Girls Trip, Graduation, and Baseball

I had misplaced my camera battery charger, so have been without a camera since Spring Break.  I think I left it at the beach.  POOH! (along with both boys DS chargers).  So to Amazon.com I went to order replacements for all three.  Dan was thrilled!  So, my iPhone has acted as my official phone these last few months.  So needless to say, there are not a lot of pictures and the ones that I have are not that great.

Mason is now officially a 3rd grader and Jack is officially a Kindergartner.  Whew!  When did that happen???

In May, Laura, Beth and I took a trip to Hilton Head and Savannah.  We all turn 40 this summer and decided it was time for a girls trip to celebrate our birthdays together.  It was wonderful!  We slept in, didn't cook, did not have to keep track of any kids, and relaxed a lot!  Hilton Head was beautiful, we spent some time on the beach and did a little shopping.  Beth's in-laws live in Hilton Head and her Mother in law gave all three of us a spa day at her country club.  It was fantastic!!!  We spent one day in Savannah touring and shopping and eating!  We were able to get into The Lady and Sons (Paula Dean's restaurant) with NO WAIT!!!  Does that even happen?  Ever??  YEP!  To us it did!  When we came out of the restaurant, there was a line around the building.  We must have just timed it perfect!!

Here is a picture of Laura and Beth eating the Hoe cakes...YUM!!!

After we ate, we hopped on a trolley to take a city tour.  I had never been to Savannah so it was a really good way for me to see the city in a short amount of time.  It was beautiful!  Nothing like all those live oaks with moss hanging off the branches...just beautiful!

Here we are on the trolley...notice Beth trying to squeeze in a little work!  SHAME!

When I got home from Hilton Head it was time to wrap up school and regular season baseball.  We were excited when Mason made the All-star team this year AND was able to play since we would be in town the entire month of June!  It was a lot of time devoted to practices and games...but totally worth it.  I think Mason learned more in those few weeks then he has learned in his entire time playing baseball.  And, most importantly, Mason was having a BLAST!!  Even thought the temps were ranging in the mid to high 90's! 

Below is a (bad iphone) picture of Mason's all-star team...

And here is his little poster that they hung on the back of the stands during pool and tournament play.  They had one of these for each of the boys...very neat.

Jack was a champ during all of this baseball.  We were playing almost everyday where practices lasted on average 3 1/2 hours and games were 1 1/2 hours, but we had to be there an hour before the games.  Jack did great.  Here he is with one of his little buddies, Christopher.  Christopher is the little brother of TJ, one of Mason's teammates.

And...in the middle of all of this, we had Cub Scout Camp.  It was at Oak Mountain from 8-2 everyday.  Poor little Mason was doing this during the day (in 94+ degree heat)  and then having baseball games every night.  He was whooped as were the rest of us!

Here Mason is using his bow and arrow...

He loved it!!!  Cub scouts has been such a neat thing for him that he really loves!  Jack cannot wait to join in!  He has 1 more year before he can join.

Well, I think that has us all caught up...

The boys and I are flying to Ohio in July for a few days and then Jack and I are flying home while Mason stays at "Camp Nana" for another week.  He cannot wait.  Poppy is taking him to his first professional baseball game!  He is so excited!

Until I have a chance to update again...everyone take care!