Together Again!

Mary and Sam are pretty happy to see each other again~

Land of the Delta Blues

Scott has been wanting to go down with the boys to Memphis again for over a year. We all like it there, but Scott loves it. The weather, the music, the ribs. First stop is always Blues City Cafe~
Charlie (my handsome boy) is pretty happy about what he's going to be having for dinner~
Sam, always so cool~
Mmmmm~
Beale Street has live music every weekend during the summer. It's all free and there are tons of performers~
This Elvis impersonator was performing a marriage ceremony~
Rudy Williams, the "Mayor of Beale Street" ~
They've got some big voices down there~
Another favorite eatery is Huey's. They've got great burgers, ribs, root beer~

And the boys love shooting toothpicks at the ceiling~


The other thing they love to do in Memphis is catch a Redbirds game~

Cheap tickets, great seats, awesome baseball~



Sam got to run the bases~

I love how happy, and a little sheepish, he looks here~

Memphis is hot. And it's an 8+ hour drive. So Mary hasn't gone yet. However, we were able to time things so Mary and I flew out to Colorado to visit Jennifer and Tom while the boys were gone.

Sum, Sum, Summertime

Charlie, the diving (and just about every other sport) hot shot~

I'm really glad he's so athletic :)

42!

No, it's not Mary's birthday, but she does think she's the queen every day~
Her latest "trick" is to pull up her shirt and show us her "booty"~
Here's the birthday boy~
Gosh, I love them all~
Thanks, Scott, for being the best husband in the world. I hope you know how much we all love and adore you~

Patience, (Not A)Grasshopper

*added 10/5: How embarrassing. After reading Grandpa's comment below, I was compelled to look up a katydid, which is what Sam told me this insect was in the first place. Sam is smarter than his mom.

Charlie took over 20 pictures of this grasshopper~
Very cool~

Sweet Tooth

Sammy lost his first tooth(!) today at LGC's sports camp~
He was pretty excited. He's been working on this tooth for at least a month. I wonder what the tooth fairy will bring him...

Pitching Stance

This was Charlie's last game of the season. I know he'll miss it, but he's also looking forward to some down time. He played a lot of baseball this summer!