State championship softball games

Well our awesome girls went to State in Salina. These girls have worked so hard this season and played even harder at State. The trip was a long one especially with 3 crazy girls in the backseat(it's a 5 hour drive)! Taylor decided a couple of her teammates needed to keep her company, so no sleep for me on the way : (

Yes this is a horrible pic. but I had to introduce you to Pluck whom is sitting on my head. He was our good luck duck I guess.

Taylor was amazing, she pitched every game while we were there. We played 1 game Fri. night, 2 games Sat. and 3 games Sun. Her dad decided to pull her out in the 3rd game on Sunday because she had done something to her back Sat. and was crying after every pitch because she was hurting so bad. She was upset and didn't want to come out but couldn't go on any more. What a tough chic!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to take a pic. of this guy. He was really into it. I can't believe how crazy people get at these games! There was also a shite dog with painted stripes down its legs, crazy I tell ya!!!!!

Waitin for the coin toss to see who is home and who is guest.

The girls ended up placing 4th gold which was fantastic! There were 17 teams, and lots of tough competition.

Way to go Galena SWAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chet's mom and dad were not able to go so they gave Taylor a nice welcome, She was excited!!

VACATION!!!

Chet took a week off work so we headed to Branson to stay for a few days..just love it there!!!!!

We have season passes to Silver Dollar City so we went there the first 3 days. The food is sooo good...Taylor and I had a HUGE hot fudge brownie sundae and ate all of it!!!!! Good thing there are a lot of hills to walk up and down or we would both be 5 pounds heavier.

We ran into Taylors friend Jessica and her family so we all rode the American Plunge and got totally soaked (no after pics) but it was fun.

Me and my sweetie pie!!!!!!!!!

My other sweetie pie!!!!!

The condos that we stayed at had a Cape Cod look..they are sooo neat. The clubhouse has a huge pool and a lighthouse you can walk to the top and see the whole village.

Here is a pic from the top of the lighthouse..all of the condos are the same but they have them all painted in different colors...so cute!!!!

These seats are on the balcony at the top of the lighthouse because when you walk up all of the steps you need somewhere to rest or you may just pass out!!! These guys needed to rest but I still had some hot fudge brownie sundae to walk off : (

We had a fun week of SDC, swimming, and shopping.. I love going to Branson Landing, it is a shopping strip downtown. Taylor wanted to stay another week (so did I) but Chet had to get back to work and we have more softball to play!!!!

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32