"4th Annual Ball Game", etc.

22 May 2013--Cathy and I were home in Boston for 2 weeks, so we held our "4th Annual Ball Game" out at Hanscom AFB where we stayed.  Marie and her crew arrived first...probably to talk strategy!!! haha

  
 

So once my friend Trudie and then Ellen and a couple of her kids arrived we picked sides and commenced the game.  I forget the actual score, but I think it ended up about 14-8...with my side winning, of course!!!

                      

And here we have the winning team (mine)!!!  Followed by the losing team!!!  And everyone together!!!

  

After the game we all went back to the RV to eat and hang out, with most of the afternoon being beautiful weather.  It was late when it turned quite cold, thus that is me bundled in 2 sweatshirts while I give a ride to Bridget.  That contraption we are on is quite difficult to pedal...my thighs were screaming in pain the next 2 days.

  

We went inside the RV later, where Bridget was having a ball for herself trying to mimic Cathy's body posture.  She just laid down beside Cathy and for some reason found it really interesting as to how Cathy  was sitting there.  She had a heck of a time trying to cross her legs at the knee...it seemed her leg had a mind of its own and just wouldn't go over for her.  What a doll!!!

  

Here's a little of the game action so you can get a feel for it!!!  haha



A few days later Cathy and I went into Southie to see Emily's Spring Show at school.  They were doing a patriotic theme in honor of all those involved in the events of the Marathon bombing, with each class, from pre-K to 6th grade, each getting up and singing 2 songs each.  Emily's class sang the National Anthem and something else.

Cathy and I picked up Peggy and met Marie and Jen at school.  Kristine came later so I don't have a picture (sorry Kristine--haha).

  

Notice in the 3rd picture that Emily is seeing me take her picture.

  

And now, as the curtain closes, she is finally acknowledging that we are there.



And a few days after that we went down to Duxbury to watch Kaleigh's soccer game and hang out at Jen's and Jeff's house.

A couple action shots of Kaleigh.

 

Hey...it's my blog, so it's just me and the little ones at Jen's!!!  haha

   

I am posting this from Charleston, West Virginia.  Arrived yesterday and heading into the Capitol today.  Stay tuned.

Sandfest 2013

17 May 2013--It's been a few weeks, but Cathy and I went down to Aransas Pass, TX...the gulf coast of Texas...to visit our friends Lynn and Breena who live down there.  The last weekend of April we went to the 2013 Texas Sandfest over at Port Aransas.



We went to 2 days of the 3 day event, with Saturday being beautiful weather, but Sunday "not so much"!     There were easily a couple hundred thousand people there on Saturday alone. You can drive your car or golf cart right on the beach...Lynn started with a Texas flag on her golf cart but bought and swapped out for the "It's 5 o'clock somewhere" flag on Sunday.

  
  
  

Believe it or not, the 9 pictures are of sand sculptures made by amateurs...wow!  The last 3 pics were down by a group of older ladies that we caught in action.

  
  
  

And here are the professional entries.  We thought this would be an award winner, with the 4 people who died named on the back half of the eagle, if for no other reason than how timely it was, but surprisingly it didn't .

 

There are different categories for solo versus duo/team entries.  This was the 2nd place solo winner.

 

And the 1st place solo entry.  This was good, but Cathy and I were very surprised that it took 1st.  There were at least 3-4 others we liked better.



3rd place solo.

 

This was one of our favorites that didn't get any award at all.  It was called "Hide and Seek" and was just adorable.  It was really big so hard to catch in one shot, but all the animals are strewn throughout the castle area hiding in different spots.  The last pic shows just a "butt" sticking out...really cute!

  
 

This was the 1st place winner, duo entry.  The detail in the "mouth spewing" lizard is crazy.

  

Another one that got no prize, but we really liked.

  


And finally, the 2nd place duo winner.  Incredible how much this sand sculpture actually looks like John Lennon!



The skies as we race off the beach on Sunday afternoon to beat the coming storm!!!  (The storm actually never really materialized, but of course we didn't know that as we hurried to the car.)



We are in Boston right now, leaving in 3 days to head back to San Antonio.  Will take about 3 weeks to get there, with stops probably in West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee along the way.  Here's hoping it's peaceful!!!