A New Camera!

We have a new digital camera and we are thrilled thus far. We still lack a lot of education but we are excited, nonetheless! Shannon discovered this tree frog out on our deck this weekend and she got a couple shots of it.





Guess what Casey did with the camera at our first outing? Evidently Casey didn't have the strap on correctly and the camera did a "lens plant" into the dirt out at North Springs Park. Boy, did I feel like a doofus, not to mention the ice cold treatment I received from Shannon and the "oh nos" from the onlookers. Not a pretty sight it seems to working just fine.

A couple notes about the pictures:

• My goodness, Caroline is going to be a hottie!
• Caption this photo: Foster: "Oh ****"; Caroline: *evil laugh*
• Dixie on duty
• Aforementioned tree frog
• Picture of some annuals I planted, of course, I can't remember the names of them...btw, I despise planting annuals...*hint* don't ever think you're doing me a favor by giving me a flat of annuals to plant...a favor would be giving me a flat of annuals and planting them for me

Seven Oaks All Star Season is Concluded

The All Star experience was a good one. The boys did not play up to their potential but we only had 1 returning all star from the previous year if memory serves me correctly along with 5 9 yr olds and 1 8 yr old (Tyler). The guys gained a lot of experience and should be able to hang in there a little better next year. That's the plan anyway. Many thanks are in order to his coaches, Byron, Todd, George and Tex.
These pictures aren't necessarily in chronological order but it is what it is. Here is Tyler on 2nd base. He reached on a fielder's choice. He did advance the runner to third on his ground out. "Move 'em over and get 'em in". For you hardball junkies, you know what I'm talking about.








You now see Tyler fouling off a pitch...it's either that or he's going to need some glasses soon because that swing would be a foot away from the bat!










Look at that stance...have a little tweeking to do and some offseason winter strength conditioning to do. He has two more years in this league...LOOK OUT.

Seven Oaks All Stars at the Columbia Blowfish game

OK, we took the whole All Star team out to the Columbia Blowfish ballgame tonight. Prior to the game the guys got to play catch with the Blowfish players and they also stayed on the field for the National Anthem. We have a very well mannered group of young men and they didn't disappoint tonight. I look forward to them playing in their tournament this coming Monday. After the guys seemed to get a little restless, they turned to Foster for entertainment. You'll see some pictures of him having a great tme.