Is this baseball season or football season?

We had an awesome weekend and got a great surprise! Bradley and Brennan both had ballgames on Saturday. We knew it was going to be a cold day with temps in the 40's but winds blowing about 20 mph. As Gary and I got situated on the bleachers, we saw Gary's parents and brother's family getting out of the car! Kevin and Angie had come up from Arkansas for the weekend, but they surprised us by coming all the way up to Carlisle for the boys' games! Being from Arkansas, I don't think they were prepared for this Iowa cold. Gary had to make an emergency trip home for blankets, jackets, sweatshirts, etc. It was so cold at Bren's game, nobody dared move from under our many layers, but by Bradley's game it warmed up just a bit, and the kids ran around some. This was Bren's first game since all of his other ones had been rained out. He got on base every time, but the game ended in a tie. Bradley's team won 7-1.
He wasn't pitching today
since he'd just pitched Friday night.
He did go 2-3 with a nice double

and made the last out of the game, so I'm glad both

of the kids had good games for Grandma, Grandpa, and cousins. After we thawed out, we ordered pizza for supper and just enjoyed catching up and chatting. They didn't leave until about 9:30 or so. It was such a fun day together! It makes us look forward to our Florida vacation in just a few short months!

Sunday was busy as well. Church in the morning, Bren had a make-up baseball game, but I had to miss that to take Bradley to a meeting about his tournament ball team. Then Gary had to hand out umpire money, we headed back to church for evening groups and stayed afterwards for the auction for the youth group to raise money for their mission trip this summer. We didn't get home until about 10 so it was late to bed for the kids. Last week Gary and Bradley both had colds, and Gary, in his generous way, passed that on to me. This is the third time this winter I've been sick! Bren also is struggling with it, so he had a rough night. He is just like me in that we both hate having our nose plugged up. So he was awake most of the night fussing and crying and frustrated, which means I was awake most of the night frustrated as well. We vicked, Little Nose sprayed, medicined, and did everything we could to help him breathe better, but it wasn't very successful. So he slept in this morning and I took him to school late. I am dragging today, trying not to waste the whole day away, but I know there will definitely be a nap in order!

Planning on posting some recent layouts soon. I worked a little more on the recipe album this weekend, so it's almost finished up as well. Later!