Baseball Season

We've been knee deep in Baseball Season for 

some time, and the end is near. 

Tournaments started this week and my boys did fantastic 

at their first game. 

 The Hubby is again helping coach and it melts my heart

watching those two talk baseball.

 Bubba has pitched his share of games this year. 

What a difference a year makes! 

 At Wednesday's night game, he hit a double and triple. 

We are so proud of him. 

Win or lose. 

Good sportsmanship and attitude is what we are most proud of. 

 Bring me some Cracker Jack's.

10 Years...

How can time go so fast and yet feel like "just yesterday" at the same time?

As I look at photos of us from 19 years ago, I see how really young we were. 

At the same time, I can still remember the summer we met at band camp (oh yes we did)

and the nicknames we gave to each other as we became the best of friends. 

The long phone calls to each other as our friendship grew and the 

moment you asked me "so, do you want to be my girlfriend?"

Then I think of all of the memories we have made and 

it would be impossible to list all the adventures we have had. 

This day 10 years ago, was picture perfect. 

I remember white puffy clouds in the sky, perfect June temperatures and 

the anticipation of marrying my best friend. 

 We had the best wedding party.  

Goofy, fun and ready to party! 

 We have had our share of ups and downs the last 10 years as well, 

but I had you there to hold my hand and talk me through everything.  

You always made me feel better and knew just what to say. 

You loved me at my darkest time and when I wanted to push 

everyone away you held me close and didn't let me go.  

10 years later, our house is filled with laughter, Legos, princess shoes, 

barbies, more toys than we can count. 

It really is more than we could have ever dreamed. 

10 Years

522 Weeks

3652 Days

3 Miscarriages

4 Children

3 Cities

2 Houses

1000s of welcome home kisses

Only one first kiss

You were my first kiss 19 years ago.  

Who would have ever imagined those two young kids would 

grow up and become us?

I am more in love with you every day.  

Seeing you with our kids makes me so happy. 

I am the luckiest girl in the world to have found my 

"happily ever after."

To many more years. 

Because I love you

So our nontraditional Valentine's date was to...

No I couldn't get Nate to join me at a spa.  We went to a shooting range. 

Nate has been bugging me to go to the range with him to shoot his hand gun and

I have avoided it until now.  All the stars aligned with babysitter, early day because of Valentine's parties at school, and time. So I gave in and told him we could go as long as he takes me out to dinner afterwards.  Honestly I wanted to hate shooting the gun. 

The idea of a hand gun freaks me out. 

I have shot his shotgun before at clay targets and didn't do half bad, but the idea of a hand gun scares me.  He has coached me on how to handle it since we got it.  I've held it reluctantly and been told how to add the rounds, load the clip and put one in the chamber. 

But holding it loaded.... never had done that. 

I didn't like the idea of shooting at the targets that looked like people so we shot at the bullseye targets and targets that looked like a golf course. 

It made it more like a game and less like a deadly weapon. 

I expected to feel out of place at the shooting range. 

It isn't a place many go on Valentine's, right?

Wrong.  There were 3 couples there shooting together when we walked in. 

After a few coaching tips from Nate and a reminder not to close both eyes when I shoot, I was actually hitting the paper target.  My first 15 bullets hit the paper.  4 in the black!! 

Impressive showing first time around.  

The shots were so loud!  I wasn't ready for that.  I jumped every time the guy beside us shot his gun. 

Nate might have been a little embarrassed at my rookieness, but after a few rounds he changed his tune.

 {my Valentine}

I like to do new things, and this was definitely a new thing for me. 

 Check out my cool safety glasses and ear muffs.

We finished the night with a dinner at Symposium Cafe.  It was delicious.

It was nice to do something other than go Christmas shopping or a movie while we have a babysitter. 

Spending time with my hubby is the best and do you know how nice it was to have a conversation without an interruption? 

I hope you all found a way to celebrate that was as fun.