4 Busy Whites

Well, our girls called it a day after a horrific loss on Saturday to San Clemente (9 to 0)! This loss marked the end of the road for us in this State Tournament. A bit of a sad note to end on as we all go our separate ways now. Our tenderhearted Chelcie (and even Doug and I)got a bit teary eyed as we said good bye to many families that we have grown so fond of over these many years. Chelcie has played on this All Star Team along with 4 other girls since they were 8. Now they will end this chapter of their lives. Some will head on to high school ball at different schools while others will develop different passions. This was a great season of some amazing softball and we are so proud of these girls for making it all the way to STATE!!!

What a weekend of softball! Friday we beat Realto 17 - 2, Saturday we beat East Vale 13 - 6 and then lost to Lake Elsinore 4 - 3. It was fun having Grammy, GG Lois, Lolo & Nick there to cheer! Sunday was a LONG day: 9:00 a.m. game against East Vale, we beat 'em then turned right around to play Lake Elsinore and beat 'em. This was a double elimination tournament and Lake Elsinore had only lost once so we had to turn around and play them again for the Championship. We were down 8 - 1 in the bottom of the last inning, our girls come back to score 6 runs. The score is 8 - 7 and we lose....sad day but our girls took 2nd place and qualified for the Jr. Oylmpic State Softball Tournament! We head out to Lancaster next weekend. Great job girls!

On Saturday morning we headed to Hemet to visit my Grandparents on our way to Chelcie's tournament. We don't get to see them very often and it was great to just call them and stop in for breakfast. The girls love to make biscuits with my Grandpa and they are delicious!

Madison was so excited to receive a birthday package in the mail from Aunt Dawn and Uncle Terry. Each year they get her a figurine with her age on it (sorry, no pic...) and this year Dawn made her this adorable blanket! Mind you it's 110 out but Madison takes that blanket everywhere! She just loves it.

Chelcie's birthday gift to Madison was a trip to the Salon for a pedicure! Chelcie got one too with a left over gift certificate from her birthday. They had a good time while mom played photographer.

Madison had 4 friends over for a bit of a birthday celebration sleep over. After pizza, we headed to Papa & Lolo's for some fun swimming time. Then we headed back to our house. We had a fun activity for the girls: each girl had a large piece of paper to cut out and decorate as a dress. Once they were all finished, they came out one by one for a "fashion show". The girls had some real cute "dresses" to show off and had fun. Afterward, they all watched "Camp Rock" with the beloved Jonas Brothers! That lasted until about 1:30 a.m. and then I heard them again around 4:30 a.m. and told them to get to bed! Rumor has it 2 of them (including Madison) made it to about 5:30 in the morning....they pulled an all nighter she tells me! Fun times.

Madison and I headed to the Orange County Performing Arts Center to go to the stage production of High School Musical. I surprised her with an early birthday present! We had a great time going with friends. We headed to Claim Jumper for dinner and they even treated Madison to a piece of mud pie and singing Happy Birthday. She was so happy to have some of her friends there too (3 "Madisons" and a Miley)! The production was amazing and one of the best stage productions I have ever seen. The atmosphere was so fun with lots of the audience singing and clapping along to the songs that we (yes, even us moms) know and love! Afterward, since we were with seasoned theatre goers, we headed to the stage door to meet the actors as they left. We got a couple of pics of the "Gabriella" and "Ryan" characters. Rumor had it that "Troy" headed out early and was already gone! Madison had a great time and loved every minute of it!

WOW ... Summer Spectacular, our anniversary, Temecula Tournament, church, High School Musical.....I am exhausted!

Last weekend (June 14/15)we headed to Beaumont for the annual "Father's Day Tournament". Last year, our girls actually won this tournament so they were returning as the reigning champions. They certainly rallied in this tournament but with single elimination being the name of the game, we headed home Saturday evening after playing 3 games. Chelcie hit a 2 run home run and that was so exciting!

This weekend (June 21/22) we headed to Temecula (at 5:30 a.m. mind you!) and watched our girls play 3 amazing games! They won the first 2 games and lost the final game Saturday evening by a run after being tied up. It was so exciting! Chelcie was surprised to have her coach have her play 2nd base all 3 games. She did a great job! She had the play of the game at one point when she just about did the splits to make grab a crazy grounder and then lobbed the ball to 2nd base (being covered by the short stop) for the out! YOU GO GIRL!!!! Sad to say mom, dad and Madison all missed it....mom and Madison headed to the restroom and dad was at the car getting water bottles. Chelcie questioned the love and support until I reminded her that there are not many people that I would get up at 4:20 in the morning for! Love ya slugger!

Today marks the end of an exhausting but wonderful week! Here are a few pics from the last day....including Nick's head: which he used to collect autographs...funny stuff!