Porter House: April 2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Spring Carnival

Last Friday night after dinner at Flying Fish we all headed over to the carnival in the parking lot of Firewheel. I've always said those things are so dangerous but it was a nice evening and I couldn't resist Jerod wanting to go. Him and I rode several rides together and had a blast. I haven't done anything like this with him before and I loved every minute of it. There was one ride he was a little too scared to ride so he dared Brent and I to ride it. Never backing down from a dare we did it and was soo happy when we got out of the cage alive. Such a fun evening with the fam!!

What up yo

Such a cute little family

Oh man, maybe we shouldn't ride this...

We're doing it anyway

Oh thank goodness we survived

Jerod and mom flying away

Swing bata bata swing

My little nephew is officially a little baseball player. Jerod went to one of Caden's baseball practices a few weeks ago to just watch but the team ended up being a few players short so they asked Jerod if he wanted to practice with them. He accepted the offer and had a great time. When he got home he told his momma and daddy that he really wanted to play baseball. Luckily the season hadn't started yet so Bub and Michelle got him all signed up and took him shopping for all his gear. He was soo excited and couldn't wait to get started. It was absolutely adorable when Jerod tired on his "cup" for the very first time. He was pulling on it and tugging on it but eventually he got used to it. Soooo cute. Below are pics from his very first game, he was a little nervous but did a great job.
He did have one little miss up...he was playing center out field and at this age not too many balls come his way. He ended up getting a little bored standing out there with no action so he started to not pay attention to the game. He was swinging his arms and looking up into the sky when the batter hit the ball and it was coming straight for Jerod. Jerod wasn't aware of this and the ball went right pass him. We were all screaming and hollering for him to get the ball but he didn't know what was going on. He eventually saw the right out fielder running towards him when he realized there was a ball right beside him. The right out fielder ended up getting the ball and returning it and lets just say Jerod learned his lesson that go around. From there on out, he was focused.

Getting ready for the big game

Caden and Jerod

Warming up before the game

Pracating his catching

Ready to catch the ball

Quick pic before the game starts

Game supporters

Brent can't wait till we have a kid to take to baseball practice

Getting ready for the game to begin

Oh come on...do you have to take my picture in the dugout

We're ready for some baseball

Jerod in the out field

Getting ready to bat for the very first time

Go Jerod!!!

Nervous daddy looking on

Swing bata bata swing

Proud mommies

You did good kid

Watching his teammates

Good Game Guys

My little b-ball man

Friday, April 1, 2011

High Tea Party

For my big "28" my mom planned a Girls Only Tea Party to celebrate my 28th and my grandmother's 76th birthday. What better way than to have a tea party with the girls on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in a cute little ol' house in Plano. Its actually one of the founding homes of Plano and the family still owns the home. They rent it out to these 2 ladies who have turned it into a really cute tea room. I have never done a High Tea before but I really enjoyed it. High Tea is a 5 course meal in which they serve you on real china dishware, serve 3 hot teas throughout the meal, soup, sorbet, biscuits, sandwiches, fruit and desserts. All of us girls got dressed up in dresses, hats and gloves and got to be extremely girly for the day. It was a fun day and wonderful memory!!

Pattie's Tea Room