Bulldog Bash Champions!

They are the Champions my friends!

That's right my boy and his all star team won the tournament this weekend.  They not only won, they swept the entire tournament.  They fought hard, had amazing defense and big bats!  I am one proud Mama this morning!

Colin was catcher for half of the game, each and every game.

I love this picture of him showing good sportsmanship as the Mt. Airy Bulldogs received their metals.

Personally I think he looks like a bad ass catcher!

The girls had fun too!  Cheering on the boys!

Here is the new hardware we have added to Colin's Collection!

GO UMAC ATTACK!

Could not resist!

I had to share this pic with everyone!  This is Caitlyn at one of Colin's ball games having some yogurt!  Her face is priceless!

She had a ball with it and Colin's team won to boot!

Meghan is 5!

This beautiful girl is 5!

Meghan came into this world with all the personality that everyone see to this day.  She was an answer to my prayers.  I had to work so hard to have her, she made me very sick while she grew snug as a bug in my belly.  This is after we had been trying for 2 years!  She is my mini-me, my baby girl, my love!

The excitement is all over these faces!

  I LOVE this picture my Mom took in the waiting room!

Colin was so ready to be a big brother!  And he is the best big brother!

Meghan has a BIG personality.  It is one of the things I love most about her.

She is growing into an amazing, confident, loving and compassionate young lady.

BUT don't be fooled, she is one of the most stubborn people I know.

(I know, I know, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!)

Meghan has a spirit about her, you can see it in her eyes, her Daddy catches those eyes so well in pictures!  She has a free spirit, she wants to try EVERYTHING, go anywhere and do it to the best of her ability.  One minute she is a princess, the next she is racing down the driveway to beat her brother to a ball.  She plays in dirt and she is very artistic.  Then she wants to have afternoon tea!  It exhausts this Mama some days!  All Meghan wants for her birthday is..."a fake dog", her ears pierced and a sleepover party with the girls from her school...I think she is 12 NOT 5.  All 3 things are happening for her.  Hey it's not like she asked for a pony!  Although if the thought entered her mind she would!  So on her special day I took her to get her ears pierced.  She opened the one present she has been begging for since Christmas.  And this Friday, 5 little girls will be jumping around in my living room with painted wet toes, pizza, pop corn and maybe a little soda!

I can NOT wait to see what this little girl grows up to do with her life...it's going to be an amazing ride and I have the privilege to ride it with her. (I just hope she keeps letting me!)

Colin made the ALL STARS!

"My body is made for sports",

 this is what my son said to his grandma at about 4 years old.

He has been obsessed with Baseball since he was 2. 

He has played baseball since he was 5.

And this spring he made the ALL STAR team!

Three weekends full of baseball fun!

Good thing we LOVE baseball!

The first weekend is in a few weeks!

I will post as we get there!

GO UMAC BLACK!



Healing

As crazy as the week to Ohio was, I think my kiddos deserve medals.  We drove to Ohio, 6 hours.  Met with the pastor the first night where they could play with their cousins but had to do it quietly!  So hard when it has been a year since they saw them last.  The grown ups told stories and memories of Grandpa, I shed a few needed tears.  We made sure to get a picture of all the cousins while we could.

The second day was long...that may be the understatement of the year.  Two viewings at the funeral home.  So many people came to pay their respects, faces I had not seen in years and ones that I was more than grateful to see.  Four firemen came and stood guard over the casket, changing every 15 minutes, it was so reassuring to know that my Grandmother had this amazing support system behind her.

We stayed at my cousin Christine's home.  She is the best!  She took such great care of my kids, Seann and I.  The kids played at her house during part of the viewings.  She fed them dinner and even took them o the Lego Store, which I hear is amazing.  Colin tried his best to con her into a new Lego set, or a Lego watch...they each ended up with a Lego mystery character.  Christine cooked amazing meals for us and made sure there was plenty of wine.  LOVE HER!  Thanks!

The day of the funeral was a whirlwind.  My closest friend and "sister" came to the funeral.  Which was amazing since she was supposed to be teaching AND her horse had a baby that afternoon!  She always knows what to say to make me, well, me again! 

My brothers Jonathan, Matthew and his wife Michelle, my cousins Jason, Jamie and her husband Brian, Seann and I were pallbearers.  It was both the biggest honor and hardest thing to do for my Grandfather.  It was even harder to watch my son cry as the flag was folded and placed into my grandmothers hands.  The 21 gun salute, taps and Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes was wonderful.  I think the most moving thing of the entire day was driving by Engine House #5, where my Grandpa spent several years serving the community.  All of the trucks were parked out front and the firemen on duty stood at attention and then saluted as my grandfather's hurse drove by. 

My healing has begun and hopefully the healing for the rest of my family has too.