happy day to all you fathers

just wanted to give a shout out to my dad today and say happy father's day.  anybody that has ever been around him for even a second knows that he embodies the true meaning of a servant.  selfless servant.  i hope my kids get at least half of that gene from you!  i love you.

(i ran across this picture and just thought he was too cute back in 1987!)

and a happy father's day to my father-in-law as well.  i couldn't have done any better in that department.  he's almost as easy-going as i am.  almost.  :)

as for the father in this house...y'all know he can't stand the tributes that everybody writes on their blogs/facebook pages, so i won't.  he got an iPad for our anniversary a few weeks ago, so i'm going to say that is his father's day present.  but don't think that is all he received on this special day.  last week i asked william and wes what they wanted to give daddy for father's day.  they had specific requests.

william: "i'm gonna get him a flashlight in case he needs to go to the bathroom at night.  that way he'll be able to see when he gets up."

wes: "i'm gonna get him some chicken noodle soup so in case he gets sick, mama can cook him some to make him better."

so there you have it ladies and gentleman...every father's dream.  a flashlight and soup.  what more could you ask for?!?!?!

and since i can't write a tribute, i'll leave you with this video dedicated to chase and all you other awesome dads out there!!

4 months later

february 15th - date of injury

june 14th - final (4th) cast removal

i've still got a splint and never-ending physical therapy to look forward to, but after 4 months i am finally on the road to getting my right hand back!!!

vbs 2011 is in the books!

can i get an amen?!?!  mama was in charge of recreation this week at bible school.  outside.  it was only 135 degrees outside every single day, so i can say with certainty that i'm glad this week is over!!

despite the heat, the little people had fun!

until next year...

dirt

our sweet homebuilder neighbor friend likes to be nice to all the boys in our cul-de-sac every year and gets this pile of dirt for them!  this little person is especially grateful!

summer

now all we're waiting on is a waterproof cast so we can ditch the fountain for the pool!

#1

today, he joined the ranks of big kid"dom"!!!!

the rules have changed

we have now reached the midway point of our t-ball/pee-wee/baseball/coach pitch season.  the name is kind of elusive because the rules change half way through the season.  it started out as t-ball, but as of this week...we are in the big leagues.  or coach pitch league.  same difference, right?!?

we got there early for the game this week so all of the little people could get some field time.

and then the two littlest people parked it (at least for a few minutes) to watch the big boys play.

they are so cute!

the bad thing about coach pitch is the bat.  william can crush a wiffle ball with a plastic bat in the backyard, but that metal bat takes some serious umph to get it around by the time the ball arrives.  we have quite a few players with this problem!  :)  but even so, he still managed to get a hit his very first at bat when getting pitched to.  and he even made it all the way home.

his very first at bat in a coach pitch game...


coach pitch from laura henson on Vimeo.

and now i'm going to go find a good protein shake and a weight training regimen for skinny 5 year olds...you know, something to help our bat speed!!