The boy is back on the mound and other happenings over the last week

J made it back on the mound last week and was as good as ever.

The Redbirds home opener was Friday night and we finally got to see the new video scoreboard that has been the talk of the town for a few months now, it is the biggest one in minor league baseball.

Dave Brown delivered the game ball via the Channel 5 chopper.

Rocky found some people not paying attention to the game and he didn't like it!

Saturday was full of J's baseball and just chilling at the house that night in preparation for Sunday. I had my video assessment for the Lieutenant's promotions and it lasted all day. I was stressed beyond belief but so glad to have it over with. Everything about the promotions are out of my hands now and I just pray that the sheriff promotes DESERVING candidates!

We cooked out some of the meat we brought back from Louisiana and it was so damn good. We picked up a cream cheese and jalapeno stuffed Cajun pork loin and about died when we tasted how good it was. Unfortunately, we only brought one home since we were buying from a new meat market and not sure if it was going to be any good. I can promise you that will be the last time we make that mistake!

Monday night, Kennon went to a business dinner/fundraiser that Matt puts on every year so that left J and I on our own after the baseball game so we did what we do very well.....we had dessert for dinner and prank called people on J's new phone while we stuffed our faces.
The rest of the week has been laid back! We didn't have any baseball last night or Tuesday night so we were able to relax with no schedules and even got to build a fire and have a few cocktails in the backyard last night :)

Another Louisiana Easter!

Last weekend was Easter and K and I headed "back home" to celebrate with his family but not before seeing J play an amazing baseball game!

This pic was taken after he hit 3 RBI's with bases loaded to bring his team back in the game with a 10-9 score. AND that was after 2 RBI's in the 1st and another one in the 2nd. That boy was on fire!

This was taken at the end of the game after he was given the game ball....it's hidden in his left hand, he wouldn't hold it up on display for the pic.
K and I headed south Friday morning. We made the drive fine and made our usual stop in Krotz Springs for boudin balls and cracklins and extra boudin balls to bring home for J since he didn't make the trip this year.

Dale and Ryan were gone to the camp fishing when we got there so it was just us and Betty. She made us some shrimp po' boys and then we headed over to Evangeline Downs to do a little gambling. We all left a little lighter than we came :(
Kyle and Kristina had a crawfish boil Saturday and they were huge and delish!

We ate and ate and ate!

We also had to take rides on the 4 wheeler,

make chicken deviled eggs,

pacque eggs,

and laugh at a bunch of ridiculousness!

We got up Sunday and went to Mass and then back to Dale and Betty's for some gumbo before we hit the road again.

Apparently Mom and Roy were feeling a little silly on Easter weekend too, hundreds of miles away!

Baseball, babies, boats and birthdays

Gotta catch up again! Baseball, babies, boats and birthdays are some of the things that have happened since the last post.

We have been enjoying a lot of baseball, a lot of J's and some of The University of Memphis' and ready to put some Redbirds action in there too.

Leslie and Josh's sweet baby Violet made her appearance and she is pretty much perfect!

Weezer's cancer spread to her brain and she got very, very sick and was hospitalized for a while but was able to miraculously rally and still make her cruise vacation that Melanie booked in January!!! She even felt good enough to rub on some young man :()

We celebrated Jessica's birthday.

Kennon made his way to St. Petersburg for work and enjoyed some stone crab and Indy car races while he was there.

And this past weekend we had a few activities other than baseball. Marcy was house sitting at Clerissa's so we hung out there and played, cooked, watched the Final Four games, tried to wear the dogs out, walked a frog on a leash and hula hooped!

Waffles, fires, birthdays, Tigers and standing brooms

I have a lot of catching up to do, almost 2 weeks worth. The highlights of the past 2 weekends and some of the work week have included:

Finally finding out what all the Lenten Series Waffle Shop hype is about! These waffles were GOOD and so was the sausage. I wasn't all that crazy about the chicken hash though. Their version is more like chicken and gravy, I was expecting something like corned beef hash but with chicken. I didn't let it upset me too much though because everything else was perfection :) and I'm not even a big breakfast sausage fan.

The past 2 weekends have included sitting around the fire and cooking meat outside. Definitely a favorite past time.

The Tigers won the Conference USA championship title and we were there to see it. It was a great game, the smoked Marshall.

We celebrated Heather's birthday with dinner at Abuelo's and I got to spend some time with Brendi too!!! She was in town for her uncle's funeral and I loved getting to catch up with her and introduce her to my buddies.

There was also some weird thing going on with the alignment of the earth and the planets that was causing a weird gravitational pull thing and you could get things to stand up on their own. This was one of the times we were playing around with it. J went really crazy with it and became a little obsessed; it was really cool.

And of course, during all of this, Taco found some time to be lazy!

Great weekend; so much better than the last one!

I was all alone last weekend (K was rabbit hunting and J was with his dad) and it was a good time to relax and do whatever I wanted to do! The weekend kicked off with a few beers and a sushi dinner at Rain with Mel and Chuck.

After dinner, I chilled on my fantastic couch and caught up on all the Ellen shows I recorded earlier in the week.

I started Saturday off with a 30 minute sesh on the arc trainer and a pilates class, then headed to Costco to make the best purchase of my life (Bodymedia band) and pick up a few items for Marcy's birthday party and threw in a little clothes shopping after that. I made it home in time to grab a quick bite to eat, mess around with my bodymedia band and get ready for church. After church I went to Clerissa's for Marcy's 40th Birthday Party and Crawfish Boil.

After hanging out with my high school buddies and eating my weight in crawfish and beef tenderloin and shrimp and grits, I had to jet to Arlington for another birthday party (Amy Wolfe's) and game night at Jess and Jud's.

We played Would You Rather and one of Stephanie's challenges was to sit in the lap of the player to your right, facing them, for a whole round. It was lovely! The night turned into a late one and I was very glad I made the decision to go to Saturday night church since it gave me the chance to sleep very late Sunday morning :) I finally quit lounging around 11:00 and got to work cleaning the house. I so love a clean, clutter free house. K got home Sunday afternoon, we took a nap and then I hit the greenline on the bike to see how really great my Bodymedia Band worked. Unfortunately my calorie burn estimator that I use to way overestimates the calories I burn during exercise :( But at least I know now and will not have to be wondering why in the hell the pounds aren't falling off of me!

The night and weekend ended after J got home from his dad's with dinner at Swanky's :) The end of a wonderful weekend was met with an incredibly shitty Monday after I had a wreck because of a stupid bush in the middle of the intersection where I was trying to make a left turn!!!!

Thanks a lot stupid neighborhood beautification project by Central Gardens! Monday night consisted of baseball and stocking up at the grocery store for the week. Tuesday was better with some wonderful weather and a spaghetti family dinner and Mom and Roy's.