Shinedown concert

Concert highlights:

-riding with friends to concert

-eating dinner at Red Lobster and having crab legs

-getting to hear 10 years, Sevendust, Puddle of Mudd and Shinedown perform

-knowing it was the last concert on their tour and they were recording it live

-getting to meet Shinedown and get their autographs

*Favorite moment: Jeremy worrying that the music was too loud for the baby. I then tell Randy next to me who says not to worry that the baby will come into this world "rockin out!!"

Cannon Beach

Every year going to the beach is such a highlight and something I look forward to. This year we couldn't go as long but it was still well worth it.

Just like last year, Jeremy was up bright and early ready to go. Most mornings I got up with him but it was vacation and that means relaxing and getting extra sleep.
What's great about my family is everyone gets up and randomly decides what they want to do. We either go on our own or ask if someone wants to tag along. There are so many things to do that sometimes it is hard to decide.
We spent time walking down on the beach, reading books, building bonfires and making s'mores, eating pizza from our favorite place, setting up camp on the beach to read, flying kites and sun bathing, collecting sand dollars and driftwood, watching movies, eating ice cream and shopping in downtown.



Another great year at the coast with my family.

Umatilla County Fair

Highlights from fair week:

Tuesday:

- Rachelle and I work in hospital booth for two hours
- scout out food to eat
- eat hotdog, elephant ear, nachos and kettle popcorn
- walk around a bit to walk off food!

Wednesday:

- hadn't planned on going today
- Jeremy worked at the elephant booth from 11am to 2pm
- Jeremy asked me on a date to go
- got off work and ate dinner Jeremy had made
- went to fair and watched Joe Diffy perform, one of Jeremy's favorites

Friday:

- at work and excited to go to fair and listen to Uncle Kracker
- got off work and had another fantastic meal Jeremy had made
- met up with Rachelle, Jennifer and her boyfriend Chris and Brittany
-watched and sang along with concert
- ran into Ron, Lori, Calvin and Trevor and got to visit
- visited briefly with Roy, a guy Jeremy works with

It was a good year at the fair this year!

Jeremy the softball fanatic!

Jeremy loves being busy and being involved with sports.

Not long after he was done coaching baseball at the high school in Umatilla, the softball season started for the competitive co-ed team he plays on.

Of course, I went to show support and cheer him on. The schedule ended up being double headers on Monday nights. Gradually I was asked to help keep the book and I really liked doing that. It helped me pay attention more to the game and I got to know more of the players. I had a great time joking around and visiting with everyone.

It was a competitive league they were playing on and sometimes things got a little heated. It was hard for me to understand that since I'm not competitive and really it was just a softball game. Sometimes my thinking didn't go over so well! Haha!

In addition to the league games there were also some competitions on the weekends. One of those was called the Watermelon Festival and it's held in Irrigon, OR every year at the end of July. I was able to be there both Saturday and Sunday to watch the team play and visit with everyone. It was mighty hot and I wasn't the smartest about putting sunblock on and got myself a nice shade of red. Oops!

The team really had a good time even though they only won two games. The rest of the time was spent having our own batting practice, playing volleyball and just sitting around talking and laughing.

The other competition is held in La Grande, OR and it's called Moonlight. The reason for the name being that the games are played all night long regardless of the time. Jeremy was able to ride down there with some teammates. Unfortunately I had to work and was on call and couldn't make the trip down there.

Their first game was at 10pm on that Friday night. They lost that one and then played again the next morning and won that game. The next game wasn't until 3pm on Saturday but they lost that game and ended up being out of the running. They could have come home that night but since Jeremy rode with other people he had to wait until the next day. It worked out fine though since I was on call and wasn't home that much that night anyway.

The softball season has come to a close for the year. We will see what next year brings with the new baby and our schedule.