We've Been "Flamingo'ed"!

Last weekend, Jenica had a softball tournament in a little town near Lincoln . . . Wahoo is such a strange name for a town.  Anyway, we met up with Chad's sister Dani's family and his brother Noel at a park near Dani's home in Lincoln for a picnic before heading to the tournament in Wahoo.  (Blessing #867)

Dani & Steve had a baby girl on June 5th ~ Erica Corrin.   (#868)  Here's a picture of a proud Uncle Chad holding her while she was still in Children's hospital. LOVE the name Erica. If Jacob had been a girl, he would be "Erica" too.

What we hadn't planned for was all the construction outside of Lincoln.  It was ridiculous!  And it put us about an hour behind schedule.  The good news is that we had just stopped for a bathroom break before we hit the construction.  (#869)  You can always find something good in a stressful situation.

We finally made it to the park with Subways for everyone.  Chase is such a cute little guy, and is at such a fun age.  He did his best to make a dent in his 6" Italian BMT from Subway.  But because his bite is more like a nibble, his dad enjoyed the leftovers.  Sweet little Erica slept the whole time in her carseat, which meant I didn't get to hold her this time.  Darn. 

While the adults were visiting, I glanced over and noticed Jenica, Jillian, Chase, & Kaylee sitting on this bench by the lake.  I couldn't resist this sweet picture.  (#870)

It was a HOT weekend for softball, but we endured the heat and Jenica played 3 games Saturday and 2 on Sunday.  Jillian was invited to be the bat girl, and was super-excited at her new role . . . even if it meant she had to wear a hot helmet the whole time.  (#871)

 Notice the smile?

 There it is again . . . still smiling.

Yep . . . still smiling. 

So . . . Did you notice her smile?  It didn't leave her face the entire time she was bat girl.  (#872)  I think she even grew two inches with her new role.  She even followed the girls onto the field at the end of each game, saying "good game" and offering a hand to everyone she passed by.

And when we got back home Sunday evening, tired and somewhat irritable, we found 13 special little pink visitors waiting to welcome us home. (#873)  (There's even one in the tire swing.)  It's the youth group's fund raiser for National Youth Conference, and we get to pay them to remove the pretty pink birds from our yard.  But the best part of the deal (insert evil laugh) is that we get to choose whose yard gets them next.  (#874)

Hmmmmm...... who will it be???  I'd even deliver them myself.  I wonder how long it would take me to get to SLC?  (wink)