Toby Keith Y'all

I was able to score free tickets to the Toby Keith concert at the Usana Amphitheatre.  We gathered up some of our peeps and headed out.

When we got there we did not realize how close the seats were to the stage (13 rows back) They were GREAT seats.  We all had a great time

Me & the Hubs

Justin & Stacey

My parents

Jesse & Christa

It was a good date night with good friends, good music and no kids  !!!

Good Friends Great Oldies

True Friendship isn't being inseparable.

It's being separated & nothing changes

Kaysee and I have been friends for just about 20 years. (wow how time flies)

Her family was in town and we were able to hang out quite a bit including:

Birthday party (Grady's)

Haircuts (Kaysee lost a lot)

Tacos (mmmmm)

Eating out (El Rancho Grande & La Luna)

Movie Premiere (Safety Not Guaranteed)

Fireworks

I love that our boys have become good friends.  They do not see each other that often, but when they do they have a lot of fun.  They told each other that they are best friends (so cute..I mean cool)

Here are all of our kids (what a cute bunch)

Hey now you're an All-Star

I am such a proud Mama!!

Huddy is an all star and I cannot brag about it enough!

Here he is in his new uniform

I absolutely love the old school uniform look when the socks show

Go #20

He plays for the Copper Hills Cal Ripken league

He plays on the All star 8 team

DADS

Jon is one great dad!

He sacrifices so much of himself for our kids.

Even if they do not show it now in their life I know that in the future they will remember everything that they have learned and will continue to learn from him.  It reminds me of the Brad Paisley song "Anything Like Me"

He's gonna get in trouble, we're gonna get in fights

I'm gonna lose my temper and some sleep

It's safe to say that I'm gonna get my payback if he's anything like me

There's worse folks to be like, oh he'll be alright if he's anything like me

My dad can be a pain in the but most of the time but I know that if I need anything he is always there no matter what. I love him a lot and want him to know that I will always be there for him! 

He is such an awesome papa

Mike has been such a great dad to Jon and his siblings.  He is a quiet guy but he shows things with actions.  Jon has learned a lot of things from him on being a good husband and father.

He is also an awesome papa

I am so grateful for all of the dads in my life

Astros

We went to closing ceremonies where Hudson received his trophy and pictues for playing for the Astros team.

The team did not do well this season, They won 0 games but Hudson made some good friends and enjoyed the time he spent with the team.

After a season of baseball playing for the Astros Hudson was selected by his coach to try out for the All Star team. He was one of 24 kids who tried out and he made it!!

Here he is being called up with the team and receiving a new helmet.

He was very excited when he found out that he made it and we are such proud parents!

So here we go to some more baseball!

Go Copper Hills!!

Grady is the BIG...

Yes, the BIG 5!!

For his birthday we spent the day together as a family.  We first went to Boondocks and hit some balls in the batting cage.  Grady did great and was hitting a lot of the balls! We also played arcade games and let Grady have all of the tickets to pick out what prizes he wanted.

After, we took him to "the sports store" where he picked out some batting gloves, a baseball shirt and big league chew.

Then we headed to The Living Planet Aquarium to see the sea creatures!

To end the day we went to Denny's where the kids ate a baseball pancake.

A few days later we had a party at our house where we celebrated with many friends and family.  I appreciate all the love that Grady has from so many people.  Thanks to you all!

Here is his baseball cake

Grady is such a cute boy! I am so grateful that he is in our lives.  He definitely keeps us on our toes!

One, Two, Three strikes you're out!

A night out with the Bee's!

This was our first Bee's game this season.  The kids were very excited to go, especially Grady. However when we got there Grady didn't really know that there was a game going on and just wanted to have snacks the whole time!

Unfortunately they lost, but there were fireworks and the kids got to run the bases!



MOM

What a whirlwind motherhood is.

You spend your days doing everything for them, experiencing:

*Sleepless nights

*Endless baseball games

*Mind numbing kid shows

*Teaching manners

*Cleaning poop

*Listening to an endless supply of why's?

*Allowing weary heads to rest on your bosoms

Many ups and downs come with this title and sometimes hearing the name just that one more time can send you over the edge or it can make your heart swell.

But no matter what it is the title that we have been given

MOM

Here are my cute boys who I just love with a great big chunk of my heart!

 Me and my cute mama

Thanks for putting up with me and always having my back!

Jon and his mom

Thanks for helping to raise an awesome husband and father!

Stick peeps

I really liked the stick figure families when they first came out and then it kind of fizzled out since everyone and their dog started to put them on their cars. 

 But.....

Jon came home the other day and told me that he saw a Utah Utes stick figure family and I knew I HAD to have one!

So here is our "Utah Family" stick peeps!

I think we are pretty cute!

At the Old Ball Game

We are baseball game going fools!

The season is in full swing and we are going to games and practices almost every day of the week.

This is Grady's second year playing t-ball/coaches pitch and he is loving it! 

I love how he is so organized with his stuff (his OCD coming out!) He always makes sure that his gear is put in his bag.

Huddy Buddy is playing for the Copper Hills Cal Ripken league again.  This year he is on the Astros team.  He usually plays pitcher and first base and does a great job!'

He was also asked to play on the league's accelerated team by his coach.  Those games are a "little" more competitive and we have to do a little more traveling but it has been fun to see Hudson getting better and better as the season goes on.

Always time for a little goofiness!

 Some of the spectators