One Little Word - PLAY

Oh my oh my it's about time I get back into the swing of things and start participating in challenge blogs again eh?

Yep, that's what I think too!

Here's one for the OLW Challenge the word is...PLAY. Easy enough!

I used up some BasicGrey June Bug pp and woolies on this, yeah I love it too!!



Pics were taken in July at a park in Adelanto that I HAD to stop at for the merry go round. Yeah, I'm a nerd, it's ok.

In other news, 7th grade started for Wil OMG!! My camera got lost or stolen, so I have no pictures of that to share..first year ever I don't have a picture of him on the first day of school. I'm a tad bitter about it, but hopefully I'll have a New D90 for my Bday in 6 weeks (not that I'm counting!)

Hope your summers been great!!

We've been Good

We've been doing Christmas In July over at Scrapgal and I did this lo this morning for it. Feels great to get last years pics done!!

That's all folks!

Bad Bad Blogger

Ok, so I know what they say...excuses are like....and everyone's got one! But really, I've been busy. Doing what?, you ask. Oh well let me show you, doing what.

Since about May 20th I've spent an insane amount of time here.
www.avall.org

Yep, the ball field. Seriously, from 8-16 hours a day there. It's been a long hard road but for the 187 Apple Valley All Stars I provided for, it was worth it. We hosted a city championship, 3 Tournament of Champions, and 4 All Star Tournaments. Wil was on the 10-11 National team and wow we did so well!! They won 3 consecutive games taking them to the championship game. Unfortunately they just couldn't get the win for the entire district. Fortunately, they lost to the other Apple Valley team which means I'm still sending a team out there to represent us!

I took this picture of the gloves on the line before the first game, we were driving around taking care of some business and I had to stop and snap a photo. Loved it. "It's so Little League"

Is that not enough? Hundreds of hours of community service isn't enough for ya'll?

Ok Ok well, we had our 4th of July party. Bigger water slides, even more drinking and fabulous fireworks show. I didn't get a very good variety of pictures (please note the more drinking above lol) but this is possibly my favorite photo from the event.

Yeah, it was fun! I almost peed my pants laughing.

Tournaments all wrapped up last Wednesday for me so Thursday we were able to get out as a family and go to a concert in the park. There was a fab band playing Neon Nation. They were an 80's tribute band full of energy and excitement. Here's a picture of Wil with his balloon for "99 Red Balloons"


It was a good night, full of hand holding, fresh air, dancing, ice cream and a little catch. What more could we ask for!

Friday night we just chilled on the couch around the tv and talked about the adventure we were going to go on Saturday.

We took a little road trip...first stop...

Merry go round in Adelanto!



I've been looking for a Merry Go Round for several years off and on. It's just something I remember from my childhood that Wil has never experienced. My brothers and I used to make ourselves sick at the neighborhood park on it. In fact I remember a McDonalds that had one in the basement.

This picture was taken while I was ON the Merry Go Round with Wil. Danny was pushing us.



We only spent about 30 minutes there, but it was sooo worth it. Danny and I raced down the slide, which was super hot!! Just acted goofy.

Next up, Lunch at Carls Jr. Hey there's not much to choose from when you're in the middle of nowhere.

Then we went to Blackbird park in Adelanto, CA. It didn't do much for me, but for the geeks, they loved it. Lots of big old planes to look at and read about. Yeah, my guys love planes.




From there we went to find Musical Road in Lancaster, CA. Cities that have W Avenue G and East Avenue G...both of which intersect North 30th and South 30th...really annoy me. Come up with street names people! Anyways, we found it, there is one tiny sign and if you're not paying attention you'll totally miss it. We went over it about 4 times...me screaming and clapping each time like a super nerd.




On our way home Danny took us to charlie Brown Farms. I got a Bit O Honey and Dark Chocolate Cherry Cordials. Danny got Chocolate Turtles and Sour Gummy Bears. Wil got Rootbeer licorice and Rock Candy.

It was a fabulous day and it feels like it's finally kicked off our Summer!

Oh also, if you'd like to win
THIS
www.thegalblog.blogspot.com

Hop on over to The Gal Blog and leave a comment on Monday's Post. I'm giving it away to one lucky reader at the end of the month. We have a Christmas in July celebration going on over there so check it out!

That's all she wrote folks!

Weekend

Started the weekend off Friday night...Sandy & Kristi made it in for Wil's game. We teased Wil about Sandy being his girlfriend. Then when Kristi showed up the boys were like Wil is that your other girlfriend? lol

Awesome game, the boys pulled it out! Now we have to win Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I'm not expecting us to, but it would be really really nice!! Drama as per the usual, I got called a bitch by some jerk from the other team. And I didn't even do anything lol

Saturday we headed out on our exploration. Kristi had mapped us out a wicked awesome fun trip. First stop...A guys front yard that he has decorated with bottle trees. It was interesting, and we took a 10 mile long dirt road that led us to the middle of nowhere, where we were sure we were going to be raped and murdered.


Next up was the first ever Del Taco. They didn't accept ATM and the woman got super grouchy at our special orders, especially Sandys lol

Then we went over a bridge to the Route 66 Museum and train station for some freindsy photoshoots.






By the end of the day we were beat! It was fantastically fun!

Sunday the girls left by 12 and I stayed home scrapping for the afternoon. It was super relaxing and very rejuvinating! This morning I've scrapped, scheduled 4 blog posts, ordered photos and now blogging while my boys are out picking up some lunch.

Here's to a good week!!

It's make or break..

From Wikipedia-

The title mother is often given to a woman other than the biological parent, if it is she who fulfills the social role. This is most commonly either an adoptive mother or a stepmother (the biologically unrelated wife of a child's father).

The word Title reminds me of a Championship fight, a title shot. Jesus if that isn't an accurate depiction I don't know what is. It's hard being a Mother, really hard. With that being said, Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers out there (whether you've fought for the title or not lol)

He who is worth fighting for...


A couple of layouts from last month that I never posted...Using some old Glitz ish for Scrapgal's Glitz challenge.



And this picture shows the little cutie who came to visit me for a couple hours at work on Friday, and my new haircut..
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We had just put her hair up in about 15 teeny tiny ponytails as per her request/insistance.

What else, hmm the last official game of the season is on Saturday night, then we have playoffs and possibly All Stars. It's been a tough year for Wil so I'm not quite sure if he will make it or not.

Yesterday I had a date lunch with Danny. That was nice...yanno to actually get out and be an adult! I try to remind myself to enjoy those moments even if they are few and far between.

Have I said it's just one of those years? Well, it is.

I guess that's all for now! I'm looking forward to a little tailgate celebration with Dannys Softball team next Sunday out at Mavericks Stadium.