State Tournament ~ Conway

 The weekend of June 29-30 with went to Conway for the State Tournament.  Nana, Papa, Trisha, and Malory came too!!  We pulled into town and stopped at David's Burgers for lunch.  I had been saying every time we were in Conway that I just knew that place had to be good.  I was right!!  Best burger and fries ever!!!  And, they come by with fry refills:)

 Beau really wanted his picture with the "big chicken" outside!

 The Conway ball field is SO nice.  It makes even the hottest games more comfortable.  The weather turned out to be pretty perfect, with overcast skies and a cool breeze.  Beau and Malory kept each other entertained!

 For dinner that night we went to a place called Mike's Place.  Another winner for sure!!

 I had crawfish etouffee.  Amazing!!

 There was a railroad park across the street and Travis took Beau over to check out the trains.  He even saw a real train go by!!

The next day we were back at it!  The boys played SO well!!  We played 3 or 4 games that day...I can't remember exactly.

 Beau and Nana watching the game together.

 Evan warming up!

 Beau found some sunscreen in my bag, and put "a little" on.  Mess!!

 The boys had a very tough loss in the quarter final game.  It was a bummer, because they had played SO well.  I was SO proud of Evan, but you can tell he was disappointed:(

They still placed 3rd....not too shabby!!

Naturals Game!

 On Tuesday June 25, Travis, Blake, and Evan headed up to NWA to watch the Naturals All-Star game with Nana.  They had great seats and had a great time!!  

Evan told me before they left, that he was going to catch at ball.  And, he surely did!!

 Fun spot to watch a good game!

Glad my boys had a good time together with Nana!!

Georgia Time!!

 We had so much fun with Kyle, Amy, & Georgia!  I loved getting to watch the boys play with her!  We loaded up one day and headed to Ft. Smith.  Two sweet kiddos in my car;)

 We met Nonnie for lunch at Marketplace.  Chocolate Mess...YUM!!

 Gerogia and Beau:)

 One evening we went over to the Danie's house to swim.  It was SO fun!!  Georgia loved swimming!

 My little fish LOVED jumping off the rock!

 BTW, this is the child who REFUSED to even put a toe in the water at swimming lessons the day before.  UGH!!  SO Frustrating!!

 Georgia didn't want to stay on the floatie, she wanted out with Beau;)

One night we took Blake and Evan to a Kuk Sool swimming party, and Kyle and Amy went to a movie, so Nonnie and Poppy took care of Beau and Georgia.  They look SO big!!

 Nonnie has a water play tub she keeps on the back porch.  By the end of the night, they were both in it, in their clothes!

 Georgia got really obsessed with a pair of Beau's flip flops, so I HAD to get her her first pair.  LOVE those sweet pink flip flops!!!  She LOVED them and didn't want to take them off:)

 We had such a good visit.  It was VERY hard to see them leave:(

Thankful for the time we got to spend together!!

Cousin Pics!!

Let me just start out this post by saying...Shannon Walker is a miracle worker!!!  Georgia was in town, so mom had booked a session with Shannon to get some pics made of her, and also wanted to get a couple of her and Beau together.  Everything started out great!  Beau tried on the smocked outfit that mom my had made for Kyle MANY years ago:)

 We got in the car headed for Hartford and this happened.....not good.

 But Georgia was happy and ready to go!

 Well, needless to say, after about 45 minutes of desperately trying to get either of them to sit, stand, walk, pose....anything....for a decent picture, we just gave up.  They both whined, cried, screamed, pouted, and fussed the whole time!!!  

But, as soon as we walk across the street to the playground they become angelic:)

 Little stinkers....

 At this point I just wanted to beat them both!!!  They were being SO good and HAPPY!!  Really....could you not have been this way 10 minutes before????

 So, anyway, these pics are true miracles and results of Shannon's amazing talent!!

 If you didn't know how terrible they were being, you might think these were just 2 sweet kiddos:)

 Serious cuteness!!!

 Georgia never did really perk up for any pics on this day. 

 She semi-smiled with her cry-eyes.

 So cute anyway;)

 So, bless sweet Shannon's heart, she came to "town" and tried again with Georgia later in the week.  And, oh my goodness....these are precious!!!!

 LoVe this sweet girl!!!

 

 SO stinkin' cute!!

SO, so glad to have gotten these pics of these sweet cousins!!

State Warm-Up Victory!!!

 The River Valley Bulldogs played in a State Warm-Up Tournament at the Boys & Girls Club in Greenwood on June 22 & 23.  It is always nice to be able to play in town!!  They played awesome and WON the tournament!!!

Love these boys!

 Evan getting his trophy from Coach Don.  He was pretty proud!

 

 And of course, Evan had a HUGE fan club!!  These games have been so fun, especially with all of our family there.

 I love this...Evan and his friend Blake chatting on the way out of the ball fields;)

 I love this boy and his drive to succeed.  He is SUCH a hard worker.  He knows areas that he needs to improve, and he digs deep, works hard, and gets it done!!

 This group of boys has been such a blessing to us and Evan.  He has absolutely LOVED playing with them this year!  Can

Can't wait for the State Tournament in Conway!!

Redneck Swimming Pool :)

 Evan went to a swim party after his baseball games on Saturday and Beau was SO sad that he couldn't go.  When Evan got home Beau kept begging to go swimming, so Evan took him outside and made it happen:)

Nothing beats a recycle bin, with the holes covered in duck tape!!

 Beau was thrilled!!

 Evan even got the sprinkler out and added a "water feature"!!

I love the bond these 2 have.  Evan takes care of Beau and Beau adores Evan.  I'm so thankful for their sweet relationship!!