Dodgers Baseball

Nate and his team played their first game on Saturday. It was a lot of fun to watch and we won the game with a score of 15 to 12. They play coach pitch and switch after three strikes are made or five runs are scored. Nate struck out the first time he was up, but hit the ball on his second trip up to bat. He ended up getting out at first, but earned an RBI because the third baseman was still able to make it home safe (Monte had to explain that to me by the way). I guess I need to study up on the game of baseball. Nate's really having a lot of fun playing and I think this may be his sport. He has a great group of kids on his team and his coaches are excellent! They are great with the boys and are so patient and encouraging.

The weather was so nice on Saturday and has been ever since. It was 85 degrees Saturday, 89 on Sunday and has been maintaining mid 80 temperatures this entire week. Now is the time to be outside enjoying the warm weather because from about June through August, the humidity is horrendous! Well, to me it's horrendous. I always did do better in the cold weather. You can always layer on the clothing, but you can only take so much off.

Anyway, we went to the beach on Saturday after the game. Then on Sunday, we went to pick strawberries with our friend Ann and her girls and went back to the beach after that. Monte and the boys LOVE the beach, so I have a feeling we are going to be there a lot.

Have a great rest of the week. God Bless! :)

Spring Break - Day 5

We checked out of the campground and headed to the Outer Banks for the last time, this trip. We stopped at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk and then played a round of mini golf at the Mutiny Bay course in Nags Head. After the golf, we headed back home and got in around 8:30 pm that night. We all had a great week in the Outer Banks and plan to go back sometime before we leave the east coast.

Wright Brothers National Memorial:












Mutiny Bay Mini Golf:







Have a great week everyone! God Bless! :)

Spring Break - Day 4

We finally had a clear blue sky on day four, but it was really really windy. So, we went to Roanoke Island and hung out there for the day. We went to the aquarium, saw a replica ship of the Queen Elizabeth II, a replica colony for that time and the museum for the ship and colony. Mostly indoor things, which was what we needed to get out of the wind.

Aquarium:

The pictures above were of a movie screen ball that hung in the air at the aquarium. The movie being shown was about the earth's water supply and as the narrator spoke, the scenes on the "earth" changed to fit what was being talked about. It was just too cool!

The Queen Elizabeth II:

Museum:

And that was day four. Have a great day everyone! God Bless! :)

Spring Break - Day 3

Hey all! We saw the Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras lighthouses on this day. We couldn't go up into them, but were able to walk in the Bodie lighthouse. It was really cool to look up and see the spiral staircase. We spent most of the morning exploring the lighthouses, then we made more sandwiches for lunch and headed to the beaches for shells. The first couple of beaches were the same as the others. Thick sand, lots of people and no shells still in tack. Sophie and the boys had a lot of fun digging and playing though, as you can imagine.

The last beach we drove onto wasn't so much fun. It had a lot softer and thicker sand on it and yes, as you can probably guess by now, we got stuck. Monte's big 2500 4x4 Silverado got stuck, up to the frame, in the sand. At first, there wasn't anyone around that could help us at the end of the beach that we were at, so we all attempted to dig the tires out of the sand. Sophie even got in on the digging. She saw what Brady was doing and ran over to him, ducked under his arms and began digging herself. It was so cute! I tell you, she is one smart puppy! Anyway, that wasn't really working and finally someone came to our rescue, or tried too. The poor guy almost got stuck himself trying to pull us out. So we gave him our cell phone number and he drove off the beach to the nearest gas station to call us a tow truck. Monte and I were actually laughing at getting stuck. We've been stuck so many times, he and I, starting back to when we were dating. We just chalked it up to yet another "Smith Family Adventure" or SFA as Brady says we should start referring to them. Anyway, after we realized we might need a tow truck, it wasn't so funny. We were really scared at how much it was going to cost us. But, before the wrecker even called us back, we were rescued. It was quite a miracle as the guy had just bought his tow rope the day before and we were the second people he had gotten out of the sand that day. I just want to say thank you to the guys that helped and thank you to Jesus for sending them our way. It pretty much would have ruined our vacation if we had to pay a tow truck, which we found out afterwards, would have cost us around $500....yikes!

After we got out of the sand, we headed back to the camper for dinner and some relaxation. We were all tired from trying to dig the truck out and just didn't feel like doing anything else after our SFA.

So that was day three. Have a great night everyone. God Bless! :)