Last week was Memorial Day! Our church has a ballgame and barbecue at a nearby park, which we always look forward to each year!
We started off the morning, as usual, with a good old game of softball! I usually play, but this year, I was assigned, "Child Care and Cheering!" (Mama needed to do some last minute thing for the barbecue and had left.)It was fun to watch as different people stepped up to the plate, waited, swung the bat, whacked the ball and ran for dear life! I was especially excited and cheered louder as Nathanael, our 6 year-old, stepped up to the plate with a huge smile and tried his first attempts at softball! He did a good job and although he didn't even make it to first base, his smile never faded! The game lasted for about two hours and the little ones, which had been in the stroller were tired of watching. So off we headed, our destination was.......
brothers watching the game.....Joshua decided here, to give his brother a hug!
....the PLAYGROUND! On the way, we saw a white, 15-passenger van pull into the parking lot. There was Mama, who received a few waves and smiles!
We met a crowd of happy and excited children as we reached the playground. The boys, Natey and Joshy were squirming in their seats as I unbuckled them from the stroller! I had to keep on my feet and watch, as they went running from slide to slide and swing to swing! Mama came over and told me I was now "off Duty" and could go join the other young ladies.
We met a crowd of happy and excited children as we reached the playground. The boys, Natey and Joshy were squirming in their seats as I unbuckled them from the stroller! I had to keep on my feet and watch, as they went running from slide to slide and swing to swing! Mama came over and told me I was now "off Duty" and could go join the other young ladies.
Enjoying a double swing......
I found some of them at a game of Frisbee and did not need a second invitation! I readily agreed, to those who called me to join!
Fun games always fly by and soon we decided to head over to the barbecue to eat something!
Our cooks.....somewhat.
Lunch Line....
Lunch was delicious and everyone was soon done! We girls, decided to play "Telephone"
since we were all siting side by side! We enjoyed qutie a few rounds and a few went off to skate while others, to play tennis. The rest of the afternoon was spent playing frisbee, attempting, on my part, to play tennis, and watching the the guys and one of the girls, playing basketball.
Overall the day was long and hot, but it was a very good day! Praise the Lord for such memories!
Right now we are trying to fix up our house a bit as it needs paint! Mama and Ryan have been working very hard to paint the bathrooom and put up new border paper. First they had to remove the old border paper and wipe the walls. Now thay are painting.....
The old color...
Ryan and Mama applying new paint..
5 comments:
Thanks for updating, Ashley! This was a fun post to read. :-) I hope all is going well with painting your bathroom. It's so much fun to re-do things and see the nice result! :-)
Ashley Marie, it sounded like a wonderful Memorial Day! I wish I could have been there.
I hope your painting job gets finished sooner that our have been...=) The new paint looks nice. I want to do our bathroom with a pale tan and stipple it with gold, then trace pale green and brown fern leaves.
Have a blessed day!
It's great that you managed to sneak in a post about Memorial Day. :) Fun times. We've had a lot on our plate lately, so that was a great day to just relax and have fun and get sunburned. :)
Oh, what color are you painting the walls, white or green? I can't really tell.
Fun post!
I love the picture of you two little brothers, it's so precious. It appears that you all had a lot of fun!
It looks like you have had some fun times recently, Ashley! :) I really liked the photo of your two little brothers hugging . . . very sweet!
How exciting about the painting! It is amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do to a room. :)
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