Baseball season begins!

Here we go again! But this year we have TWO players. They are both very excited about playing and have been practicing for the past couple of weeks.

They both had practice games this week. Unfortunately, opening ceremonies was cancelled Friday night due to bad weather. But Saturday was sunny and beautiful and a great day to play some baseball. 

Reese had to be at Heard Magnet School at 8:00 to take his test for entrance in to Montana next year. We were there until about 10:30 which meant he missed his first game?! Grady played at 10:30 and then they both got to play in the afternoon. It was a fun day at the ball park!

I wish I could say Elle has been a supportive fan, but she mainly loves to go so she can run around with friends:). And they all love to get fries. There are few things better than ball park french fries....

My favorite quote was from Reese on practice game night. I bought some powerades for them to have after their games {they don't drink soda, so the post-game free coke doesn't appeal to them}. 

On the way to the game, I say,
"Reese, are you so excited?"

Reese: "I can't wait... to taste that Powerade!"

Ellary Anne Phillips

My sister-in-law gave birth to a precious baby girl by c-section, a little over 7 weeks early. She was 4.8 pounds and they are both doing well at Sacred Heart in Pensacola. So thankful to the Lord for NICU's and medicine and doctors and nurses who help make things go well with potentially scary situations. Can't wait to meet this beautiful baby girl!

Welcome to the world, sweet Ellary! We love you!

Taking care of business, teeth edition

This week seemed to be all about teeth. But thankfully, Grady's teeth were not involved. Monday was a first for the Salter kids with Reese having a cavity filled. Boo! I've always held my breath each dental visit for the "all clear" from the hygienist at the end of the appointment. I had lots of cavities growing up {and still continue to deal with issues from silver fillings--although I'm almost at the end of the teeth fixer upper tunnel} and I hoped the kids would get Steven's strong teeth. Anyway, even though it seems as though Reese may have gotten my teeth genes, he was a champ and was not scared or upset at all.

Then Wednesday was another first when Elle got braces. Unlike the cavity, which I hope will be few and far between, our future with the orthodontist is looking pretty promising. Elle gets very nervous and anxious about things when she doesn't know what to expect. We were praying for God to help her, and other people were praying for her not to be anxious. And God was so gracious to answer those prayers! She did awesome! She was sore for several days and we are still eating softer foods and cutting things up in to very small bites, but overall, she is doing great. And for the record, she looks adorable with braces, if I do say so myself:).

 

 Last night, Steven and I took Elle to see Chris Tomlin in concert here in Dothan. The tickets were part of her Christmas present. The boys stayed with Dad and Sandi. We took her to eat at Cracker Barrel--she wanted pancakes and cooked carrots?!--then on to the concert. Rend Collective and Tenth Avenue North opened for Chris Tomlin. It was a great night of worship. We had a great time doing that with Elle, too. She was getting tired though and we needed to get the boys, so we slipped out before it was over. But we made it two hours and 45 minutes!

The bathroom renovation is complete and I hope to post before and afters of that soon. We are so happy with the finished result! Baseball season has started and with two boys playing this year, we are spending lots of time at the ballpark. Grady moved up a league and is playing "coach pitch" and Reese will play his first season of T-ball!! And it has NOT been nice, pretty baseball weather yet. Rainy, cold and cloudy hours of practice so far. But, we are looking forward to two fun baseball seasons!