Ball Is Almost Over

May is busier than Christmas-time around here and I love every minute of it! One of our big spring activities is T-ball/Baseball/Softball. I've got one kid in each. Luckily our town is small so I can have kids at various places without too many problems. This is the last week of ball unless... someone makes an all-star team.

The T-ball coach ended up here from Kansas so of course the team name had to be the Royals.

The 7/8 year old boys are the RockHounds-perfect name for little boys, especially mine. He's got a rock collection that would make a geologist drool.

I am so excited about the girls uniform this year-It is HOT PINK and we found some cleats with pink on them, 0h my heart's aflutter. Anyway-they look so good on the field-kinda like bright Easter eggs. The coaches didn't wear pink, they opted for black...sissies.

Wanted: New BFF

I am looking for a new BFF. My old one is moving to Austin in a few weeks and I will become a maniac without her. Here are the requirements:

*Must have children older than mine so that you can assure me that I am not doing a crappy job and the children will turn out just fine because you've been there/done that.

*Must let me come to your house every morning for coffee-and it must be good coffee.

*Must make lunch and invite me over and not be surprised or offended when I show up in my jammies.

*Must be WILLING to play golf with me. I'm not saying I'll ever make you come along, but just in case I want you to, you will. And if you are better than me at it, you'll pretend you're not so we can be equally bad at it together. If you don't have clubs, I'll get you some and we do have a cart.

*Must love shopping-I mean be able to go ALL day long AND be able to find the best thing ever at the bottom of a moldy box.

*Must agree with me whole-heartedly when I'm venting about DH being a dh, but must also know that he's really NOT.

*Must be able to tolerate my incessant channel flipping and sing and dance to whatever I land on whether you like it or not.

*Must be able to tell me when it's time for color and a waxing and then be able to take care of that for me.

*Must be available on short notice to come over and help me with a 'design' issue ie: how's the chair look there, which color will be better on the walls, etc. AND be capable and willing to help me finish the project.

*Must be able to make me laugh till it hurts-talking to yourself outloud and dancing at Wal-mart really help.

*Must be highly creative, organized and prepared for anything.

*Must love Survivor, Desperate Housewives and consider doing Amazing Race with me.

*Must be a purse-aholic and understand that the only way I will get a new purse is if you give me one.

*It would help if you looked a little like this and hated pulling weeds:

I will miss you, friend. I am certain you are not replaceable!

No Friends, But Loved Nonetheless

It was not a fruitful Friday. I had to go it alone. My companions had business to attend to elsewhere today.

I did the regular Friday rounds and didn't find anything noteworthy-except this note that the girl put on my mirror:

What sweetness. I asked myself-what aliens have abducted MY child? Then I remembered-she's in trouble, but she really wants to go to Nana's this weekend. I'm a sucker-I'll let her go~

Girl Scout Camping

Every year we try to do a family camp-out with our Girl Scouts. We had originally planned to go to a nearby state park back in March, but it got way too cold (I'm a sissy like that) so we had to cancel. We ended up camping in the other leaders backyard. It's a big back yard (acres and acres) and everyone had a blast.

First time campers.

This was really kind of cheat camping for us. We didn't get there till after dark because the girl had a ball game. The tent was already set up for us!

This log has always been good for hours of entertainment.

For reasons I can't really put my finger on it always just makes me a tad bit nervous when it's marshmallow roasting time. No one else seemed the least bit concerned about 10-12 children running around with sticks that had sharp, pointy, hot metal things on the end. Hmm, I guess I'm just a worry-wort.It was all just too much for him.

Bathroom Shuttle

There is nothing better than camping food!

Down at the creek:

Pretty cool backyard, huh?

Make new friends, but keep the old-one is silver and the other's gold.

Tee-Ball Rocks!

Crack Baby

Sometimes, I just really can't help myself.

Dine By Design

The first Saturday of April our church sponsored a ladies night out called Dine by Design. Several ladies got to decorate tables for their guests. It was so much fun! I hope I get to do it again next year. This is my table:

Here's the Texas table:She even brought her own peace enforcement man-you know how wild the ladies can get on a night out.
Welcome to Hawaii: I think this one was hands-down the favorite-you just can't go wrong with a CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN! This one's called "Urban Jungle". I knew it was gonna be fun when she whipped out the lime green lava lamp!Spring Has Sprung:

Denim and Diamonds:

We were still finding the diamonds during Girl Scouts the next day!