Diamond Divas Awards Night

Kaylee's 8U Machine Pitch team finally had their awards night last week. Unfortunately, they do not do standings in her division, but if they did we think they would have been 2nd! They did a great job and we really enjoy watching them play together!

Kaylee getting her medal

The team! (minus Kaitlyn and Mattie)

with the coachs (minus Robert)

Dale has coached Kaylee's team all 5 years she has played. He really enjoys helping out with her team and she really enjoys sharing this with her Daddy! Kaylee loves playing softball and we are very excited about watching her grow with the game and move up to kid pitch next year!
Way to go Diamond Divas on a great season!! Can't wait till next year!!

13 Years....and We Are Still in Love!

I cannot believe it has been 13 years since we said "I Do." At the time many people said we were too young, we would not make it, etc. etc. Although we have had our fair share of ups and downs, here we are 13 years later and more in love than ever before! When we were in marriage counseling, before the wedding, the pastor told us marriage was not 50/50.....the way he put it was that sometimes it was 90/10, sometimes it was 80/20, sometimes it was 50/50, but no matter what the ratio was at the time it was how you handled it that made all the difference. Another thing he told us was that your marriage is something you NEVER stop working on, when you do is when it will fail. This is SO true. When I look back at our 13 years, the times we had "problems" were times we took each other for granted or stopped working. Thank goodness we both realized it and started "working" right away!
In 13 years, God has blessed us in many ways! We have adjusted our lives from college students, to starting our careers, to parents of 1, to parents of 2, to living the busy life of parents of 2, to now surprisingly going to be the parents of 3! We have been through the exciting time of the many "firsts" in our marriage, first house, first child, first car etc., so now we are very much looking forward to what God has in store for us next!
I am so blessed to have such a hard worker, loving, caring, understanding man to call my husband! I am thankful to God each and every day for bringing me to him. Although, when I left home and headed to Oklahoma I never thought it was for good. But I would not change it for the world!
Happy Anniversary Honey!! Looking forward to growing VERY old with you!!
I love you very much!

Enid Twins Get 2nd Place!

Braden's 8U Machine Pitch team got 2nd place in their division for the season! We were able to go to his trophy ceremony this year (for once!).

Getting his trophy!

The team (minus Wyatt) with their trophies!

One very proud player!

Thank you Daddy for helping coach my team!!

The End of Baseball.....this year!

Our baseball/softball seasons have come to an end for this year. Although, it is a very busy time and this year it really wore me out, we have a great time watching the kids play ball and really enjoy the teams they play on. Here are a few pics from Braden's last game and a game Kaylee was asked to play for another team.

Kaylee plays machine pitch for an 8 and under softball team, but was asked to play a kid pitch game for a 12 and under team last week. We all were very honored to have her asked, but I think her Daddy was the most proud! She did an AWESOME job! This was the first time for her to hit off of a real pitcher and she struck out once, walked once, got hit with the ball once, and got a HUGE hit! She even stole a few bases! She started the first game in center field, but from the 2nd inning on she played her normal short-stop position and did a great job!

Here she is playing center field. I forgot to take any pics after that.....oops!

This is Braden's last game with the Enid Twins. About 1/2 of the boys have to move up to kid pitch next year, but Braden is in the group that does not.

These are my 2 besties, Rachael and Amber. Their sons play on Braden's team this year too, but Kyle, Amber's son, has to move up next year....:( Oh and I am 29 weeks preg here. I managed to wear my mom shirt the whole season!! Not sure how much longer it would have lasted though!

Their last pep talk by Coach Matt.

The last huddle.....

Daddy....Oh how we LOVE you!

Today is all about Daddy! (Well, after he gets home from work!) We are so blessed to have such a wonderful man to be our Daddy and husband. He is very caring, loving, a hard worker (hence working harvest hours even on Father's Day!), and devotes all his time to us! When God chose him for us He picked from the very top!! Dale spends lots of his days working 10-12 hours, heading straight to a baseball field to help coach, then comes home and spends his "relaxing time" either playing w/ the kids or tackling things that always seem to need to be done around here. We could not ask for a harder worker! The kids and I are so thankful for this, because he works so hard, I get to stay home with them....if it wasn't for all he does I could not do this. Thank you honey! We LOVE you very much!!

"To: Daddy,
You helped me ride my first bike, thank you for teaching me how to ride with no training wheels. I love you. OH and for helping me ride all my bikes, you were there when I got hurt on my 2nd bike. Thank you for helping me feel better. You always cook for us and you always wrestle with us and I like that.
Love, Braden"

"To: Daddy,
Thank you for buying me a heifer and a goat and help me ride my bicycles. I will be Daddy's little girl forever! And thank you for letting me have a doggy. Thanks for cooking breakfast. I will always remember that you tuck me in bed and say my prayer every night and letting me go to work with you. It is fun when we go to cow shows. You are the best Daddy ever!
Love, Kaylee"

"To: Daddy,
I can't wait to meet you! Sorry I stop moving every time you touch Mommy's belly!! Thanks for letting Mommy buy me a play pen and cute clothes. I will be your Daddy's girl #2! See you in a few months!
Love, Kelsee (translated by Kaylee!)"

Start of Summer!

Well summer is in full force now, and for us that means LOTS of baseball/softball. We have a great time watching both kids play. Dale helps coach both teams and well, I do lots of cheering!! Both kids are playing machine pitch again this year. Kaylee plays short stop and Braden plays right field. Braden's team is the Twins. He enjoys the friends he has made on his team and mostly enjoys playing the game! :)

Here he is in the outfield patiently waiting for a ball. He does pretty good for about 20 minutes, then paying attention becomes very hard!!

I think he ended up hitting this ball!! Braden has struggled a lil with hitting the ball, but is definitely improving! Last game they played he hit both times up to bat!!

Kaylee is playing her 3rd year for the Diamond Divas. This year she got moved from 3rd to short stop. She enjoys it and is doing very well at it. The girls have all improved so much! It is amazing to watch them play this year. They are learning to play real big girl softball and doing very well at it! Kaylee is definitely our athlete (right now) and absolutely loves everything there is about sports. Although she enjoys playing basketball, her passion (for now) is softball.

She is seriously waiting for the coach to put the ball in the machine

The ball was hit and she is on the move. Didn't end up coming to her, but she was moving and ready!

The Divas are calling it up!!

Batter, Batter, Swing!

Making a run!

The kids were in a wedding over Memorial Day weekend. Kaylee passed out programs and Braden passed out bubbles. They were absolutely adorable if I do say so!

She is all ready to go!

Complete with a fresh pedi!

And he is ready too!

Kaylee and Sydnie talking to Clyde while passing out the programs.

By the time we reached the reception and it was Braden's turn to pass out the bubbles, I was completely wiped out (amazing what pregnancy can do!) and I totally forgot to take any pics of him!! Oops!!

It's been a BUSY life!

Wow! We have had a busy few months! The end of school was crazy and then summer hit full force. Here are a few pics of the last few weeks of school.

I was able to take the day off and go with Kaylee on her 3rd grade field trip. I am taking advantage of this while she still wants me there!! They went to Simpson's Western Museum in Enid and then to the park for a picnic and just running around for the rest of the afternoon. The museum was very interesting and the kids had a great time. They also film westerns there so they got an education of movie sets at the same time.

Uh Oh! What did she do!
This was interesting to see how a movie set jail cell looks.

The whole 3rd grade on the "hotel stairs"

Kaylee w/ a few of her friends in the "saloon"

The next few pics are of our Lil Olympics day. They both participated in 4 events, but I only captured a few in pics. It is hard to watch/picture them and take care of the class I am an Aide for too. Traci, the teacher, and I try to make sure each other gets to our kids events, but it doesn't always happen. Kaylee participated in the 50 yd dash, 100 yd dash, softball throw and 2 man relay. She came home w/ 2 2nds, a 3rd, and a 4th. She was not overjoyed with this years results, but she had fun anyway. Braden participated in the 50 yd dash, obstacle course, tug of war and the 2 man relay. He received 2 4th place ribbons and was VERY excited about those! And the highlight was when he realized that the two of them totaled 8th place!! LOL!!

Kaylee is in the middle of the back row. She is in 2nd place right now!

And they hand off! Her partner is the 2nd on the right. They are still in 2nd!

Braden running the 50 yd dash. He got 4th in the finals!

Finishing up the obstacle course with the slip-n-slide

The last day of school always begins with Awards Assembly. Both kids had a great school year! We could not have asked for better teachers for them and were VERY pleased with the progress they made this year.

Braden with his awards. He received a reading award (for independently reading at least 25 books), was Star Student for the Month of April, and was the top boy reader for his class. Braden ended the year reading on a 3rd grade level!

Kaylee had a great year also! She received the reading award (for reading 25 books), Star Student for April (funny huh!), and was on the Principals Honor Roll all four 9 weeks! Third grade is a tough year and she had a little bit of a hard time getting adjusted at the beginning of the year, but ended with flying colors and made HUGE changes in the mean time! We cannot be prouder of her and her accomplishments this year both academically and personally.

Well, that was pretty much the last couple of weeks of school. Oh yeah, add softball practice/games, baseball practice/games, tumbling, ending the school year myself, being pregnant and then all the other things life brings to you! We were very busy (who am I kidding, we are still busy!) but had a great time doing it all. I will post some our summer activities later, hopefully I will get that done before a month goes by!

Oh, and on baby news!! She is still a girl!! She is growing good. As of my last Dr. apt I have gained 9 lbs and her heartbeat was strong. They did another ultrasound and she looked great!! She is very active, until her Daddy tries to feel her, then she stops. She is being a stinker already!! :) Big sister and brother are very excited to meet her! We are beginning to get and pick things out for her. Now we just have to figure out where we are going to put all this stuff!! Oh well, it will all work out.

Well, that is all for now! Hope you enjoy this update, sorry it was so long!! I will try to do better now that school is out. Have a great day!