Wendy and Nicki are going to make me walk the PLANK

My Aunt in Florida who works at Disney sent these to the boys. They were marketed as part of the Pirates of the Carribean Movies - Mom sent me this picture and Wendy and Nicki are going to kill me for sharing but I couldn't resist. AYE AYE Matie!

2008 St. Albans Baseball Beach Trip

OK here are a few Highlights (this will probably be a long post) of our trip to Myrtle Beach with the St. Albans Baseball Team. We had a great time - it was chaotic at times and the team didn't play very well but in the end it was a week away from work - with the kids and we did have fun. It was kinda cold for the first several days but we did get on our suits and out on the beach on Friday. I don't know how the kids did it but they actually got wet - the water was like ice. But they had fun and we actually stayed out there a lot longer than we thought we would. Easter Sunday the Easter Bunny hid Easter Eggs at the park and the kids had a ball finding them all.

Then on Monday the guys didn't play until 7pm and it was cold so Missy, Jessica and I loaded up all six kids and went to the Aquarium. They all seemed to have a really good time and we went to Johnny Rockets afterwards for a burger and the kids enjoyed the singing and dacing. Johnny Rockets is one of those old Soda Shop type places and all the wait staff dressed in their white coats and hats every once in a while will start singing and dancing to an old classic.

Wesley watching the Fish

The Boys watching the fish

Bradley is really into Pirates lately so he really enjoyed this exhibit - however he wouldn't get his picture taken with these guys

But he would stand in front of the Ships

As always Missy was prepared and had treats for the kids - This is Bradley after his blue sucker - I thought it was a very cute picture blue lips and all.

Here is the gang at Johnny Rockets

Wesley watching the wait staff dance (sorry I didn't get a picture of them) and Bradley doing his own little dance.

OK now, I forgot my camera on Tuesday at the Game but these are from Wed. and Thursday. We had the kids jackets and shirts done with their last name on them and they all looked so cute. I didn't get one of all of them together - it is hard with six and they did that on Tuesday when I forgot my camera. I hope to get them all in one together sometime at the SA field this season. I am hoping on Saturday but we will see. But anyway the whole reason for the trip was baseball so there are several pictures I couldn't resist posting so there are quite a few.

Bradley

Reece

Tanner

Drew

Avery (poor girl with all these boys - she is just too cute though)

Wesley

Coaches (Jeremy on the left and Brian and Jeremy on the right)

Now we did get out on the beach on Thursday and Friday. Here are a few highlights of that.

Bradley and Wesley

Reece and Tanner

Drew and Avery

And last but not least a few pictures of some other things we did - we rode rides at Broadway - Bradley took his firt solo flight (first solo ride of any kind) and Wesley had his first Merry Go Round Ride - we also played Putt Putt on Friday night.

Friday before the Beach

Well as usual nothing around here can go off without a hitch. Good Friday we were gearing up to leave for the beach, I had one last day at work before a much needed week off and Mom was watching the kids for the last time before she went to Florida. Then the call came in at around 3 - mom called me at work and said Bradley is complaining that his ear hurts. So I hung up with her and called the Dr. who was not in since it was Good Friday. Great!!! So when I got to mom and dad's at around 5 after making a pit stop at In Stitches to pick up a few things for the trip (they close at 5 so I had to go there first) we were off to Urgent Care - Luckly there were only a few people there so we were only there for about 2 hours. The Diagnosis - Ear Infection. Great, now we have to lug meds to the beach. Oh and those meds upset his stomach if you know what I mean so that was another adventure in itself. So after going about 1 1/2 years without an ear infection Bradley has now had two in the last 5 months. Not really concerned yet but I am hoping we can avoid tubes for him. But I guess we will see - if he needs them he needs them. Anyway, Wendy had gone over to mom's to give the kids their Easter gifts and Bradley was asleep since he wasn't feeling well and Wesley was happy go lucky - here are a few pictures she took that day.

I will post pictures of the beach soon - I haven't gotten them uploaded yet. We had a good time, chaotic but fun - St. Albans went 1 - 3 so the guys weren't that fun to be around. :-)