Are you a Math fanatic or a food fanatic?

Either way, this image appeals to us all.

Eastern Nationals

The first week of August, Dad umpired at the ASA Eastern Nationals. He was very excited and nervous (since he'd only umpired maybe 10 games this last year). But he did a great job and we all had fun. ASA put us up in a nice hotel really close to lots of shopping, oh, and the ballpark and between the two, all of us, Dad, Mom and Marquie had a stupendous long weekend. Dad did some games behind the plate and some games in the field. If you ask him, he can tell you every mistake he made in the 8 games he umped (probably all three mistakes). Anyway, here are some pictures to share....


In the field...
Behind the plate...


In the "doctor's office...
Avoiding the rain...or the sun.....

Tonight's Treat

Happy National S'mores Day!

Justin and Jaime

We stopped at a few locations on our drive through the canyon and took a couple of pictures.  I just saw this one and it is just too cute not to post somewhere!

I went

So, last weekend (the 30th of July 2011) I sorta went and did this cool thing y'all think was crazyface. But I had fun. I went and did this.


tried on some really great hats:

found a great seat... oh WAIT. These are our TICKETED seats! :

did a LOT of this:

and then we saw even MORE of this:

and in case you missed what this was:

matching shirts, crazy tickets, and special red dot stamps because we were in the cool section:
Yeah. that about sums it up in just a few pictures. . There are SO many more where they came from. Got home about 3 in the a.m., chatty chatted with Mom, went to bed about 4 in the a.m. and was on time for church at 9 in the a.m.! Then I proceeded to take at least a 4 hour nap. (after church).
Someday, I might actually blog soon after the events occur. I think a week is pretty dang good for me though! wooooo!

A New Discovery

The Plow

Why the Plow? Because as I drove to dinner last night, in keeping with tradition, I looked at Thomas Hutchings' plow and was relieved that it can stay planted in front of this house for another year. Dinner tradition? Oh, we went to celebrate our new living conditions, that are the same as the old. Confused yet?

We were given notice Friday that we would be moving on or before September 15 with a 10% or less chance that we could stay. We began that day to find a new house within which to put our home. We determined to fast last weekend for our needs and because of the tournament this weekend and Saturday evening activities. We found a home Sunday afternoon and made agreements with our existing and prospective landlords that the deadline would be Tuesday, 17:00.

Tuesday 16:55 received a call from our existing landlord that a deal had been reached for them to not move, and us to not move. We advised the prospective landlord and then the peace came. I covenanted with the Lord that I would testify of His goodness, love and care. Without divine intervention, this would not have turned out the way it did. Love you all.