Friday Night Lights...or lack thereof

Last night was Barrett's first ever baseball (tball) practice!  He was SUPER excited to finally have his own practice to attend.  He did an awesome job hitting the ball...but spent most of his time in the outfield in the crouched position waiting for grounders that never came his way (while the 3rd baseman ran across the field after a ball hit towards 1st base! lol)  Barrett's starting organized baseball a full year earlier than Brody and I'm sure he'll improve a lot in his fielding abilities over the next year.

After Barrett's practice, we headed to Big League Dreams for Mike and I to practice with some of our Snap Fitness softball team friends.  Darren, Tonya, Tim, & Kristin met us at the batting cages along with Darren & Tonya's daughter Taylor.  We all hit several times and then the guys found an empty field for us to practice on.  The lights weren't on since there wasn't a game being played on that field (and it's expensive to have them turned on for a practice), so we played in the dark.  There was a slight glow of light coming from a nearby field, but it took concentration on our part to see the balls that Tim & Kristin were hitting towards us!  We had a lot of fun playing in the dark (I decided that I must really be improving if I can field balls in the dark!) and didn't leave the fields until after 9 pm.

Everyone (including Barrett who was laying on Mike's jacket with his thumb in his mouth) was hungry, so we went to Applebee's for a late dinner.  The boys were super good to be up so late past their bedtime.  Barrett and Taylor had fun making faces at each other with limes in their mouth!
(pic taken in a dark room with my iPhone....meaning poor quality but cute kids!)

 

The boys didn't get in bed until 11:05....but that meant they slept in this morning.  Brody wasn't up until 9 am this morning!  We enjoyed a lazy morning eating waffles and watching hunting shows while a steady rain fell outside.  Now we're getting ready to go to Jan & Ron's and meet baby Emma for the first time!