t-ball practice in the yard.

first off - gray's new thing is legos and look who received an awesome pair of lego crocs in the mail from grandma millie :)

he was thrilled.

he put them on right away and rocked those babies for the rest of the day.

 t-ball has begun.

remember this post where gray tried on his super cool uniform?

i may have said it last year too, but i can't believe the uniforms they get.

we wore our own shorts and then got cheap t-shirts to wear with our sponsors business on the front.

apparently now they are supposed to look just like the major leaguers.

 

anyway, t-ball has been on the mind of this little one.

he requested we all go outside and practice, so we did.

and practice is needed.

you can see the improvements from last year, but we still have a ways to go.

we really need to work on his throwing form :)

 of course, the daddy needs to step in and show everyone how it's done.



 i also stepped in to show off my skills, but i chose to not have my picture taken.

let me tell you though, i hit it the farthest.

 

abby singer has major separation anxiety and i mean major.

she can't stand being alone.

so, of course, she was a part of t-ball practice in the yard.



mullet toss - behind the scenes.

we just finished a commercial (or rather 3 commercials) for the mullet toss at the flora-bama. 

the mullet toss is a BIG event down here at the beach...it involves throwing a dead fish over the inter-state line of alabama and florida. 

sounds exciting, huh?

well, it's considered to be the largest beach party on the gulf.

a lot of people show up, they drink, they dress silly/outrageous or wear basically nothing, and then they see who can throw their mullet the farthest.

and it lasts for three days.

anyway, dusty was hired to write, produce, direct, and edit together commercials for the event.

in addition to helping in any way i could, i was also the set photographer.

over on our photography blog, i posted 'behind the scene' photos from the shoot.

and also over there, you can check out the final product on the commercials!

arts and crafts + picnic + waterfront park = fun times

well, the park was calling our name on saturday.

so, we put on our swimsuits, packed a load of arts and crafts that we received from millie for easter, a couple of towels, picked up fast food, and headed to the waterfront park.

 

and boy, did we have fun.

gray kept saying things like:

'aren't picnics fun?!'

 'can we do this more often?'

'drawing and coloring is so fun during a picnic!'

'maybe we could do this everyday?'

 dusty and i may have even had as much fun as gray.

 

 after completing many pieces of art, we headed to the water.

i photographed while the boys had fun :)

well, i suppose i had fun while i photographed and how cool is it that we will have these pictures to cherish forever?

 cameras rock.

 and then gray spotted a friend.

his name was carter and he sure was sweet.

they played together for a while and the grown-ups visited - fun for everyone!

when we got home, we bathed and then set up for a bed party.

bed parties consist of the air mattress in the living room, every single pillow and blanket we have in the house, cuddle time, popcorn, and a movie.

gray loves bed parties.

if it were up to him, we would have one every night.

we've compromised and have them every weekend.

 

also, side note, gray has a new interest in watching baseball on tv.

this is huge.

up until now, he has shown zero interest in sports (besides playing t-ball).

he has plenty of questions during the games and dusty is eating it up :)

 

have a great weekend!



easter celebration.

we celebrated easter with millie (dusty's mom) on the friday before easter sunday.

 

we had told millie to come over at 3:00, but we couldn't contain our excitement, so we called her at 9:00 a.m. and asked her to head on over.

 

and then we headed to the beach.

the water was chilly...gray didn't make it in much farther than this, but boy was he ready with those googles, and that lifejacket and board.

 

after the beach, we went home, put on our pj's, and waited for dusty to get home from work.

 window clings compliments of grandma millie.

i loved those things growing up.

we tried to keep ourselves busy while waiting for dusty...

...gray put some new rides together.

 

and then finally, daddy arrived home...

 with gray's new t-ball uniform in tow.

 talk about excitement :)

time for presents!

 grandma spoiled us all once again...lucky ducks.

 sometimes, dusty likes to pose for the camera...

we received lots of art supplies...fun!

dusty and gray got right to it and started drawing...

 we really had a nice easter celebration.

thank you again to millie for all of your thoughtful gifts and for spending the day with us...we enjoyed having you!