Spring Sports 2012

This spring, we had 3 kids playing sports, making for a very busy and fun-filled couple of months!
Little E played soccer for the first time and was dubbed as the "speedy-gonzalez" of the team!  He is 5 and was playing up on the 6-7 year old team to play with a buddy, but he held his own on almost every level!  His only handicap was his asthma that gave him fits when running for too long, but we were so thankful that he was able to run as much as he did!  Especially from the boy who claims to be "allergic to running" as a result of so many asthma attacks when he runs! Though his team never won a game, they played their little hearts out and had fun doing it!

CR played his 3rd season of baseball (though Fall Ball didn't really count since he missed all but the last few games from his bout with Kawasaki Disease).  He ended the season with the second highest batting average on the team and was one of the youngest on the team!  He started out playing 3rd and pitcher and ended the season playing second base, which is his best position, in my opinion!

Hambone played her second season of softball and really started to come alive on the field this year!  She played pitcher and short stop and plays with such intensity that all you can do as a parent is smile!  She ended the season playing in he 8U championship game and made 2 home runs, her first ever! She was proud, we were proud and she came away with the game ball! 

Hambone and her sweet friend, MoMo, enjoying some icecream after a win!

Hambone and her coaches, Coach Trey and Coach Justin, after their championship win!

Hambone's first homerun of the season (Championship game)

Hambone's 2nd homerun of the season (Championship game)

A Few Days of Rest

Robbie and I were invited to go to Cabo, Mexico with a friend who owns a house down there. Though our stay would be free, we still would have to pay for the flight which proved to be way out of our budget! We played with the idea off and on, and Robbie continually checked flight prices, but we just didn't think we could justify the price! Literally 3 days before we were supposed to leave, Robbie was checking flights again, just for fun, and noticed a large drop in the ticket prices! He really needed a get away after a stressful end to the school year, so we made the very last minute decision to go! My sweet sis kept three of my kids (W, Little E, and MV) while my amazing in-loves kept CR and Hambone!

We landed in Cabo with a five days of perfect 85 degree weather!  The first house we stayed in was in La Palmilla and was a house our friend was looking to purchase.  It was beautiful!  He had a chef there to prepare our meals, which was by far one of my favorite parts about our trip!

 

 

This is the beach at La Palmilla

 

Poor Reggie knew i love water and made sure to take us to the best beaches!  This was Santa Maria Beach where all the snorkel boats come.  It had beautiful green and blue clear water that I couldn't resist!  Probably my favorite beach!

 

Dinner our was always a treat!  This was at Edith's where every dish was absolutely fabulous!  And the service was superb!

 

 Our last day, Reggie took us north a little to a small surfing resort called Cerritos.  Kim and I took surf lessons and had a blast!  The men sat on the beach and took some pictures while getting a good laugh at us!

 

And this was our view for the final 2 nights of our stay.  A roof top pool overlooking the Pacific!  We even got to see whales splashing around out there!

I sure hope it doesn't take another 12 years for us to take a R&R trip alone!  It was worth every bit of effort!