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!