mobile baby

harry is officially mobile!!!! he crawls and pulls himself up to stand. today he was crawling all over and fell a lot. he didn't cry thought which was nice. he's just so darn cute. i definitely have to watch even more carefully so he doesn't get into anything he's not supposed to and so he doesn't fall too hard and really hurt himself. i hope he starts standing on his own soon. and then his words will come! oh harry. 

muckers, rummy royale, and the whole gang!

i'm exhausted. this past weekend i spent my time with my family in lbi. it was a blast! mom, dad, sisters, brother-in-law, and grandparents all rounded up. we stayed in an amazing house that was huge and very old and cute. we were only about a one minute walk from the beach. we played games like paddle ball and muckers on the beach. at one point it was my father, two sisters, and myself all playing paddle ball at once. it was great. i don't remember the last time that happened. it was so much fun, especially when i beat my dad twice at muckers, once with grandpa and once with my mom. we took some good walks, had some good conversation, played lots of rummy royale, went on the "boardwalk, i won the jackpot on my second try, swam in water that was 5 degrees warm (not joking either), hung out on the porch, and ate lots of good food, all while having a ton of fun. i hope that next year we can all go down again, and bring even more family members with us (believe me there was plenty of room!) 

only two runs

 last night there was an amazing sight that took place. my dad's softball team isn't very good. the girls are very young and in their developing stage. we're playing teams where the girls have been playing longer and are way more developed than ours. we lose games by usually 10 or more runs. but we keep fighting. the girls are happy to be there and they are trying their hardest. we have quite a few games under our belt now. last night we had one more. we lost 8 to 6. it was amazing. it was our best game yet. we threw out our first bunt attempt. we caught our first fly ball in the outfield. we threw out our first runner at third. it was such a great accomplishment. especially those girls who are taking lessons with me, it was great to see them improve. they were all hitting the ball and fielding well. it was a great accomplishment. i hope we can keep it up and who knows, maybe we can pull one out. that would be great!

a quick wrap up

so nothing to exciting lately. baby sitting harry is going well. he's still very cute. i baby sat a different baby last night and harry made him seem like a demon child, but i think it's just that harry is an extreme in the good direction. so that was definitely an interesting experience. my lessons are going well. we only have about 4 or 5 girls taking lessons at any one time but that's better than none. then between all of that i'm helping my dad coach his 10u girls softball team. that's also a lot of fun. keeping busy but definitely have time for beach, pool, and hanging out with friends. it's been a good summer. it's more than half way over. tear tear. i'll have to make the best of it. 

back to reality...

this 4th of july weekend was a great little weekend. it all started on friday with a little get together of family and friends. my aunt joan was here and it was great to see her. i don't get to see her that often so it was great to have her here this weekend. the rain held off long enough for us to eat outside and swim in the pool. then later on when the rain did finally kick in we lit off some very cool fireworks and sparklers. Saturday put a little damper in the weekend because it was very cloudy and raining a lot. so it was just a very relaxing day. on sunday my friend maggie and i went up to mountain creek to spend the day at the water park. so much fun!! unfortunately the key to our room just wouldn't work so we had to leave sunday night for home instead of spending the night. but we stopped at applebees on the way home and really made a great adventure out of the ride home. good times. a great weekend and tomorrow i'm back to baby sitting little harry. i definitely miss him!! hopefully you all had a great weekend too!

4th of july!

happy 4th of july everyone! hopefully you're spending the day with some family and friends! i know i am. have a great independence day!!

fal rooney olympic camp

this week i'm working a camp for kids in elementary school. it's a p.e. camp so the kids just play all different kinds of games all day. they love it. it's run by my old high school softball coaches. it's a lot of fun. and since being a gym teacher is something that i'm thinking i might want to do for the rest of my life it's great experience. i've also lately been helping out my dad with his softball team that he coaches. doing these things really makes me think that i've chosen a career that i could end up loving. i've been doing these camps for 6 years now and i absolutely love it. it'll all really come in handy in one day. the kids are great and they love to be there; i even like to think that they like me being there!