I am one lucky girl!!!

We didnt get to go to the beach last year bc of baseball and this year world series was supposed to be at the beach and that fell through. I was definetly down in the dumps about it. Well, I guess I pouted around enough about it that Craig took notice :0) Our 14th year anniversary is next week and Craig suprised me with a trip for JT and I to go to the beach. I cried bc I didnt want to go without the whole family. He told me he knew how bad Ive been wanting to go and he cant go bc of football and he wants us to go and RELAX and enjoy our time so he is also keeping Pate. I have major guilt about that but I know he is right. She would NOT do well in the car for that long with just one adult in the car, the trips back and forth off the beach for "potty breaks" and the middle of the day naps would be hard with just me. SO, I am going to take this as a GREAT and once in a lifetime opportunity to spend time with just Jonesy and I. It is very rare these days that we get one on one time. We will also have some friends that will be down there the same time that have a boy JTs age so he will have someone to hang out with. I on the other hand will be on the beach from sun up to sun down everyday and soaking all the relaxation in I can. I am definetly not lookig forward to the drive but I am going to cherish every minute with Jonesy. He will be missing first week of fasdogs again this year (which hes not too upset about) but will be back at it strong when we get back!!I am blessed to have a husband that is so sweet, kind and selfless to be SO thoughtful to do this. I am one LUCKY girl!! Love you honey!!

4th of July 2012

The Day started out with the Freedom Fest 5k in Greenwood. I placed 1st in my age group and had a PR for this course of 23:36. We had lunch at B's and then watched fireworks with some friends that were in town staying with us. It was a great day!

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This year JT's world series is in Irving, TX. We started out strong and kinda lost our groove for a few days and played awesome and won again today. We have one more game to go. JT has had a great tournament. He hit the game winning hit on game 3. He also caught probably one of the best games yet yesterday. We are very proud of how much he has improved this year!! We have had a great time with all the kids and families. Its great that we all get along and enjoy doing things together. We've been to a Ranger game, water park, lazer tag, horse races, and SHOPPED! I have to be honest and say that I may have bought everything in the Under Armour outlet. Im ashamed to say Ive been 5 times this week and spent WAY to much every time I went. I just cant pass up the deals they had. It didnt help that the Grapevine outlet mall was one exit away from the hotel. :0/ Good thing is, the kids are set for school!! Ive been able to run almost every day since Ive been here, although its very flat here so that didnt help with the training for the race on Wed. HILLS!! Oh well, back at the hills on Sunday. Here are a few of the pics from a night out at "Dick's Last Resort" resturant! We had the BEST time. Laughed so hard my stomach hurt.

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Slow down!!!

This summer is flying by. I am thankful that it is longer than last year it just never seems long enough. We have had a busy, FUN summer! JT's baseball is in full force. We leave Friday for a week in Dallas for world series and then they are done!! We have the whole month of July to relax and be on no schedule!! Swim when we want and not have to worry about being to tired for game or practice. JT will start fasdogs when we get back but other than that no definite plans!! I love it!!! For a couple of years now Craig and JT have been talking about starting their "major league tour of the 30 ball parks". Well this year they finally started. Last week we went to Kansas City, ST. Louis, and Chicago. They had such a great time!! Pate and I went along but we passed on the games (we get enough of that at home :0)). We shopped and played and swam and went to a children's museum. Chicago was by far my favorite place. I love the fast paced life they live. There was so much we didn't get to see. I told Craig we are for sure going back (adult trip)! I literally could ride the train all day just to people watch! I loved it!! So the boys have now been to 4 of the 30 ballparks. Hopefully we can get in 3 a year! Next year will definetly be in "beach territory" for pate and I!! I have lots of pics but no time now to post. I will do that later. Slow down summer, I have so much more I want to do!!!!

It came down as fast as it went up!!

Well our house is off the market. I know, 2 months is all we gave it. It wasn't that we were impatient it was that it just didn't feel right. We looked at alot of houses before we put ours up and there was one house we fell in love with that we would sell our house for. Well, about 3 weeks ago it sold :0(. I know it obviously wasn't meant to be but it really made me think hard about selling ours. It just didn't feel right anymore. Any time I thought about it I got sad. We love it here, we love our neighborhood, it was just a convienece thing for Craig. When we sell I want to be 100% and at this point we are not. So, for now we are staying put and I am very happy and sure about our decision! Now.... To put a pool in :0)

OUR HOUSE IS FOR SALE!!

Craig and I have talked many times about putting our house up for sale over the last year. I have prayed about it and we finally decided to give it a try. With Craig doing football now on top of baseball he is never home. We are also in Fort Smith literally every night of the week. Its really wearing on us. We LOVE our house and our neigborhood but at this point we need more convienence. The only thing we do in Greenwood is my job. We found a house we love that is much closer to Fort Smith and would be a great half way compromise for Craig and I both. Plus the late night games and practices wouldnt be "so late" if we got a little closer. The good thing about it all is we dont HAVE to move. I would be perfectly ok if the house didnt sell. As I said we love it here so if its meant to be it will be. I am definetly not going to lose sleep over it. Since putting our house up for sale we have done a few repairs and updates to help with the sale. Now that they have been done I second guess everyday if we should just take the sign down. I LOVE the things that have been done. Some of the things we have done is update both bathrooms and kitchen. New granite tops throughout the house and all cabinets restained. Its like a new house to me. Here are a few of the before and after pics.