The End of Fall Ball

 

We had Monday and Tuesday off before the elections.  

The neighborhood girls and kiddos meant for breakfast!

That TX sunset at baseball practice. 

My washer went out.....talk about anxiety.  I do laundry every night.  I had a repairman coming out the next day but we had company coming in town and what if he couldn't fix it!??!  Mason and I went to the laundromat and studied his vocabulary words.  Let me tell you, doing four loads at once isn't a bad thing!

But just like in the movies, his Funyuns got stuck in the vending machine while there!  Ha

We had a big baseball weekend.  Both boys were playing at the same fields which was the very first time that had ever happened!  

And we had visitors!  Grandma and Grandpa came and brought the girls!

It was a toy drive tourney. 

We had a big break in between Brody's games.  

The boys went over to watch a game in Mason's age group (and one of Mason's friends)

I brought out the ole camera for our last tourney as a request by the Moms. 

The Dads don't mind being out there. 

Trying to turn a double play. 

I was able to leave Brody's games and catch Mason's. 

                                                                Just needed one more out.

                                             Neither team won their tourney, they both lost in the semis.                                              But still, it was great being able to watch both games at the same time!

We were so sad to see Grandma and Grandpa leave. 

Here is Brody getting one last carry. 

These kids play every single day outside!

                                            

                                The TX sky gets me every time. 

It was Veterans Day and our town put out the most beautiful flags!

Waiting on carpool!

Got our gas fireplace checked out and ready for the winter!

        I went on and started decorating for Christmas!  Why not?!

Mason had his very last tourney of the season last weekend. 

He started one of the pool play games on Saturday pitching.  

Here he is warming up with his Dad. 

And he was awesome.  So proud of him.  He hasn't pitched much this season so I was so nervous!

He did so so great. 

We all met at one of the teammates house after for pizza.  

The kids even swam!

We won our first game on Sunday but lost again in the semis. 

This team was brand new at the start of the season and is really coming together.  

Excited for spring!

Sunday evening, I went to the movies with some friends. 

One of our friends was in town from Michigan. 

Im not a movie person but I forget how much I love being waiting on at the movies.  

We will have to go back as a family soon!

And just like that, fall baseball is over.  Both boys love their teams and had a blast.  Im excited for it to be over since it feels like one VERY long season thanks to Covid. We only got a week off in between seasons.  And how amazing that we played baseball on two teams starting mid-March to now and have not had one Covid problem?!  Pretty great. 

No worries, we have basketball and football lined up (if we get to play) and we are looking forward to staying busy this winter!!!

Halloween 2020

 

My work had their 3rd Annual Spooktacular Feast even in a pandemic.  Ha

Brody's school did Story Book Character Day.  Unfortunately, parents weren't allowed to see the parade this year which is a total bummer.  Brody was Patrick Mahomes but this book is about the Manning Family.  In my eyes, a football book was good enough!  Ain't nobody got time for two costumes around here!

Mason played in a one day tourney in McKinney on Halloween day. Brody was off the entire weekend. We drew the 8am games (fields were an hour away) so we had to leave the house at 6am to get there by 7! Ugh.  And boy was it COLD.  The boys also had to fight the sun rising when they were up at bat.  

My number 8. 

He stole a ton of bases Saturday. 

This guy had a little cold but toughed it out.

  Runny noses stink, especially in the freezing cold!

We won our first bracket game by a lot and allowed no runs.  

We ended up first seed which was HUGE. 

Since it was Halloween and we had the possibility of being out there all day and missing trick or treating, we decided to tailgate.  We grilled burgers and hot dogs as well as a giant pot of jambalaya.  It was perfect and so fun. 

We were playing up in a 12u tournament  Some of those kids were definitely 12 years old....this was the first baseman in our second game.  That is my child on first.  Ha. 

We played so well all weekend and won our semi-final game. 

Headed to the championship (which meant no trick or treating).

                                                                    Happy Halloween!

Baseball tournaments are looooong days.  

We stuck together and watched all the games. 

This team has so many younger brothers so Brody has a blast!

The weather went from freezing, to cool, to hot, to cold again.  

I had a change of shoes and sweatshirts.  We also brought plenty of blankets!

                                                If you can't trick or treat, you better win!

                            It was a GREAT game!  We won 3-2 and they played great!

                                                        (They ran out of winner banners. Ha)

It was a bit easier for the boys to swallow no trick or treating since we knew we had a big Halloween party Sunday for Brody's baseball team.  John woke up and got his chili going for the "Manliest Chili Cookoff. 

He told me that he was a first time and I had to at least show him how to chop onions.....

I bought all the ingredients (to my chili recipe) and gave him the recipe.  

Brody was not very confident in his ability to cook, so he decided to help. 

We decided to do Double Dare contestants again. 

I say again because we did this for a Halloween pre-kids.  

Clearly, we have matured since then...

                                       The boys got to wear their costumes (for a minute really).  

                                            All the kids got hot once we got to the party.  Ha. 

                                                Mason is Tyreek Hill, Brody is Patrick Mahomes.

Everyone loved Brody's hair, so he was late to take his costume off.  Ha

We had the very best time!

They played waffle ball, used pumpkins as baseballs and got to break them when hitting, ate hot dogs and a TON of candy, did trivia, s'mores, and swam!!!!

All the parents had a fun time with the chili cookout!  Such a great idea!

My John and our friend Beth tied for second place, Jon Owens won first!

Trivia was SO much fun!

And they heated up the pool and turned on the Cowboys game. 

                                                      What more could a kid (or parent) ask for?!?!

We absolutely love our baseball family and are so thankful for them all!

Halloween was a little different but we wouldn't have it any other way!!!!