Thursday, June 28, 2012

Gehrig's Birthday Fun

To celebrate Gehrig's birthday (which I realize was over a month ago...I only catch up to get behind again!), he wanted to have his buddies over to play some football.  Super low-key and lots of fun!

Getting everybody's flags on...


All the boys hopped in with B to ride to the field down the street.


Super sweet and silly crew :)




Let the games begin!





They were so fast!




Jen stayed to help and keep me company :)


Sisters were there too :)



Never a dull moment with her silliness!


Jen and Greer played and raced while the rest played football...




About a month later, Greer told me, "Be-member that day we played football in the field and Mrs. Rucker was there?  She told me she loved me."  Melt. My. Heart.  Thanks for making such a loving impression on my daughter's heart, Jen!

And climbing in for the ride back!



This may have been their favorite part!


Transferring the playtime to our backyard...





And the grill master and proud dada...love :)



Yum!


Sorry for the sideways pic...Gehr doesn't like cake, so we did a cookie cake for dessert.



And some fun gifts!



Gentry spent the night and helped Gehr with his new legos...they did a great job!




And she wanted to pose for a pic too...couldn't resist.


Sign of a fun time...a rare nap for our getting-bigger-by-the-second sweet boy.  More about him and his new digits soon...

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Gehrig's Baseball Season

Gehrig played machine pitch little league for the first time this year.  Although completely random, he ended up with a great group of coaches and talented team.  He started off a little slow hitting the pitching machine, but ended up doing really well, both behind the plate and defensively.

Warming up and wearing Daddy's #17...








Gehrig's fans :)




At the plate!


Recapping after a game...


Their team only lost 1 game during the regular season and ended up winning through the playoffs too.  Sweet buddy, Gentry, came to watch Gehr play in the championship game!


Batter up!



Playing third base...


Two down!


Making a play...



Cheering for her big bro :)



They did it!  Played great and won the machine pitch championship!




Great coach!



Yay Astros!


Gentry got to spend the night and celebrate after the game with us at Chickfila and Yoyo.  So fun!



Team party :)



Such a fun season and very proud of how Gehr improved and played hard.  It definitely felt like the first year that they were really starting to understand the game and playing their positions, etc.  But also nice that it isn't quite at the level that it takes over our lives and schedule.  Wishing it could stay just like this! :)