Baseball Care Package

Our family loves Baseball. We love football and basketball too, but there's just something about the crack of a bat, being at a stadium and enjoying a baseball game. Here's the thing... our family is a house divided... with all sports teams. We have lived in five states and all of us are fans of different teams. Because we have lived in Cincinnati for the majority of our time since having children, we became Cincinnati Reds fans... until almost three years ago when we moved to St. Louis, and the head of the house and my little man, became Cards fans! The girls and I have remained loyal to the Reds. Krysta, our oldest who lives in Tampa now, is a fan of a few teams. Reds first and foremost, then the Tampa Bay Rays and her all time favorite player is Josh Hamiton of the Texas Rangers. I LOVE... love, love, love to put care packages together for Krysta. I wish I could do one every week for her, but the cost of shipping is ridiculous, so every few months (usually a holiday) I send her and some of her friends essentials that she needs, snacks of different kinds, gift cards, holiday decorations, etc. So...I decided to surprise her with an Opening Day care package filled with baseball goodies. I got a text this morning from her that said, "COOLEST PACKAGE EVER!!!!" Made me smile. So... here's to a great baseball season for the Reds! oh and maybe the Cards... or Rays... or Rangers... or whatever team you are pulling for.

Care package in the making... Snickerdoodle White Chocolate Popcorn & White Chocolate Popcorn... Yumminess!!

The finished product: Peanuts, Cracker Jacks, Yummy Popcorn, Baseball Fun Facts, Reds schedule and plates, Baseball tin pails filled with baseball cards and snacks. :)

Spring Snow Shower

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ~Carl Reiner (Especially at the end of March... michelle woolf)

Welcome Spring...

... hoping you will stay around for a bit. :)

Spring Break 2011

We usually go to Florida...last year it was Orlando and the past few years before that we went to Destin and enjoyed the beautiful beach. This year, because of some other trips coming up that we are taking... we opted for a long weekend in Cincinnati. We spent the first part of the week here in STL and on the first morning, this is what we woke up to...

Thankfully, it warmed up within the next day and melted... because we ARE OVER IT!!!
We did have a quick trip to Cincinnati... spent time with friends and went to the zoo. A visit to Cincy always go by too fast for me... hope to be back for good one of these days.

My Favorite little man