Last week was a very hectic week at my house. There was an ER visit, a Community report due, a day spent at Vandy, hitting practice, speed school and ball practice, softball booster meeting (which I missed by being at the ER, but I had already prepared the reports) plus all the regular things that happens with three school age children and a full-time working mother, but this is how the week ended. Baylee and her Sox team played ball in Mt. Juliet, TN. This is the first weekend I have not had a wedding to shoot for Gray Photography in about a month so I was able to make the trip. I have never been to the town of Mt. Juliet and I had no idea that when we pulled in to the ballpark this is what we would find.
Hayden spent two days fishing on the banks of this creek. Charles Hunter’s family had their RV and they spent the weekend at the park so we had a nice place to call “home camp”. I was able to sit in a chair in the outfield by the camper and watch the entire game with the best seat in the house while Hayden and Maycee played. The kids and I had a blast playing and being out in the fall sunshine for two days. Some people do not understand how we can be at the ball field for two days or even an entire day, but I can assure you that if we had been home then we would not have gotten to enjoy the sun or each other. I would have missed out on seeing Hayden fishing the creek, and I would have also missed out on seeing him take a fish off the line for one of the girls. I was very proud of my young man. I caught a glimpse of the man that he is going to grow up to be. One that is considerate of others. One that is nice to girls. As a mom I hope that I am raising him to be a courteous young man who opens the doors for ladies and comes to the rescue to a “damsel in distress” whether it is a fish on the line or a flat tire. God blessed me with some awesome memories in Mt. Juliet.
Maycee caught this salamander in the same creek and I finally talked her into letting it go. She really wanted to bring it home with us. I am glad I was able to convince that it needed to stay at its home and not ours.
