so much to say, so hard to keep it interesting.

After a semi long and at times not long enough trip to West Texas, Sam and I are finally home again! The older I get the more and more I appreciate 'home'. Even though our hotel was very comfortable, and the weather was very cooperative and stayed relatively cool (until Sat & Sun, then it was typical West Texas HOT!) I'm still glad to be in my house, sleep in my bed, get clean in my shower, plug in to MY high-speed internet :P and last by not least EAT in my own home-area.

I gained 11 lbs while we were in Odessa. I blame all the 'all you can eat' frugal buffets, the other parents who managed to find the 'free' meals, the awesome BBQ's, a steak here - a steak there and last but not least Whataburger(s) & CherryLime Slushes!!! Then when we were in San Angelo my mom & my aunts awesome cooking. hehe.

I know one day I picked up one my my shorts, put them on and was like..... uh no. Lucky for me, I had semi-sorta anticipated this and had many other shorts to choose from. lol

So yea, when I stepped on my scale and saw that evil number, I could just see myself eating my fishies and veggies again! So yea no more burgers, no more slushies, cutting way back on the steaks and no more BUTTER!!! YAY!!

So back to the girls ~ they took first place, and their first place was very much earned. They ended up losing their last game on Saturday 10-3 against WAGS (and I believe WAGS had not beaten BV this year ~ up until that game anyway). So instead of only playing _at most_ 2 games on Sunday, they ended up playing three. The last two games were against WAGS, cause BV sent them down to the loser brackets, and the girls ended up the champs winning twice, first game 2-1 and second 7-3! This is what we did to celebrate:

Everyone and I mean everyone: parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, everyone jumped in with everything but their shoes!! Too bad I left my underwater camera @ home :(

So now that we're home and settled in, it's time to do piles and piles of laundry, mow the grass, scrub all the bugs off the car, look for hidden kitty treasures, go grocery shopping, and hit the gym!

links:

Bonita Valley Softball

Midland Newspaper