A Perfect Game

I couldn't miss the opportunity to document that Miles had a perfect game last week. I don't know if it's technically considered a perfect game when you don't complete it, but he pitched 5 innings and was perfect. No walks, no hits, no hit by pitches, and 8 strike outs. 

He wanted the opportunity to start a varsity game all last season and never got it. It was an awesome night watching him seize his moment. I'm so thankful the four of us, along with Granny & Pa, were there to watch him.

Aruba

Darrin and I had the privilege of going to Aruba with his company recently.

I didn't know much about Aruba until we went, but it's probably my favorite Caribbean island now. It's known as the happy island and the people there really are happy. We had a tour guide one day that said on the island if they don't get to something one day they will try to do it the next. If they don't get to it that day they probably won't do it because it didn't matter that much anyway. It made me want to move there!

We had three full days. The first day we went deep sea fishing. That was not my favorite! It was so rough. We rode around for 4 hours on insanely rough waters and only caught one fish. 

Thankfully neither of us got sick. Others on our boat weren't so lucky. The views were pretty though.

The second day we did a UTV excursion. We had heard about this before we went and it lived up to the hype.

We rode through the desert, the town, by the beach, and through very crazy terrain. 

Aruba is also the windiest place I've ever been! It's nice because it's not hot because the breeze but after this day and the deep sea fishing day, I didn't think I was going to be able to get a brush through my hair.

One side of the island is desert and rough waters that you can't swim in. The other side is beautiful beaches and calm waters. 

We had stops along the UTV tours. Local beer for Darrin and gelato for me.

I think I got to drive on the best stretch of the tour.

It was a flat desert that I could open it up and fly.

There was lots of beach time with Darrin's customers. I loved getting to meet them and their wives. It was such a fun time and I can't wait to travel with them again. His company does these trips every 18ish months.

The last day we explored the city. It's definitely the safest I have ever felt on a Caribbean island. We didn't have to stay on the resort. You could take taxis anywhere. Their industry is 100% from tourism, so they pride themselves on friendliness and service. 

We wandered into a local place for lunch and I'm still thinking about this shrimp. I'm going to try to recreate it soon. 

There was a farewell dinner on the last night. We enjoyed hanging out with everyone one last time. 

We talked for so long they turned out the lights and we shut the place down. It was the perfect ending to a great week. Lots of laughs.

Aruba is on my radar now. I'd love the opportunity to take the boys back some time. Another fun fact about Aruba is it's not in the hurricane path and they get very little rain every year. Until next time Aruba!

Weekend Wrap Up

Friday night was another game for Miles. It was a beautiful night considering it's March. Every game you get that isn't freezing this time of year is a gift.

Unfortunately, we lost pretty big. We have a young team, so this season should be an adventure. They have plenty of talent, but it will still be interesting to see how it goes.

Happy to have this group together. A night spent with friends at the ballpark is a good one in my book. I looked forward all week to hanging out and watching baseball :)

Darrin had an early morning on Saturday cooking chicken for a baseball fundraiser. I went to Kroger and stocked up for the week and did tons of laundry. 

Miles hasn't been feeling great all week and started taking a turn Saturday, so we jumped in the car and went to convenient care. I usually wait and see, but with four baseball games this week, we had no time for that. After a shot and antibiotics, he's already feeling better today. Going early might be my new plan of attack since it definitely worked in this case.

Carson looked like a teenager going to church this morning. We left Miles in bed this morning since he ran a little fever yesterday. I figured he could use the rest and we could spare others his germs. Both boys got much, much needed haircuts yesterday.

Darrin and I both went to Carson's practice this afternoon since it was such a beautiful day. Now it's time to get some rest for the busy week ahead. If the weather cooperates, they have 6 games between the two of them. 

Less Words Wednesday

Still in our gaming era. Carson's pick is always Catan. He's good at it and he knows he has a shot to win.

I bought Carson a new game for Valentine's Day. It's Yahtzee, but with letters. I was the only one that liked it. I can almost guarantee we will never play again.

I made this from 2 Martha White strawberry muffin mixes. It was so good especially while it was warm. 

I moved a lot growing up and went to 8 different schools in 3 states. I'll never get over the fact that these two became best friends in kindergarten.

I have thousands of pics of them playing baseball over the years. 

Carson has decided he wants to pick out his own clothes. One of his teachers told him he had on a good outfit recently and I think it inspired him to keep trying. 

More games and milkshakes.

My sister-in-law had to mail something back to me from my mom's house. Instead of just mailing that one thing, she included some Valentine's stuff for the boys. Aunt Jeree made their day.

I don't know what we are going to do when we don't get to do this.

Miles took advantage of the pretty weather to do some fishing. He caught 5 fish in February!

Weekend Wrap Up

Thursday we had a fun baseball game against several of our travel friends. The weather felt like a dream for February. Kimberly snagged Darrin's chairback when he stood up and never gave it back so we got to chat all night :)

Being a sophomore is already so much more fun than freshman year. Whew...glad to be here. 

Little brother had all week to do his homework but waited until the last night. It was not a fun ride home from the game helping him figure out the main idea of a 3rd grade ELA story.

We had nothing to do all weekend, so naturally we created something. We took the boys and one of Miles' friends to Top Golf. 

Carson was worried he wouldn't be able to do it, but he killed it. 

Darrin and Carson both had on Burlebo shirts. I tried to get Carson to change shirts so they wouldn't be so matchy. He was not having that. I think both of them wouldn't have it any other way. 

Today was church and then shopping. A pick up order from Sams, a Walmart delivery, and a quick Kroger run. We are stocked and ready for the busy weeks ahead. Precut fruits and veggies from Kroger are my new life hack. It's more expensive, but the timesaver is worth it to me right now. 

Baseball season and another trip are just around the corner. Bring it all on!