Men only!

   I think by nature women tend to be a bit more outgoing than men. We talk... a lot - about jobs, family, husbands, kids, friends, books, movies, clothes, shoes, sales, furniture, food... The list just goes on. Men are different. I'm pretty sure they can sit in silent with a beer in hand while watching football/baseball/basketball. Women go out of their way to make new friends. Men are cool with being in the background. So when Adam thought about signing up to play on a men's softball team I was pumped! Seriously how much fun would that be?!

The team!

   Adam asked some of my coworkers to play and a some of his new dad friends from our church. (Most of the wives are in my moms group.) He was set. "Scoring Since Birth" made their softball debut on Sunday, June 10th. They lost the first game and had a few growing pains but came back to win the second game!

There's Adam throwing the first pitch. 

   I'm pretty sure all the guys have had a great time and discovered muscles they didn't know they had. We've had a few injuries along the way too - ask Adam about the time he got pegged in the leg or "pulled a hammy" trying to get a double then fell scrapping himself up.

Go Daddy!!

   Each Sunday the team played a double header at a local park.

Cheering on the batters.

   Moms would bring the kiddos to burn some energy while getting completely covered in dirt. 

What? We're just digging in the dirt...

   So what if they guys won maybe just one game. It was fun to cheer them on and I'd like to believe they all had a great time. If nothing else, it got the guys talking and I'm pretty sure they all looked forward to going out for a drink afterwards. 

Alright, Austin's for a drink?

Until next season and don't forget to keep the ice close!

~Emily

Our Ohio - part 3.5

   Okay one last part of our Ohio trip. Go kart day!!!

I have a need. A need for speed.

   I know. He's not even 2.5 and I'm sending him on a go kart. If it makes you feel any better he sat on Adam's lap and Uncle Daniel was driving (he's the responsible one...).

Let's do this!

   The day after Daniel's graduation party the cousins all came over and of course, the go kart was the main attraction. I don't blame them, do you?

   Harrison also enjoyed playing with Evan's cars (again) and colored on the driveway with chalk. 

Some serious coloring going on.

   Sadly we had to say goodbye to the cousins. We ended our trip with some laundry, packing and bubbles!

Bubbles are fun for GJs and big boys alike!

   Before I finally end our Ohio posts, I should share this picture. It's our Aunt Sandy with her Ohio grandkids and Harrison!!

This was the best picture of the most people.
I'm not sure if Harrison smiled in any of the takes.

Now to post the rest of our summer adventures! 

~Emily

Our Ohio - part 3

   I guess I should finally wrap up our Ohio trip from June... oops. To close our our long trip we celebrated Daniel's high school graduation. Friday was the big party day!

All of Daniel's awards and pictures!

   Daniel had his party with two other boys - they were all high school friends and athletes.

Best party decoration of the entire party!! The cupcakes were amazing too!

   The party was at a really nice clubhouse at a retirement community. Harrison loved running from one snack table to the next. I'm pretty sure he ate his weight in white chocolate chips... It's dairy, right?

Snack?

   The best part was seeing our cousins!! It's been over a year since we've seen them! Harrison especially enjoyed playing with Evan and his cars. Evan and his twin sister Emily are a little older and very good at sharing!

Cool car Evan!

   We had an awesome BBQ dinner and enjoyed the rest of the evening outside taking pictures and playing!

It's only a matter of time before Harrison is taller than me too...

   Corn hole was our first stop. Harrison had fun dropping the bean bags in.

Uncle Matthew it goes in here!

   Evan and Emily joined in the fun as well. 

Whatcha doin'?

   Next up was ladder golf. Evan, Emily and Harrison carried around the pieces and tried to fit them into the baskets. I'm pretty sure a few of the kiddos were slinging them like knujmchucks but what can you do? They were having fun and thank goodness, not hitting each other.

I think this can fit in here...

   Cousin Andrew got a little crazy when he was playing ladder golf and flung one up in the tree.

It's a good thing Uncle Matthew is ridiculously tall and has go go Gadget arms.

   After we were done throwing things, we headed to the shuffleboard court. Mainly because that's where the big kids were. Someone is trying very hard to be a big kid.

I can do it. 

   We took a break from playing to snap some pictures with some of our favorite people:

Cheese!!! Pictures with Uncle Bubby, Pop, Dad and one for GJ.

Pictures with Miss Peggy, Cousin Angela, Graham, Uncle Bubby and Uncle Charlie!

The party was lots of fun and wore one little guy out!

One more Ohio post... I can do it!

The laziest blogger of them all.

~Emily