Congratulations FUTURES!

The Tigers were off this past weekend, but the Futures weren't.  B and the team played some great baseball. They seeded #1 in the tourney and ended up beating the #2 seed in the final game and winning it all!

Thats B pitching in their first game of the day.

Congrats B and Congrats Futures!

Gift for Grace

One of the great things about riding the Ducks in Branson was we got more quackers, I know G was really upset when she lost the last one we brought her, now she can be happy again

I know K was so happy to know that there are more when this one accidentally gets lost also...

My Birthday

Did I mention my Birthday was just a couple of weeks ago,  I had my 4th annual 39th Birthday  (do the math, I'm not saying it)

so the LOML was ordering a tool from Amazon, through our Amazon prime account, which means the confirmation e-mails and all that come to me, and he also orders my birthday present.

and he has it gift wrapped

no, not the tool he ordered,  my present...

Which of course the order confirmation says what it is, and it says its gift wrapped  (which he paid 3.99 for, BTW) and the gift note says  "I know t wont be a surprise since you will see the confirmation e-mail, but Happy B-day anyway"

so this is what was in the box

which when you open it looks like this

and then....

and then.....

NO AND THEN....

and then....

NO AND THEN....

I know, no one gets the movie reference, just forget it


So any of the pictures you see me grab from now on will now be with my new cool camera, which has an awesome zoom lens on it.

Very happy with my hubby, even though it wasnt a surprise, even though he paid to gift wrapped something that I already knew what it was before it even shipped, even though he ordered it along with a new tool for him....

Spring Break 2012

A couple of years ago we made the mistake of driving down to San Antonio for Spring Break, along with the rest of the state.  The lines and crowds were terrible, traffic was terrible, it was a less than pleasant trip.  So we decided from that point on, if traveling for Spring Break, travel out of state.  This year's destination of choice was Branson, Missouri.

We invited the "folks" to come along and, shock of all shocks, they took us up on the offer.  So we all got out our GPS and made the drive up to Branson.  I found a cabin through Amazing Branson Cabins  Great place, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with a big deck and HOT TUB!!  Here are a few pics of the cabin:

Day one we got out and surveyed the town.  As you may recall, they were struck by tornadoes in February and there was some question as to how much damage had been sustained, what may or may not be open, etc. so we took a drive.  There was definitely damage and quite a few buildings appeared to be "totaled".  But there were still plenty of people around.  We stopped and ate at Mickey Gilley's Texas Cafe and it was decent.... nothing to get excited about.  Then we took the boys for their first spin on the Branson version of their favorite go karts the Wild Woody.  While we were there they found a Branson favorite, the Lumberjack!!!  A lot of laps were counted at both tracks.

 

Sunday was also my birthday and raining.  We spent a chunk of the day at the Titanic museum which was very interesting.

 It's no where near as big as the one in Pigeon Forge and I'm curious to know what's different but I don't think curious enough to stop at the one in Pigeon Forge although you never know.  After that we visited the Veterans Memorial Museum with an amazing collection of uniforms and weapons from wars from World War 1 through Iraq.  There was also an amazing statute of soldiers, one from every state, very impressive.  After that we enjoyed dinner and a show at the Dixie Stampede!!!!  Gotta love a horse show with food you can eat with your hands!!

Monday we divided and conquered - the folks headed to the quilt shops, the younger set headed to do Laser Tag and go karts... we met back up to hit the outlet mall.  We just love the Under Armour outlet!!  The boys live in that stuff.

Tuesday we again divided and conquered as the younger set took a drive up to Springfield to visit Grizzly World Headquarters and the Granddaddy of all Bass Pro Shops.  Both were absolutely amazing.

Tuesday afternoon we rode the Ducks around Branson and out onto Table Rock Lake.  Our first duck tour was in San Francisco and M is hooked!  As soon as he saw the ducks we knew we would be back on for a tour.

We saw a lot of Branson on that tour including the duck's own personal collection of military vehicles.  They had some very neat stuff up on top of a "mountain".  Also some GREAT views of the lake!

Wednesday was a piddle day....  a little of this, a little of that, a little of nothing.  We drove over to the state park and did a survey for Nana.  Visited the Branson visitor's center and took a look at the dam.

We visited the Toy Museum.  We had dinner at the place with the largest Chicken you've ever seen standing out front.  No kidding.... here's a picture....

Thursday we headed back to Big D as M had baseball practice to get ready for the tournament scheduled this past weekend.  (more to that in another post)

Now those of you who know anything about Branson will realize a couple of glaring things we didn't do.... things you ALWAYS do when you're in Branson.  Like Silver Dollar City or Shepherd of the Hills.... well, surprise, they don't open until April.  So, maybe that will be for another trip.  They keep the sidewalks in Branson rolled up until April, don't say I didn't warn ya!

I hope everyone at the very least relaxed and enjoyed the time off for Spring Break and maybe went someplace you've never been before!!

I'm off to plan our next adventure (as soon as baseball season is over)!!!!!

A Typical Weekend for us

Wednesday...

People - so what are you doing this weekend?
Us - playing baseball
People - really?  When are your games?
Us - we dont know yet  (because with tournament schedules, sometimes we dont know until Thursday or even Friday when our pool games will be..

Saturday...

  Get up. get some breakfast, get M suited up, Get the cooler and chairs and baseball bag and catcher gear and camera and us all packed up and head to (fill in the blank here) baseball park

  Arrive at Park 1 hour before game time, M gets warmed up and ready to play.  Tigers Play game.. We hand out snickers....

 X amount of time in between Pool Game 1 and Pool Game 2

  Back at park 1 hour before second game of the day, M gets warmed up, Tigers play game... we hand out snickers...

  Go home, eat, rest, etc.  M goes to Bed.  We wait up until all hours of the morning to find out where we seeded so we can figure out what time our first game is.

Sunday....

  Get up Sunday morning, get some breakfast, get M suited up, Pack half the house in the truck and head out  (realize, there is a good chance its 6am at this point, if we have an 8am game)

  Arrive at Park 1 hour before game time, etc, etc, we hand out snickers

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

If we win, we play again,

ok, so its not that many games in a day, it just feels like it  (and we go through a lot of snickers)

We go to the championship game, and hopefully win it all and get a trophy!

(or at least come in second place like we did last weekend)

Then we go home, very late at night, get some food and put M to bed

Monday morning, M doesnt want to get up, E doesnt want to get up, I dont want to get up, the Dog is just happy that we are home....

And the next weekend, we do it all again

Dallas Tigers Baseball

Well baseball fans the pro's might still be messing around with Spring Training but the Dallas Tigers are in full swing.  They completed their 3rd tournament of the season with a trip to the Championship Game!!!

Unfortunately, despite a valiant effort it wasn't their day and they had to settle for 2nd place losing 12-10 to the Blackhawks.

Go Tigers!!!!!

my child

so today when I picked up M from school, he did not have his PSP in the car because it was at home charging.  As we were driving, I turned around and he had the earphones in for this PSP with them plugged into nothing...

I asking him what he was listening to,  his answer was "the chair"

then he moved the plug over to the door and said  "the door"

man that kid is dorky...