Daddy Daughter Dance Time!

I actually kinda love Daddy Daughter Dance night. Elaina begs to spend most of her time in her athletic wear so when the night comes for me to curl her hair and put her in a fancy-ish dress I get excited:) She was a little disappointed this year that she had to wear her boots. She wanted sparkly high tops but I just could not find any at a good enough price for me to consider buying for the occasion. I thought the boots were perfect with their embroidered flowers anyway! 

Let it be known that when her date came to pick her up he gave her a beautiful corsage hand crafted by yours truly. It's amazing what a very not crafty person can do after watching a couple you tube videos! 

This is pretty much my favorite picture:) Her face pretty much sums up how I feel when Bobby is taking me on a date!

Daddy and Daughter. Second annual dance in the books!

Fort Building

The weather has been pretty mild and the boys have taken advantage of it by hanging outside and building forts. Annie has enjoyed all of the outside play time too! 

I was super impressed by their work! 

What's crazy is that a few days after they built all of these, a huge flooding rain came through. The forts were halfway under water and when the flood receded they were still standing! That's some serious fort work! 

Party with Elaina

Kindergarten Christmas (or should I say "winter") party with Elaina:)

Indoor Soccer

Cade finished his first season of indoor soccer with several of his buds. It was a lot of fun and little commitment. My kind of off season sport! Good times! 

Last Year of Thirties

Happy 39th birthday, Bobby! A little lunch at Acapulco and a family dinner at home:)

Chicago

Bobby and I had a great weekend getaway to Chicago. We usually go in the summer time but this year his work related trip was in December. It was quite cold but we had a fun time doing ice skating while we were there. Well, I had a fun time...Bobby was all Mr. Gumby Ankles and could hardly stand on his skates. Yay for ONE thing I'm better at than Bobby:)

The Park Where Dreams Are Made

I'm not talking about Disney World. I'm talking about Cooperstown, NY where baseball players' dreams come true! Cade had the opportunity to travel to the park for the annual 12 year old tournament that is hosted for teams from all over the nation throughout the summer. Only Bobby and Cade made the trip because the thought of riding in a car for 18 hours with the rest of everyone else made me feel nauseated. It was some good father/son bonding! 

The MAD Mayhem

One of the big things to do was to collect pins from all of the teams represented. This is Cade and his teammate Blake looking through their wares.

All of the boys and coaches stayed together in dorm style housing. I'm pretty positive that this thrilled Bobby to no end.:)

Cade put the perfect swing on a pitch and rounded the bases for a homer. It was surely one that he'll never forget! 

Grandma and Grandpa made the trip too and they were there to see every swing and pitch. Talk about dedication! 

How cute is this shirt my mom found? I know she sported it proudly! 

There was a little down time too and Cade and Bobby and some of his teammates went to the Baseball Hall of Fame. There was a ton of really cool stuff to look at. I think Bobby was way more into it than Cade since he's had more time to fall in love with baseball and it's greatest players.

Overall the team did really well finishing out 19th of 104 teams. I consider that pretty remarkable. Most of all there were memories made to last a lifetime!