Mother's Day Weekend...

We have had a busy but fun Mother's Day Weekend. Thursday evening we went to the Orpheum for Fiddler on the Roof. We were able to watch Topel in his farewell tour. The show was wonderful!

Friday we headed to Jackson. Charles's mom was visiting his brother and his family, so able to spend part of Mother's Day weekend with her. Both boys had a baseball game Friday evening, so we went straight to the ball field. Tatum and Tyler were playing on adjacent fields, so we were able to watch a little of both games. They both did a great job, and we had fun watching both games.

Tatum's game was really fun to watch because he plays with the 5 and 6 year olds. They were all so cute!

We were behind the dugout, so we were able to hear all the funny things they were telling each other between innings!

We were able to watch Tatum bat once...They got three chances to hit a coach pitched ball and then were given a chance with the tee. Tatum hit the pitched ball and made it on base...
He did a great job!

There were several girls playing on his team, and some of them had pink helmets, shoe laces, and/or gloves, but I thought this little girl with her pink helmet with pink bow sticking out was just too cute!!

We walked back and forth between Tatum and Tyler's games. Tyler did a great job too! We were able to watch him bat a couple of times...

We were able to watch him throughout the game as catcher...and during part of the last inning as pitcher...Although his team lost the game, he still played well!

After the games, we went to Matt, LeAnna and Patrick's house. Patrick was still awake, so we were able to play with him for a little while and get lots of tickles from him!

Saturday, we woke up to the sweetest wake-up call from Patrick. Matt, Charles and Patrick went to get doughnuts. On the ride back to the house, Charles was holding the doughnuts and Patrick said "Maybe I can have one of those?" After finishing the first doughnut hole he said, "All done. Can I have another?" He said the funniest and cutest things during our entire visit!

After a yummy breakfast of doughnuts and chocolate milk we all went outside so that Patrick could show us his fun swing set. After showing us the clubhouse underneath... Patrick climbed up to the tower...
He then slid down the slide. However, before sliding, he pointed to Charles exactly where he was supposed to stand to catch him!After Charles got in the right place, Patrick slid down the slide fast...
After a few more slides, it was time to play chase...
and then Hide and Seek. Patrick was so funny at that game. After Charles counted and started searching for him by asking, "Where's Patrick?", Patrick would yell, "Here I am!" After a few rounds of Hide and Seek, it was time for tee ball...
After a few hits off the tee, Charles pitched a few balls to Patrick...I don't know whether Charles or Patrick had more fun!It was a pretty day, so already hot and muggy in the morning, so we all went in to cool down. Patrick then opened his belated birthday gift which included bubbles, so, of course, we all had to go back outside so that we could blow bubbles!We had lots of fun with the bubbles!Mosley, their dog had a fun time chasing the bubbles which Patrick found to be hilarious!

After a while we went back inside. All the morning's fun had worn out Patrick and Charles!

We then headed to Doug and Leslie's for a lunch cookout and to spend some time with Charles's mom. Two of Tyler and Tatum's cousins were at the cookout too. Charles and I had a really good visit with everyone and had lots of fun playing everything from basketball to badminton with all the kids!

We then met Matt, LeAnna, Patrick and Malcolm - Matt's brother for a delicious and fun dinner at Ichiban. It had a little coy fish pond out front which Patrick really enjoyed!

We sat at a table with two other children in addition to Patrick, and our hibachi chef was really good and playful, so it was lots of fun to watch all the kids reactions to everything!

We had a great time in Jackson.

Coming home, we ran into some scary weather, but thankfully, we made it home safely.

Today, Mama came up, and she and I had a girls only lunch to celebrate Mother's Day. We had a good lunch and a great visit!

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother's Day!