Baseball baseball and more baseball!

I can’t even remember what they placed in this tournament.  But instead of medals they got those cool bats!…

…Which, of course, Mason did this with it 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

On our way to Kade’s tournament in Wisconsin Dells!

Surprised there was even room for the boys!

The first team we were supposed to play never showed up!

Pretty sure they were scared of this pitcher 😉

Of course we had to find some fishing between games!

A couple kids from Kade’s team joined us.

Rain meant finding indoor fun

Sorry, this picture is out of order.

Onto mason’s tournament and hotel stay.

This hotel looked like it was last updated in the 80’s.  Which meant the pool was HUGE!!!  They just don’t make things like they used to!

The boys had so much fun in this thing and had it all to themselves.

Mason on far left side

I think they got 2nd?  Just goes to show the memories are in the fun you had, not how you actually did in the games!

The Middles!

Love seeing them sleeping on the way home.  🥰

 

 Summer vacation 2025

Pictures out of order as per usual.  We only had a couple days of warm weather for swimming.  But we made the most of it!

Go Karts are always a hit with this group.  Kade is quite the menace on the track and is always trying to spin his brother out.  Thankfully we were the only group there and the operators were college kids who didn’t care all that much.  Because mason got bumped a lot!

Pretty sure he’s dancing because he just made a good shot 😆

The whole group 

All the cousins

Mason fishes all week.  

Cleans his own fish and then filets them.  He’s starting to learn how to batter and cook them now.  But his fish bites appetizer is always a hit!  And he LOVES handing them out to everyone.

Cold, rainy day inside means cousins watching Kade’s phone with him!

These 2 were in heaven at this bit shop!

One of the warm days for water fun!

The annual golf day 

 

At the rate I’m going, I’m going to be a year behind with my updates!!!

I will say, being this far behind with my pictures is a nice trip down memory lane!  I’m right around June 2025 now.  

This post makes me kinda sad, actually.  Because I’m so far behind, I don’t think I’ve mentioned on here that Mason had to have surgery on his left elbow at the beginning of the year.  He did some damage to the bone (no idea how or when!  And even Mason doesn’t remember hurting it exactly—that’s what you get when you’ve got an ADHD boy with an EXTREMELY high tolerance for pain!!).  And every time he threw a ball or lifted heavy he was redamaging it.  The injury couldn’t heal without surgery and a very long recovery.  So his 6th grade basketball season ended 2 months early and he can’t play baseball this summer as it’s a 4-6 month minimum recovery.  

So, needless to say, seeing these summer baseball pictures of Mason makes me sad because we won’t be seeing that this summer.  And he’s just SO DARN CUTE in those baseball pants!!

These pictures aren’t in order…

1st place at their first tournament 2025, with G&G C

And G&G H

Bubba and Nibble!!

And mom and dad

Mason and his cousin Isaac were on the same team which was so fun for them!

Oh the middles!  

Never a dull moment.

Bubba on the mound

little did we know that he was probably hurting his elbow when he pitched. 🤷‍♀️

Like I said, pictures are out of order.  I think this was on the last day of school.

The tournament was on Father’s Day 

The boys got a new cousin last summer!

Jaxon

Kade was in heaven, he absolutely loves babies!!

Kade umped youth games last summer.  It’s hard to see him in this picture because his shirt matched the uniform of the other team.  But that’s Kade umping on the right side of the picture, and Mason is on base.