Happy Fathers Day!

me AND my DAD!!!!

Jason reading ONE of Carter's homemade cards...

..Everytime there is a "SPECIAL" day Carter likes to wrap the present(s)....On this present he got creative...I laid out 2 wraps for him to choose from and he decided he would use both.....attached is yet ANOTHER card for his dad!

Carter did some art work for Jason to hang in his office.....he made this at the sitters last week...


thanking Carter for the "poster"

WHAT DID YOU DO ON FATHERS DAY???



We headed to my sisters for a very HOT pool party!! The water was not even nice. It was more like bath water!! UGH I hate that!! ANYWAYS the kids had fun and the company was good....most importantly we got to spend it with our dad. My dad is 72 (doesnt look it) and we are so blessed!! (did not even think to take camera today) We then came home and visited with Jason's dad who is around 74ish . We are both VERY lucky to still have our dad's! My thoughts and prayers go out to those who do not have their dads around anymore.....Brittany - Les- just to name a few and I know it has to be hard - esp on Fathers Day. So here is to all those people out there... and GOD BLESS

Bombers Game-

Wed. Thurs. and Fri. of this week Carter went to The Bombers Baseball Camp.....tonite they were all invited back to go out on the field at the begining of the game with the players. Here are a few of the pictures.

Here is Carter getting autographs on his new Bombers shirt before the game.....

Carter and some other kids that went to camp watching and DREAMING........

Carter {all smiles} waiting to go out to positions....

all the kids got to get into huddle with the team and cheer before game started...this was so cute. All of the players were on the outside of the huddle and kids were inside.

Here is Carters group with Jasper Native Derrick Katter {#20} running out to the field.

the boys watching the game.

they caught three foul balls and were in heaven... First time I have been to a Bombers game and it was nice. Carter and the boys had fun...misson accomplished!

SAND AND STONE

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE

THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS, WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE! AND STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM. AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING, HE WROTE ON A STONE: 'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE' THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?' THE FRIEND REPLIED 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.. BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT' LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE. THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM.

A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.

I Just got this email and wanted to share- REALLY REALLY GOOD and so true!!

thanks Aunt Mary

So much fun in the summer!!!

OK Well today was a busy day for Carter--- he started out this morning by heading to Baseball Camp at 9:00 am until noon---man let me tell you he was exhausted and hot and grouchy and hungry and and and.....but....... No time for that we had plans!!! I picked his buddy Will up and we met up with Carter and headed to my sisters to swim....good day for that alright! It was hot--the water was cold at first as always and then it felt pretty good. The sun though---UGH it kept going in and out....so I headed inside to finish up the Bachlorette for a bit !! ANY FANS OUT THERE? I love that show and I missed it Monday..... and I cant miss that show ha! It is my favorite!!
Here are a few pictures of the day....

Cassie-my niece Chloe- Will and Carter

Carter playing some game of acting out and jumping off the diving board....


So its 4:00 and we have to leave--- off to next stop 4:30 swim lessons at Corky's! Will and I dropped Carter off and headed to Doodlebug for 1/2 hour......then came home and while I was making supper Carter was watching TV-- all is done and I called for Carter to come and nothing so .....I go into the living room to find this precious little thing ZONKED OUT-

What a day!!!!

Didnt last to long--- as I am typing this he woke up--and ----outside he goes!!!

until tomorrow...

NEVER enough time

Today was AWESOME!! We - Kristy and myself left home @ 1:30 and headed to French Lick Springs to meet two of our precious friends Kristy and Shannon! It was so good to see them- its been awhile-- and it was like we just picked up right where we left off = I love that!

QUITE an Interesting day-- first we started off just chit chatting in the room for awhile..... we could of stayed there the rest of the night but we had to much on the "agenda" ;) We first headed to the FL winery....UM--Kristy M and I sampled a few and then decided on one while the other two were in deep deep conversation on the store side. They closed at 5:00 so we were there only about an hour-which was probably a good thing. We then headed to see THE BIG SPLASH....wow-cool--Carter had gone over spring break with my sister but I had never been so it was neat to see- beings we goto holiday world quite often-I guess we are sorta spoiled-looked a lot like that. But still Very Cool! We then headed to West Baden to check out the gorgeous hotel...love it!!!!!!! It is just breath taking!! The spa was cool too! Back to FLS for supper! We ate there and it was awesome--the shrimp were to die for! After dinner we decided to just stroll down where the shops were and they were all closed! Did see Romy's pieces though---They look awesome. Everytime I have been they have been closed. Next up is the casino--well Kristy M kept saying all day - she was feeling like going there..well........no wonder!! She won big time!! Way to go Doc!! After that and Shannon and Kristy D almost getting thrown in the pokey- ha no just kidding-- {Shannon was trying to take a picture of Kristy D playing the slots and an officer came up to her and made her delete what she just did--it was either that or um the pokey-- ha Shannon was distraught the rest of the night!!! Kristy D now gets an officer at her side asking her if she needed help....Kristy asked WHY and the officer said well your NEED HELP button is flashing!!! Oh my it was funny-- guess you had to be there!!!

It was such a nice and relaxing time-- but its just never ENOUGH time with such good company and wonderful friends!!!

Think I'm gonna have to take my besties there!!!

Thanks girls-- had an AWESOME time and Love you soooo much!
Until next years trip!!

our weekend

Friday we (me J & C) left for Bedford for an ALL NIGHTER SOFTBALL TOURNEY! First time for this one!! We arrived in Bedford around 10:30pm . Jason had to be up and moving at 5:00a.m. for a 6:00 a.m. game. Needless -to-say Carter and I slept in! {Oh the beds there were wonderful. Ok I normally dont say this about hotel beds- but serious these were awesome. You laid in them and just sunk.} So anyways getting back to the tourney......I have been to A LOT and I mean A LOT of softball tourneys over the last 16 years and let me tell you I have never seen anything like this! Jasons next game was at 1:00ish (I think) so we headed out to the park and when we pulled into the parking lot= it was like a big huge sleepover! Tents -campers- RVs - you name it it was there {I had to laught at Carter cause he said why do people stay here when they can go to a hotel and get nice comfy beds like we did"} People had baby pools for there kids- corn hole- someone even brought their Guitar Hero. It was pretty neat. I mean I was totally happy in the hotel but the atomosphere was cool. So yeah ALL NIGHTER they play ALL NIGHT-- crazy I know. Jason got lucky and did not have to play during the middle of the night--just early mornings and late at night. Carter was having a blast as usual....him and two buddies were in heaven. They chased foul balls and homerun balls for snow cones....I think he had a dozen of them on Saturday ha! I had to leave for Bloomington during all of this so I lost count! I headed to Bloomington to do a little shopping and to watch my godchild Adi run at her first state competition! Here is a SHOUT out (better Kris) to Adi for a 6th place finish in her heat~ WAY TO GO ADI-GLAD I WAS THERE !! YOU DID GREAT!! AS I am driving back to Bedford I get a call from Jason--and he tells me he got hurt and cant play. He slide into second base and sprained his ankle big time! Well he of course did not want to leave! So we went back to the hotel-late- and with two extra kids and hit the sack. Another game at 6:00 am and we slept in!! Back to the park for a 11:00 game and boy was it nice and hot! Love it- only problem now I was sitting out in this blazing sun and my husband is on the bench and can barely walk.....another game won-- we needed to lose 1 game and its back to Jasper.....well lets just say 5 games later ....we arrive in Jasper!! Thats right they lost the very first game they played=played 13 & won It was a great tourney and we had lots of fun but we are sooooooo tired- Hope you all had a great one! I love tourneys and miss going-but it is so hard to catch up--as I am still trying to play catch up from being gone. Ball and swim lessons this week and its off to St Geneve.......until next time... God Bless

GOOD LUCK ADI!

My niece Adi goes to state finals in track Sat at IU!!!
GOOD LUCK to you Adi--we
will be there rooting you on!!

VERY PROUD OF YOU

RUN ADI RUN!!!! ;)

{PS Jason made her an AWESOME sign and we put it up in the front yard to cheer her on= she called today to thank us--I asked her if she was embarassed and she said NO} -- whosh Thank goodness!! also was hoping to get a track picture of her to post but no such luck

go adi go!!!!!!!