flower power...

it's that time of year when things are starting to bloom around our yard...



baseball heaven...

this weekend ryman, neil & i headed to long island, the land of baseball heaven with ryley's aau baseball team for a tournament...

 beautiful turf fields, gorgeous facilities and plenty of talent across the water in long island! 

 

 a taste of the big leagues in a complex like this...

and as if they didn't play enough baseball while we were there...

 driftwood baseball on the beach at the ferry port

that's how the monstah's roll!

 

h is for homerun...

coinsidently talen got this book yesterday...

sure enough as ryley stepped up for his first at bat of the game last night, 2 runners on, he poked one out over the fence in centerfield!

what a proud moment for us all!  dad was there on the field coaching to slap him five as he rounded 3rd base and headed for home plate where his team was there waiting for him...

and as he approached home plate i saw that this moment has been planned out for quite some time in this baseball crazed head of his, as his feet left the ground and he threw himself into a 360 spin with a perfect landing on home plate...

h sure is for homerun...a very exciting moment that he will talk about all day in school today to his friends, a moment that we will all remember the day he hit his 1st homerun out of the park!

a moment i know this proud batboy will be sharing with all of HIS friends tomorrow at school...

way to go ryman!



mumma's day...

hope all you mumma's had a fantastic day with your kiddos this weekend!

please mom!  near famous words to us moms.  i saw a sign in my mom's store a few weeks back that had these two simple words and i loved it.  simple true words.  i decided to make my own with martha stewarts crackling paint effect.  a perfect excercise going into mother's day and maybe a lil reminder to always use please as well while it is now a fixture on our kitchen counter :)

so very thankful for these boys of mine.  ryley, talen and blake thank you for all you do to make me the proudest mumma i can be.  you make me smile, you make me sad, you push my limits, you bring me pride.  all that you do makes me the mumma i am today.  a mumma of three boys is nothing but an adventure and it's a great ride! love you boys.

i was inspired by a card i saw and made handmade cards for our mom's this year...

 and came across a recipe for chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes for them...

we had a nice brunch with neil's mom our boys grammy & great grandma g as well as grampy, aunties & cousin ava

then we headed to see my mom our boys nunna, grampy and aunties...

 we spent some time at nunna's store because the doors were open and the gifts were selling...

 even though there was a 2 year old in a diaper sitting on the counter and perhaps a 4 year old swinging from the rafters...

 boys being boys on mumma's day!

happy mumma's day to all you proud & happy mummas!

me & my boys...