A quick update

This summer has been busy, busy, busy for us! I can't believe that July is almost 1/2 over. Our nights can be summed up in one word BASEBALL!! Brock still is having games almost every night and when we get home I am too tired to blog.

On Tuesday, we did have a night off from baseball so Ava and I went out to dinner with two of my friends and their kids. Between the three of us we had 6 kids at dinner. It was fun to catch up with them. Here is a picture of Ava with two of the girls that went with us. It's Ava's friends Mariah and Bella. Ava calls them her cousins. She loves helping them and teaching them new things. She was soooo good to them during dinner.



I love this picture of all of them eating salad.



Last night my sweet neighbor took Ava and her two girls to watch the American Girl Ballet. Ava dressed up and got her American Girl doll all ready for the ballet. She was so excited to go! They had such a great time. There was a tea party before the ballet and Ava loved seeing all the other girls and their dolls. Brock had a baseball game so I stayed home to watch his game but I do want to go next year because Ava had such a great time and she wants to go again next year.

Here is a picture of her before she left, I love that her American Girl doll is sticking out of her bag.




Tomorrow I am off from work and I am going to watch Ava's gymnastics show, that should be fun! She has been going to gymnastics camp all week. Brock has his last day of basketball camp and then he has a Little League Game. I also hope to get some little house projects done so we will have a BUSY day!

2 quick projects

We had ANOTHER baseball game tonight, we played the town where Graig grew up so I think it was a lot of fun for Graig to have Brock play on the field where he played. The game was soooo long, it lasted over 2 hours. We won by a lot, I think the final score was 17-3. We have another game tomorrow night. This is a big game, Brock is pitching so it will be fun to watch!!

Since we have been so busy with baseball games I haven't had much time to work on a lot of projects. I did do a couple of little things over the weekend. I am going to have my personal decorator (AKA my friend Sabrina) over to help me figure out where to put my new projects. I am actually wanting to redecorate my whole downstairs. Graig is thrilled-ha ha

Brock and Ava are with Grandma Jan this week so hopefully I will have time to work on some home projects. We will see Brock and Ava a lot because we have a baseball game tomorrow night and Friday night.

4th of July

This day can be summed up by one word...BASEBALL!! Brock was in a tournament so we were at the baseball field all day. It was so much fun, I absolutely love his baseball games. We all have the best time cheering on our team. It did not feel like 4th of July because it was SO COLD!! I had jeans on and I had a cover on me all day because it was so windy and chilly. Brock's team played two games. We lost one and we won one game. Tomorrow we go back for more games.

During a little break in games my friend Sabrina and I hit some yard sales. I didn't find too much but I did find this vase which I really like. It has sunflowers on it and I love sunflowers so I will find a place for it somewhere!

Tonight, we got together with about 6 other baseball families for a cookout and fireworks. We had a great time and ate SO MUCH!! After a full day of baseball we were all so tired to we left right after the fireworks.

Brock is taking care of our neighbors dog for the weekend so after the cook out Brock and I went over so Brock could take care of the dog.
Tomorrow we have another day full of baseball!!

Fourth of July Weekend!!

Today I started by getting up early and going to work, I was the only one there today and it was so nice!!! I love my co-workers and all the students but it was really great to have the whole day in the office by myself, I got a TON of work done today which was wonderful!!

Graig went golfing with an old friend from high school today and Brock had his golf lesson. Ava hung out with my friend Sabrina and her daughter Eliza. Sabrina was working on stuff for Eliza's first birthday. Eliza's birthday theme is going to be "Pinwheels and Polka Dots." How cute is that going to be? Ava helped Sabrina make some pinwheels today for the party.

This afternoon Graig took Ava to spend the weekend with Grandma Jan. Brock wanted to go see the movie Ice Age so I took him and his friend Thomas to go watch that movie. If you haven't seen it, it's really cute. We really liked it!!

After the movie we went out for pizza and did a little shopping Brock got some new batting gloves which he loves and can't wait to use. I got a couple of new t-shirts and some Bath and Body Works wall flowers. Their wall flowers smell so good!! I have one in almost every room in our house.

Tonight Graig and his friends are having poker night at our house so I went over to Sabrina's to hang out with her sweet little Eliza. Here is a picture of Ava and Eliza from a couple of months ago. Eliza loves her binky's just like Ava did!!

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!! We are going to spend the day hanging out at the baseball field because Brock is in a baseball tournament. After the games our friends invited us over to their house to have a cookout and watch the fireworks! I am going to make an Oreo Pie to bring to the cookout. It should be a fun day!

Show us where you live Friday!

It's time for another Show us where you live Friday that Kelly's blog is hosting. This time it's outside spaces and garages! I can't wait to see everyone's flowers and outdoor spaces.

This is one of my favorite sayings! I love it.

These are some of my flowers going up the steps on our deck.

I made this chair planter in May, I got the chair at a garage sale for $2. I love the way it turned out!I made this bird bath last year. Here are two of our tomato plants they look a little droopy in this picture. Ava LOVES tomatoesThese flowers are by our side door. I love these flowers by our back door. This is the side of our garage. I put in all the plants last summer. This is the basket that's hanging on our garage. I made my own baskets this year to save some $$. I really like the way they turned out this year. Last but not least, this is the windowbox by our side door.

I hope you enjoyed the tour! It will be fun to look at everyone's outdoor spaces!! We love our outside and spend all of our time outdoors in the summer!

Catch up!

Here are some pictures of Brock and Ava from the last couple of weeks.

This is from Brock's 6th grade graduation. He looks so serious and these pictures are so blurry!! Right after graduation Graig, Brock, Ava and I went out to lunch with Brock's BFF and his family and later in the afternoon all the families from his class had a party together at the park. Brock and Ava and their friends spend A LOT of time jumping on the trampoline!Ava and her friends making home made play dough.Brock and his BFF after the game last night. We won 11-7!!

That's all the pics I have for right now. I have to get ready for work, I have a busy day today, it's the first day of freshman orientation!! Tonight Brock has an all star game, it's the first game of a tournament. Brock is pitching so I will let you know how that goes.

Bloggy Break

I can't believe that I haven't updated my blog in almost two weeks!! I knew that I wanted to take a little blogging break but I didn't think it would last almost two weeks!!

Let me fill you in on what we have been up to over the past couple of weeks. I know everyone has been on the edge of their seats waiting for our family update-ha ha! This update will be quick and with no pictures because I am at work.

1. Brock graduated from 6th grade!!!

2. Ava finished up her 1st grade year, school finally ended this year on June 24.

3. Brock's little league team made it to the championship game in the little league tournament in our town, they didn't win I think the score was 4-2 but we are so proud of his team because no one thought his team would get that far!

4. Brock has been saving his allowance, Christmas money, yard mowing money etc. (Graig is so proud that he loves saving money-ha ha) and bought himself an I-Pod touch last week.

5. Brock went on a bus trip with our Church's youth group last Friday to Hershey Park.

6. Ava is going to take tennis lessons and play softball this summer both things start today.

7. Brock is going to be on the Little League all star team again this summer. Graig is the coach and he scheduled 30 games for the team this summer!! Almost every night in July we have baseball games and tournaments. My favorite tournament starts on Friday. There is a pool right next to the baseball field so when the boys aren't playing they can be swimming! It should be a fun weekend!

I think that's the highlights. I will post some pictures tonight!!
Happy Wednesday!!