Day 110: Saturday Softball Tourney (4/20)

I love warm, spring Saturdays at the ball field. We loaded up the bus with food, friends and fun for the day and went out to some crappy little softball tourney like we used to do years ago. We had such a good time. The twins were held all day by everyone and Gavin made a new friend. Lakin is Tabi and Toby's little girl. They were inseparable the entire day. It was so cute to watch them play together. I really love spending time with good friends and being outside. I can not wait until summer gets here.

Day 103: Day at the Fields (4/13)

 

I told Rennie a few weeks back that I wasn't playing softball this year. I wanted to spend my weekend with the twins and not on the softball fields. However, this weekend I was roped into a tourney over at Boomer Softball Complex. I brought the twins and with the help of Mel, I EHed and sat on the bleachers. The day was wonderful {a little too windy but I'm not complaining} and we spend the day as a family at the ball fields. 

Later that night, Rennie and I celebrated our 6th wedding university with dinner and a movie. We watched 42 the story of Jackie Robinson. It was a great night out.

Day 146: My Biscuit (3/17)

Today started our softball season for Whoosh and WOW {our woman's team.} I didn't plan on playing much because we are trying so hard to get pregnant. It would be unfair for a team to pick up a girl and then have maybe have to drop her each month before I become pregnant. It just seems easy for both Rennie and me if I play more as a pick up or as needed player. 

I ended up playing a little this weekend. In the very last game of the tourney, we weren't getting many strikes called for us in 40 mile per hour {I may exaggerate} winds. So Cheyenne was pitching this inning and we were losing pretty bad. Chey wasn't getting much calls so he looks at the batter and says, "Here's a biscuit for you!" Meaning: I am going to pitch a ball that you should hit the sh*t out of... And the man did, right at my leg. Honestly, I don't think I ever saw it. If I did I know I was getting out of the way of it!

I cried and this is what I like to call my biscuit. 

It's freaking huge and hurts like a bitch when I walk for a long time or God-forbid I have to squat! 

This is why I am taking this summer easy while we are trying to get pregnant, you just never know.

Day 146: Playing Ball (10/15)

Thank you to Tina Thacker for posting these pictures on Facebook so I could steal them for my blog!



I wanted to include these pictures from our tourney so that years down the road when Gavin (and hopefully other children) see the blog, they will believe that we actually played!!

I love looking at old pictures of my Mom and Dad playing softball. I hope that my kids will as well. :)

Day 145: And we are off... (10/14)

Whoosh softball went to Nationals in Indianapolis this year. It's generally an 11 hour drive and after making Gavin ride in the car for two hours every day (and most days ending unsuccessfully!)

Rennie decided that flying would be the best option for Gavin and I. The tourney started on Saturday and we left Thursday morning.

Gavin did well on the plane. The first flight to Dallas he played and read with relatively little fussing. The second flight from Dallas to Indy, he slept the entire way! Thank goodness for sleeping on the second, longer flight.

It worked out perfectly that his nap time happen on the second flight. :)

I was very lucky to have sat by two parents. They were understanding and helpful is Gavin was kicking them or laying out during his nap. If I could I would definitely send thank you notes to those special individuals!

And I have to mention that if it weren't for the umbrella stroller that my mom suggested I get for the airports I would have been frazzled and run down at the end of the day. The stroller saved my day!

Day 56: Silly Bandz (7/17)

I am sure that if you have kids or you work with kids you know what Silly Bandz are. (Of course, I had no idea of the official name, I had to Google it before I started my post.)

It seems like every kid and most teenagers are wearing one or two now adays. I have seen some adults wearing them, even some men.

They are rubber bands that are special shaped. You wear them on your wrist and they never lose their shape. Silly Bandz come in tons of shapes and colors. It's a pretty creative idea. There is no rhyme or reason to the Bandz, they are just cool! 

You're just supposed to wear them on your wrist. You can trade them with friends and get all kinds of different shapes.

I have always wanted a few but I thought, "I am 27 years old and I am not walking into a store to buy Silly Bandz!"

So the next best thing, steal one from a girl!!

OK I didn't actually steal it from Taygen. She kinda gave it to me or I made her feel bad and she gave it to me in guilt! Either way, I got my first Silly Bandz!

When I went to Walmart today, I came across the display of Silly Bandz and stood looking at it thinking of an excuse to buy a set. Of course, now I owe Taygen one!! So I bought a set of Body Parts Silly Bandz, only because I have to pay her back!

Taygen is the daughter of a fellow softball player. Her mom has become a friend of mine, who is also doing a Project 365 with a blogspot blog. Natalie took pictures all day yesterday and posted some on her blog:  Welcome to Graham Central Station. I actually "borrowed" the following picture of Taygen and me!! Thank you Natalie, I hope that you don't mind!!

PS I haven't always stolen from this wonderful family, Taygen gave me the Silly Band!! OK, OK maybe I did steal the picture, but it's a great picture. :)

Day 55: Nail Art (7/16)

I was bored.

We play ASA District softball tomorrow with Whoosh.

Nothing more to say!! :)

Day 35: Softball Summer Heat (6/26)

Oklahoma weather is so extreme. Today we played softball (surprise, surprise!), our tournament started at 4 o'clock in the afternoon but that did not mean that it was so dang hot!! It was the most miserable softball weather that I can remember -- and I've played a lot of softball.

It was so hot that as a team we all pitched in to buy a canopy that will be used at every tournament. Just a little shade makes such a huge difference.

I started playing in pants but didn't even make it 15 minutes out of the truck before I had to change into shorts.

We did win the tournament, run-ruled all the teams we played today. It was a lot of fun.

Day 21: Whoosh Softball (6/12)

Another Saturday, another tournament. Our softball team is from all over the state of Oklahoma. I love the team name, Whoosh. I don't know where it came from honestly, it started out as an opposing team's name. We ended up picking up some of those players up and our name became Whoosh.

We started some, for lack of a better word, cheers today that hopefully will stay with us in the coming years. When a player hits a home run we now yell, "Put in the book, Whoosh" and as we all "good job" each other after the game we just say "Whoooooooooooosssssssssssshhhhhhh."

I have always enjoyed the traditions or what some may call superstitions of the game. I have some of my own. One you can never, ever step on a foul line when crossing on or off the field and two the bats in the dugout cannot be crossed! I know silly superstitions; they probably don't help my game but I can't seem to let them go. It's just part of the game.

I am tired, it's 11:23 PM right now, we played 5 games in the Oklahoma heat, made the two hour drive home and the second thing I do is sit here and blog, the first was put my baby boy to bed.  So if this blog seems to jump from one subject to the next, please forgive me, I am tired.

Before I finish my post I do wanna give a shout out to my Whoosh my players. So I can remember the team I played with today.  In line-up order:

1. Damond
2. Kritter
3. Cheyenne
4. Margo
5. Jeremy
6. Me!
7. Rennie
8. Netta
9. A.J.
10. Amber
11. Lance
12. Erica

Go Whoosh!

Day 7: Softball (5/29)

Because this is my first softball picture (probably of many!) I will tell you why co-ed adult softball is such a large part of our life. So here is the story of how Rennie and I met:

I was at OSU attending college. I was in close to my last year and was playing intramural softball. I wasn't on a really good team, I was pitching and batting pretty close to the top of the line up... (ok ok I was batting fourth!!) but anyway we were getting beat horribly, probably being run ruled because of this I wasn't in the best of moods. Anyway after our bad bad loss, I was walking to my car when this man gets our of his pick-up and approaches me. He asked me if I played co-ed with a team in the city, then asked if I wanted to play league and a few tournaments. I said sure and he told me practice was on Saturday at the city fields. I showed up for batting practice on Saturday and took BP. I was hitting well and then hit one over the fence. After that practice Rennie invited me to league games and tournaments.

I always like to say that Rennie recruited me!! Anyway, we continue to play ball during the summer. It's a wonderful way to relax, hang out with friends, have fun and be active. I always say that I am getting to old to play during the summer but each year I come back. Even Gavin comes along now on our weekend trips around Oklahoma, and sometimes out of state. It's wonderful family time.

Today, we played in Enid, OK. It was a ten team tourney, we won our games and ended up winning the tournament.