Book Review- Over The Edge

I received this as book free from Bethany House to review, all opinions are my own.

I LOVED THIS BOOK! I'm not usually big on historical books, but I thought this one was great! It sucked me in from the start and I couldn't put it down! The characters were people you could relate to even today and the storyline was great. I would recommend reading this book for an easy read, but great story!

Book Review- Relentess Pursuit

I just read Relentless Pursuit by Ken Gire- it was provided for me for free by Bethany House Publishing in exchange for this review.

I thought the story started off very well. I thought it got a little slow towards the middle and had to push myself to keep reading. All in all it was a good story with a good message- that God loves us all- even the "outsiders". This isn't a book just for people who aren't a Christian yet, this is for us Christians who seem to still feel like we're on "the outside" sometimes. I know in my own life I sometimes feel that I won't ever live up to such a good standard, but this reminds me that God will keep pursuing all areas of my life- even the bad parts!

Goats, Cookies, & Baseball

At the beginning of last week we finally brought our baby goats home.  They are so cute... and ornery!  My goodness these goats are veryyy curious little guys! lol. The people we bought them from said they had never had goats like these two before... just great! lol Oh well, the boys are loving them!

Corbin putting straw in their shelter :)

B-- right at home in the goat pen :)

Pistol & Zeller

The boys playing with the goats :)

Wednesday while I was home I let B make cookies (pretty much all by himself). It was one of our "spontaneous" draw out of the jar activities :)

He did such a good job! Don't mind Corbin crawling on the cabinets in the background- he's such a monkey!).

We took "Christmas in July" cookies to our neighbors then!

We had the Petersburg tourney last week- our second tourney.  It was nice being on our home turf and not having to drive... even though we had games Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday (got rained out in the second inning) and Sunday.  The boys did well. We play in Loogootee this week.

Corbin wearing the catcher's mask before the game :)

Corbin and his friends at the ball park :)

Jessa Marie and Corbin Fisher

Channing, Jessa, Corbin and Lakin playing in the dirt

B warming up before he was up to bat.

We are having a wonderful, although very busy, summer. I'm not ready for school to be starting in less than a month!!!! Eek!

All Star Tourney #1

All Stars has been keeping us very busy!  Three hour practices a few times a week plus some practice games.  B loves every minute of  it- even when it's 100+ degrees so I won't complain, but man it has been hot!

B plays in an 8u league, Petersburg decided to have an 8 yr old All-Star team and a 7 yr old All-Star team.  It's great for experience, but sometimes it's hard for them to remember they are playing against boys who are mostly all a whole year older than they are!   That one year makes a big difference in size and skill level!  Our boys lost this weekend, but really hung in there and played well. 

 Warming up Friday night

 Isaac and B warming up

Isaac, Devin, Peyton, Alex, Joey, Nolan, B, Braden, Alec, and Hunter (missing Logan)

Petersburg 7 yr old All-Star team :)



 Buddies- Joey, Nolan, and B :)

 Corbin wearing Jessa's shades :)  lol

He is happy as long as he is at "the game"-- the boy loves the ball park!

 Up to bat!  B has been hitting great and his "smarts" when it comes to running/stealing have improved so much! I love it when it "clicks" with him- he gets so excited!

B catching on Friday night :)

We have two boys that switch off catching and one is on vacation so B practiced last week in this position and they decided to have him do it this wk/end too- he enjoyed it!  He normally plays third base so this was a change up, but he did well!  He looks soooo tiny in all that gear!

This week will be another full week of baseball, practice tonight, consession stand duty tomorrow night (because we are the tourney hosts), game Wednesday night, practice Thurs. night game Friday night and then depending on how we do we will play over the weekend sometime too! 

It is keeping us busy, but as long as he loves it we'll keep it up!

I am thankful for the cool front that moved in last night though so hopefully this week won't be as hot!

4th of July

I only worked one day last week- so that was a nice break!  On Tuesday the boys and I went to swim with our buddies for a couple hours in the morning :)

B, C, and Zane (not sure where Ty was in this pic!)

 Corbin really is a little fish.  He is so comfortable in the water and just jumps in and goes to town all over the place.  I think next summer he might be swimming on his own with some lessons! :)

 Corbin and Zane :)
I don't realize how big Corbin is until he is around other kids his age!

Everyone thinks he is 3 instead of 2.

On Wednesday B got to be in the 4th of July parade in Otwell as a "Deputy" :)

Todd came and picked him up in his police vehicle and took him to the jail to show him off to the dispatchers/officers before heading to the parade.  He thought he was big stuff of course :) 

Corbin wanted to go too and just did not understand why Bubby was going somewhere with out us!

We did go to the parade to watch of course :)

 Todd's son Tyler and B during the National Anthem

 the 3rd man from the left is my Papaw Ed (the one carrying the VFW flag) my mom's dad.  He is the Petersburg VFW commander- he was in Vietnam.

Love that man.

 B & Todd

It was soooo hot during the parade I thought I might die! But it was worth it to see those big smiles on B's face!  Corbin thought it was worth it because he got a whole bucket full of suckers (his candy of choice!).  Ryan was at home working on goat fence and a goat house :)  Which are FINALLY done!  The rest of the week consisted of baseball, baseball, and more baseball.  Update on that next :)

My Stubborn Heart- Book Review

I just read "My Stubborn Heart" by Becky Wade.  It wasn't a book that I absolutly couldn't put down, but it was a good story. I enjoyed the quirky characters that caused me to laugh out loud in parts. It was a Christian Fiction story and I usually do enjoy that type of book.  I would recommend to my friends or family for a light read- I read in just an evening after the boys went to bed. All in all- a good book.

I received this book for free from Bethany Publishing so that I could review it.  You can also find my review on Amazon.

~WHF~

Saturday we went to Evansville to get some stuff B needs for all-stars, we ate at Logan's and ran to Menards to get some stuff for the goats (those things are costing me a ton! lol).  When we got home it was still so hot, but we didn't want to end our fun yet so we went to visit Ryan's work :)  That's the activity B pulled out of the jar and it fit perfectly into our day.

 

cute baby piggies :)

 Pretty sure these big ones  wanted to gnaw my legs off!

Boys had to visit Moe (Ryan's boss's dog)...  they love him :)

Visiting the mill where Ryan works

 The mill

 Ryan telling the boys all about what he does-- B was very interested

 Ryan explaining how it all works to B :)  I was busy keeping Corbin from climbing on everything ;) lol

 Representin' WHF :) 



Just to prove that I was there- sweating along w/ the rest of the pigs ;) lol