Swing Into Spring!

It's the most wonderful time of the year...spring sports time!!  Walker is playing soccer for the Cheetahs and Jake is playing baseball for the Orioles, and I am playing taxi cab driver.  Hahaha!  Seriously, life could not be any crazier...well, I guess it could, but I just can't imagine anything more right now.  Jake has practice twice a week and games and Walker has practice twice a week and games.  And of course, their first games were 15 minutes apart.  Grr.  Luckily, Tyson and Mary Ann were both there and helped split the time between two so that someone always had someone watching them.  :)

Jake's game started first; Jake was 2 for 2 with a single and double.  He's playing 3rd base this year, and I think that's a great spot for him.  He's the only one on his team that has the arm to throw it to first. ;)

Walker started off the soccer season with a bang; he scored 8 of the 9 goals for his team to win.  To say Walker dominated that field would be an understatement!

It's going to be an exciting spring!! More pics and videos to come soon I'm sure!

Coco

Meet the newest member of the family, Coco!  Coco is a 4th generation labradoodle and is "hypoallergenic."  I did get to see her parents and neither of them shed, so maybe there is some truth to her being hypoallergenic for Walker's sake.  So far so good, though!  She alternates between staying in an office in our garage that has heat/AC and outside, and I think that has made the difference.  She's an awesome dog.  All 3 of the boys are over the moon with this dog.

Ryleigh Kate Turns 10!!

 Chase with Jake and Walker

 Anderson with his 5th sugary drink of the day.

 The birthday girl, Ryleigh Kate!  (She's my first cousin's daughter)

 Granddaddy with Anderson and his 8th sugary drink of the day.  Haha!

My cousin, Christy or "Ryleigh Tate's mama," as Anderson calls her. Haha!

 Christy's husband, Darin (or "Troy" as Walker calls him).  I'm pretty sure my children don't call anyone by their real names.  Haha!

I'm so glad the Coach could break away to spend some time with our family.

Read Across America/TP's in the House!

 TP with my boys.  By the way, Jake said that is his new smile.  Haha.  He looks just like his daddy!!

 Tyson reading to Jake's class.

 TP reading to Jake's class

TP and Tyson with some of the middle schoolers.

 

Terrance Plummer (TP), one of Tyson's former UCF players and now a Minnesota Viking, came to visit us and speak to the Georgia Southern football team.  He came the night before to stay with us, see the kids, and read to Jake's class for Read Across America.  My boys were ECSTATIC to see TP!  He calls Tyson and I "Pops and Mama" and he treats the boys like they're his little brothers.  I just love TP- he is honestly one of the smartest, most well-mannered, genuine, caring people I've ever been around.  I'm so proud of him reaching his dreams to play in the NFL, but I'm even prouder of the person he's become.

Trip to See My Mama

 My crew with my mom and my Granddaddy.

Anderson couldn't say "granddaddy," so he kept calling my granddaddy "PaPa's daddy."  Hahaha!  My granddaddy loved it and thought it was so cute!!  I think Anderson is going to be a granddaddy's boy just like his mama is a granddaddy's girl. ;)

First of all, can I mention how excited we are to be back in Georgia?  I put my last post up without explaining what we've been up to for the last month...WE ARE HOME!!!  It's been a busy month of packing up, moving out, flying south, living in a hotel for about a week, getting the new house ready, waiting on the movers, making friends, waiting on the movers more, unpacking boxes, starting school, figuring out our way around, and getting settled into a routine.  We had lots of work done on our house and it'll be an ongoing project for a while, but we're as settled as we can be for now.  The boys are all loving school and have already made lots of new friends, and we have the BEST neighbors!  We have played outside with them almost everyday- I'm sure y'all will meet them on the blog soon enough.  Anyways, all is well in the Boro!!

This past weekend, my dad had to go out of town, so he asked me if I could go stay with my mom. Of course I could!!  Tyson took the weekend off and we made a weekend trip out of it.  It was so good to see my mama.  She actually sat outside with us almost the whole day Saturday and watched the boys play; I think it did her a lot of good to get out of the house, get some Vitamin D, and be around the Summers crew again.  :)  I'm so excited to be so close to be able to make these frequent trips to see her and my dad!

First Pitch

Last Wednesday, February 24th, Tyson and the boys threw out the first pitch at Georgia Southern's home baseball opener against Georgia Tech.  The Eagles lost 6-5 in 16 innings, but it wasn't because of the lack of awesomeness of the first pitch.  Anderson went first (unfortunately I didn't have my video camera recording that early) and was precious; the ball only went a few feet and then rolled until the catcher came and got it.  Someone yelled out, "give him a scholarship, Coach!"  Hahaha!  Then, Walker and Jake went and they both threw perfect strikes.  As Tyson was backing up to the mound, Anderson got a ball and decided to throw it again, which the crowd thought was pretty funny.  Tyson's pitch was a little high, but overall, all four of my boys did a great job!!