This Crazy Summer of 2012

Hello, my friends!  Oh how I've missed you!  I want to give you guys a brief update about what's happening in this crazy-busy life of mine and to let you know that I hope to be back on a more frequent basis around the first of September.

The kids' schedules have really kept us hopping the last couple of months.  I honestly think we got busier once school let out for the summer!  Tucker finished up his regular baseball season and then started playing All Stars.  They didn't go far but he got some pretty amazing pinstripes!  : )

Perri's high school softball season finished up just in time for her travel ball season to begin.  She spent most weekends this summer sporting this uniform:

Except for a couple of weekends when she was sporting these instead:

A couple of small fractures kept her on the bench for a little while, but it didn't keep her from having her pic taken with Chase Likens of American Idol fame.  : )  He is a DOLL.

She also had band camp, marched in the Fourth of July parade, suffered through tons of incredibly hot and humid band practices, and she now also sports this uniform:

My girl is enjoying her first year as a Ripley High School varsity cheerleader!  : )  

School will be starting back (far too soon!) next week and the rest of this month will continue to be a busy one, but I'm hoping that my daily schedule will slow down a bit once we're back in the swing of a school time schedule.  

I'll be back soon.  I hope.  I promise.   I miss my blog and I miss YOU GUYS! 

The Last Day

Today is it.  The last day of my official summer.  Tomorrow the kids go back to school and this household will resume something that resembles a routine.  There are both good and bad aspects of this annual occasion.

The Good:                                                      The Bad:
Up at 6 every morning.                                    Up at 6 every morning.

Structure to the day.                                         A little less structure never
                                                                        killed anybody.  ; )

Kids will be with friends.                                  I'll miss having them at
                                                                       home. 

More time for me to write.                               *No bad side to this!

For now I'm going to leave you with a few of my favorite shots from this summer.  And I'm going to go and enjoy this last day and try to not think about the fact that it is, in fact, the last day of Summer 2011. 

Morning on Myrtle.  

Don't know the person in this shot...I just loved the way the light 

was reaching down through the clouds.  

Beautiful.  

Tucker's first experience with All Stars.  : )  

He was so thrilled to be chosen and had such a good time.

A boy and his fishin' pole.

My Tucker Man does love to go fishin'.

Any day spent in the ballpark is a good day.

Any day spent watching my Yankees is an excellent day!

The peaceful beauty of Amish Country.

Wow.

Planking Perri.

No, I don't get the appeal of it.

No, I don't know why it became THE thing to do.

Yes, I find it slightly amusing.

Her gymnastics muscles sure paid off in this one.

I'm outta here.

I have ONE LAST DAY of summer to enjoy.

Wanna See Happy?

This is happy.

Need a better view?

Maybe just a tad closer?
That's my Tucker Man
and he is a very happy camper today.

The reason?

Well, see this base?

That is THIRD BASE.
And my Tucker Man had just reached that base
by running his little heart out.

And he ran his little heart out
shortly after swinging his
bat just as hard as his
little arms would allow.

A TRIPLE!


And this triple, my friends,
came during an ALL STAR game!

Tucker's team went on to win
13-3
and we play again
on Tuesday.

Wish them luck!
:)