All of his friends looked so handsome!

Of course, I had to take a feet picture!

Ms. Voss is such a wonderful teacher and is instilling a love of music into these kids! They sing songs from all genres and the kids have a blast! As you can see, she has a lot of boys in her class! You know she's great when these boys choose to be in her class instead of wood shop!

Fa la la la la

Some singing and some dancing!

My BEAUTIFUL boy!!! LOVE him so much! I wish he would stop growing up so fast!

Grampy and Grammy were there to watch, as always Nathan's biggest fans!

Nathan with some of his buddies.

More friends. Nathan is so lucky to have tons of friends, really neat kids! Most of them play baseball with him, so it is great to see them without hats on their heads and dirt on their pants!

It was an awesome night, I love this time of year!

Baseball in the FOG!

Yesterday morning Nathan had a game scheduled for 8 a.m. and we had to have a "fog" delay. I've never heard of such a thing, but it was certainly necessary! These are pictures of the boys warming up on the field...it was cold, wet, and foggy! Nathan is in the middle with the black sweatshirt.

Grammy and Grampy braved the weather!

The Sunday morning Starbucks Club...

Let's go CATS!!

My cute #15!

Down and ready...

Muddy, grassy, gross shoes!

Finally, the sun shone through and it was a beautiful day, but NOT a great game for us!

The huddle...so cute!

Nathan pitched, but not his best game...

STRIKE!

LOVE watching my boys play ball!

Social Distortion!!

Nathan went to his first "BIG" concert last night...to see Social Distortion, which is Kyle's favorite band. Darrell loves music, so he did not mind taking the boys to the show!!

They looked SO CUTE...I bet the girls there were trying to get their numbers!! They had a great time and arrived home after midnight! I'm so happy that Darrell has passed on his love of music to our boys! What did I do last night? Went to the market and did laundry...party animal!

I know I've neglected my blog for the past couple of months, when life gets busy something has to give and unfortunately...it's usually my blog and my gardening! I'm going to try harder to update on a regular basis...

My signature "shoe shot"...hope all is well with all of us. Happy Sunday...off to a baseball game!!

Cruising With Grammy!

We were so excited to have Mom (aka Grammy) on our cruise with us! Kyle and Nathan just adore her and love her SO MUCH!! She plays a huge part in both of their lives and is a best friend to them! The picture above is shortly after arriving on the ship.

On the tender with the Splendor in the background...

Nathan, Mom, and I at "Los Arcos"...gorgeous!

At a restaurant in Cabo San Lucas...

Keeping Nathan in order...

With the boys...getting ready to suit up for Zip-Line!!!

Looks thrilled doesn't she!?!

With the ocean in the background...

With "FISH"...our Pirate!!

Tandem Ocean Kayaking with Kyle...

Lunch with Kyle...

Elegant Night with Kyle...

and Nathan.

Thanks Mom, for going with us to Mexico. We loved having you with us! Thanks for all you do for the boys, and for us! You are truly the most compassionate giving person I know and I admire and cherish you!!