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Tim plays baseball and Whitney follows him around. This page was created so that our friends and family can have a glimpse into our daily lives while we're on the road. Love and miss you all!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Baseball Shmaseball...

By the way, I made that 2nd word up if you were wondering...

Sure, it's fun (well, to Tim anyways) and it's a big part of our lives but it's not our WHOLE lives. I think what I like best about baseball is the lessons it teaches me on a daily basis. Lessons like:

-Good game or bad game I have a healthy, Godly, -and might I say- handsome, husband that comes home to me at the end of the night.
-I may not have a permanent address (and one may not be in sight)but the old cliche "home is where the heart is" is true, no matter how cheesy that makes me sound.
-A room with an air mattress and little else is comfortable as long as my two loves are with me...hot tea and a book. (I kid, I kid. It's Tim and Bleier...)
-The people I want to covet sometimes -with their nice cars, big homes, and fancy clothes- aren't always as happy as they seem.
-Yet again, my father was always right. 'Rich' is a state of mind. I consider myself wealthy to the extreme.
-I would much rather come home to very little 'stuff' but have my husband/best friend/partner is awesomeness there than a house full of things with no one to share it with.

I could go on but I'll spare you the rest of my sappy mood.

The thing is, I have most definitely learned that it's the little things in life you need to enjoy. i.e. lazy off days, walks with our dog, sitting down for a meal together, evening chats before bed, reading the Bible together, lifting each other up on hard days, getting excited to see him after a road trip, etc. Again, I could go on...

It really puts life in perspective when I don't have unnecessary things distracting me from what's really important. There are plenty of people in this world that may have more money than I, drive a nicer car than I (though, that's not hard to accomplish), or be 'higher up in society' than I, that would kill for what I have - a wonderfully sweet, thoughtful, funny, Godly husband to lead my household and to come home to (well really, he comes home to me but you get my drift...).

You know, it really puts life in perspective. It's always taken a good bit to make me angry but I've found that lately I've been even less so. I haven't gotten truly upset in...well...I can't remember the last time, because I realized that really? whatever the situation, it's not all that bad because of how full my life is.

That's all I wanted to say.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

I'm Baaaack!

Sorry I've been so absent. Once again, baseball threw us in a wirlwind and we're just now settling in again. So...to catch you up.

We're back in Mississippi. We got the word about a month ago while I was visiting my family in Alabama. Luckily, Mississippi was playing the Barons in Birmingham so I'm thankful for the small blessings. We got back into Mississippi for our first homestand back and Tim and I were able to spend our first 4th of July ever in the same city together! It's about time...







Oh! Before we got back to MS, we celebrated Cooper's FIFTH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! This is him on his last day of being 4...



This is his outfit he got from Mam and Dink...



And this is a picture Coop took of Caleb when he stole my phone...



Okay. Now we're back to Mississippi... It took us long enough but we found a place to stay. Luckily, it has a fenced in back yard so we get to have Bleier with us!!! Here's a few pics of where we're staying...







There's a reservoir that looks more like a river right down the road...



See it?? Aaaalllll the way down the road?? And since we're vagabonds and everything we own has to fit into my little bitty car, here was our first bed when we arrived...



That bed was REALLY uncomfortable and since my parents didn't want Tim's money maker to hurt, they surprised us with a NEW bed!!!!! Still an air mattress but it feels like a bed AND we'll be able to take it with us when we need a bed in some other city on some other team...




Muuuuch better.

Here's Bleier after our run...



I took her to the pool and she didn't quite know what to do...



Here she is sleeping on the drive down I-20...



And last, but not least, here's some pics I took with the Hipstamatic iPhone app...







So, that's a summarized update. Living with little and an air mattress has really forced me to realize how little we need. I have my husband, I have my dog, and I know that God has everything in His hands, and that's all I need and want.

Later gator.