Busy, busy, busy!

     With summer comes being busy. But it's the kind of busy that I like. :) On Monday, I was able to get some scrap-booking done, which made me happy. I am working on scrap-booking my high school memories which, from the looks of it, might take up two albums! Ha I am really enjoying this hobby of mine though. It's great to look back in time & express all of those moments in a creative way. :) Later that night, my church's softball league had a late-night game at 8:40 p.m. We played the Reformers. It looked like we would end up having to mercy rule them because we got 8 runs within the first 2 innings. However, they seemed to get much better by the 4th inning and ended up beating us 12-10. Oh well. Our guys had some GREAT plays though! Here are some pictures from the night.

The word beautiful seems inadequate to describe the sunset that we saw on our way to the game but then again, what word CAN accurately describe the beauty of God's creation?

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun." Psalms 19:1-4

Here we see Ben playing the position of catcher. Behind him is the umpire, who seemed to have some "issues", to say the least. He was loud, boisterous, sarcastic, & when my sister yelled "Are you blind?" he responded loudly, "NO! I have 20/20 vision. I have been to the doctor 3 times in the past month!" He later apologized and said that he wasn't trying to be a smart aleck... riiiiight.

Here we see Ben up to bat in the final stages of his swing. He did really well on his first night back! :)

    Yesterday, I made blueberry muffins for breakfast for Kayt & I. Afterwards, I ran 3 miles and walked a half of a mile. It felt FANTASTIC for my first time running 3 miles in awhile. My best friend Kourtni then texted me, asking if I wanted to go for a walk on the Perryville path. I am always up for burning more calories & sending time with my friends so I headed over to her house at 1. We then walked from her house to Harlem Rd and back. It ended up being about 3 1/2 miles as well. So I got a 7 mile workout in yesterday! CRAZY! :) I then had to leave and go pick my sister Corey up from school. Later that night, Evan, Kourtni, & Shannon picked me up to go to Subway & then to go to the RCHS vs. Lutheran Regionals game. It was evenly matched for awhile before Lutheran scored 1 goal on us. We then scored a goal. In the second half, however, Lutheran got 2 more goals on us. It was still a great game to watch though! 

It was filled with more contact than usual! I guess that's what you should expect when two rivals play a game.

Abbi Erickson's cute little puppy that fell asleep in Molly's lap during the game. Adorable! ♥