Professional Little League Pictures.

I got my professional pictures back from Bayleigh's Little League this year. I say I because I just happened to see them in a box and thought that the team might have already gotten them when Bayleigh was gone. Come to find out--they didn't get them the whole team's were still in the box, but they went on ahead and gave me mine without asking. :) Pruitt's Studio took the pictures.
Below is the back of one of the wallet trading cards I bought. Then the front is under that. Then of course the individual shot and the team picture.

What A Week

This week I am just exhausted! I literally woke up EVERY single day LATE! I know that it's because 1. I am flat tired, and 2. because with the air conditioner upstairs and the fan running to pull the air into our room, I just don't hear the alarms--either of them. I can add a 3. for today, my cell phone died in the middle of the night sometime and so I was down an alarm this morning. :(

**on a side note, is anyone having troubles with the blog composer besides me? The photos upload in text form and I can't change my font color.**

SO, back at it....This week has seemed to just FLY by. I really can't even believe that it is Friday. It's been hot--too hot to even play outside much. :(
Monday, Bayleigh had a game and they WON! Way to go Waldron Health Care! :) Grammy, Papa, Uncle Eric, Aunt Rachel, Cousin Max, and Uncle Chuck came to watch her play as well. I was working so after the game I had 2 extra kiddios. We went back to Tony's house to hang out and we were supposed to have dinner there, but everything was frozen and nobody could decide what to do. It was 8:30 and I was hungry, and my kids were hungry, and so was everyone else, so we decided to load up and hit Pizza Hut. It was good. It was a good time. It was fun hanging out with everyone.

Tuesday my girlfriend sent me a text and asked what I was doing. I was working an open to close that day. It's funny to hear me say that, but it's the easiest way to describe it. LOL! Anyhoo, She wanted to invite us to her church for VBS and then offered to take Bayleigh with her to join Avery and Silas. Of course she wanted to go and immediately ran upstairs to get dressed to go. Here's what she came down in....



and here are a couple pictures from my friend Jennifer's phone of Bayleigh and Silas dancing and in their group! SO CUTE!





Wednesday Melanie had to work 12-close so I was working late again and so Jennifer came again and picked Bayleigh up and took her to VBS. They left early to meet Steve, Jennifer's husband, for dinner at McDonalds. Bayleigh thought that was a lot of fun as well. I think that the break from mom and dad, and the kids here was needed for her. :) When they got home, I was missing her and was excited for the one on one so once Melanie left Bayleigh and I got into our swimsuits and headed out to her new kiddie pool. LOL! It's like 33 inches deep, so when I sit it's to my neck. It was nice sitting out there counting the stars, watching the airplanes, and enjoying the moon light.

Last night was the last night for VBS and Jennifer invited me to join them. I was So happy I did! It was their program where they sang and did their little dances. I would have been disappointed if I'd had missed that. It was nice because my friend Melissa attends that church too and her son Jacob was in the age group with Silas and Bayleigh so they all stood next to each other during the program so we could watch them all easily. They said they had 300 kids attend that VBS! Thank you Jennifer for taking Bayleigh and letting her be part of the activities. She had a wonderful time and the break for momma was so nice too, even though I was working. :)
Larry was going to go to Colin's game, but he came home with a really terrible headache so he ended up sleeping it off. When we got home Bayleigh and I headed for the pool again and Larry joined us. It was so relaxing. Makes me want a hot tub really bad. :)

Tonight is SUPER busy as well! Colin has a game at 7:15 and then I have to go to town and buy a birthday present for Miss Maddie, I am sure we will eat before shopping, I have other things to buy too, but can't remember at this time. Tomorrow, we are going to dinner with family and then my cousins are spending the night with my mom so I told her I'd help her with them. FUN!!! Bayleigh LOVES to play with Penelope! Then Sunday, providing Elliot and Penelope are gone I have My Miss Maddie's 2nd birthday party. Her birthday isn't until Christmas Eve, but like her mom said, "who wants their party on Christmas Eve??" :)I hope we get to go, Heather is a party planner like myself and puts a ton of effort into her work. She said Bayleigh could play in the pool too, and I want to meet Sandy their dog. :) LOL! I know meeting a dog sounds silly, but I have heard so much about her.

Then, Monday rolls back around and I have to shoot for not over sleeping like I did this week. :)

Thanks for checking in on us. Enjoy your weekend!
Love,
Jenn

Father's Day 2010

Father's Day should come several times a year. :) I find myself reflecting on Larry and the how lucky Bayleigh and I are to have him. I also, take the chance to think about my mom and how rough she had it with Jessica and I growing up. Now that I am a parent I realize how I certainly didn't make parenting easy for her. And then there is Tony of course as well. Tony is such a great person. He raised Larry into a good man. He is kind and giving. We appreciate all he does and all my mom does for us as well. I say I wish it came around more often, because I don't take the chance to show my gratitude toward these 3 important people in my life. I need to work on that.
Money was tight for us because we had just gotten back from FL. Thank God photos make great gifts and are fairly in expensive. I found some nice frames as well. Bayleigh and I took Larry out on a movie date night to see Toy Story 3. So cute and sad. I cried. For lunch we took mom and Tony out to Cracker Barrel and my aunt Mary and her granddaughter Nikki and her two children Penelope and Elliot joined us too. Bayleigh thinks Penelope makes the world go round, so the she was SUPER excited to have lunch with her. :)

Here are just a few of the reasons I love my husband SO VERY much!

*He is loving!
*He is caring!
*He is hardworking!
*He is Funny!
*He is MEAN! (we are mean to each other, that's how I know he likes me). :)
*He is reliable!
*He is trustworthy!
*He is the BEST husband anyone could ask for!
*He is by far the BEST father in the world!
**He is my best friend!

Larry,
Thank you so much for being so amazing to me and our beautiful daughter. Thank you for putting up with me for the past 13 years. Thank you for caring about me and my family. Thank you for absolutely every single day that you give me. I love you more than ever. I love to watch you be a great father and I love to watch you and Bayleigh grow so close each and everyday. I love that you taking care of us and for providing us with the world. :) I know that we have our moments, as does any couple, but never doubt for one moment the love I have for you. Please know that that love continues to grow and grow and grow. I LOVE you with all of my heart Larry Rutherford!

Just Pictures From Disney Disc

Game Ball!

Bayleigh's first Little League Game after we got back was on Wednesday the week after we returned. I was nervous that she would be rocky because of having so much time off. She did great! She hit the ball every time she was up. She never scored, but the team did win the game. It was so cute because prior to the game after the National Anthem, Anthony Thomas--asst. coach had the girls sing Happy Birthday to the coach Marc Benson. SO CUTE! After the game the coach announced that Bayleigh had won the game ball for hitting each time she was up and for running her hardest to each base. I explained to Bayleigh that winning the game ball meant that the coach was VERY proud of her--as was mommy and daddy and she really thought she was hot stuff. :) (she is)
I am really impressed with all the girls. I look forward to going to the games being a fan. All of the teams, girls and boys are so much fun to watch. :) I am sad that the season is so close to being over. :(

Walt Disney World Day 8

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Welp, this is it. The last day of our vacation. We woke up early and finished packing. We had to be down at the Hospitality House at 10:30 to catch the bus to the airport. Larry and Bayleigh and I even went down for a last breakfast at the Hospitality house before everyone else woke.

I was DREADING the airport. My aunt was back in Indiana and told me that Orlando's security SUCKS. When we arrived there a week prior I seen why. They were backed up and jam packed into the security lines. I was not wanting to go thru those lines. We got to the airport without a hitch. Once we made it to the security line we were standing there for a couple minutes tops and a woman walked up to me and asked how many were in the party with the little girl. I pointed out the 3 of us adults and she promptly said come with me. I was like GREEEEAT! now where are we going? Well it was GREAT! She took us to a line that was MUCH shorter and we were completely thru Orlando's security within 10 minutes! YEAH! After that we had some time to kill so we decided to have lunch at McDonalds there in the airport and just hang out.

Below is a picture of Bayleigh and I in the room waiting to leave.

Bayleigh kept saying, Mom! Take my picture and posing in the window!

This is a picture out of the window of the plane at 36,000 feet. SO PRETTY!

Our flight home was SO much better. Not as rough at all. Tony did great as well. Larry and I got on the plane with the family seating and Tony wasn't allowed to get on when we did so we saved him a seat directly in front of us. Bayleigh was asleep with the window closed before we even got off the ground and slept the entire way home. Even missed the landing. First thing she said while we waited to get off was, We didn't get any snacks. LOL! I had her peanuts and 100 calorie pack in my purse. :)

I was so thankful to be home. I was looking forward to spending the night in my bed and getting a shower with my water pressure. Mom missed us like crazy and we missed her too. She wanted to go have dinner in town so we did. The weather got really bad and we rushed home after and hung out until it passed. I was VERY thankful that we were home and not flying in that storm. That would have been bad. :)

I miss Disney now that I am home and had a break from it. Bayleigh talks about it daily. She is ready to go back.

More importantly though is I am home with my babies! I missed them SO much. I definately needed the break, but I thought about them every single day. It definately confirmed that I am doing exactly what I love. Yes, often times I feel unappreciated and that I could be making more of a difference with my life, but deep down I know that I am appreciated and that being with these babies everyday I am making a difference. I love them like they are my own.
So, that's it. That was how it went down! :) I am very thankful for the trip and very thankful for all the wonderful memories that we made as a family.

Hope this blog finds you well. Thanks for reading following along with us.

Love,

Jenn

P.S. If you ever want to read older blogs the links are at the top of this page on the right hand side. :) Feel free to comment as well.

Walt Disney World Day 7

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Friday was our last day we had to spend at the parks so we knew that it was going to be a day of running. Running as in to do everything that we wanted to do or redo before we had to leave. On our agenda was to 1st go back to Epcot to actually ride in Epcot because that is what Bayleigh wanted to do--ride in the big golf ball. Then we wanted to go back to Hollywood Studios to meet Buzz, Woody, and Jessie, and so I could ride the Aerosmith Rollercoaster and visit the gift shop. Last, we wanted to go back to Magic Kingdom to and hit a few rides for the second time and do a little shopping, and basically finish the day there to watch the fireworks show there because we had yet to do that.

At 4:30 AM Larry and I woke with Bayleigh in our bed vomiting out of a dead sleep. (Talk about an alarm clock). I don't even remember her climbing into our bed at all. Needless to say we were up from then on for the most part with her being sick. Larry went down to the hospitality house and purchased a $4 loaf of bread for her to snack on to try to calm her tummy. It didn't help right away.

Below is a picture Larry snagged of Bayleigh and I napping between her sick moments. Notice she is prepared to be sick again!

Once we heard Eric, Rachel, Max, and Tony up we opened up our door--clearly not ready to go and told them the news of Bayleigh being sick. We told them to take Tony and go ahead without us. I didn't want them to feel like they couldn't enjoy themselves on our account. Tony at first said he was up sick all night too, but then decided after a few minutes that he was feeling better and went to meet up with Eric, Rachel, and Max at breakfast and then head to Magic Kingdom with them. Bayleigh had a long period of keeping her bread down and said she felt better so we then decided to head out as well. Larry and I stuffed our pockets with plastic bags in case she was sick again. Luckily, she was not. :) We just pushed the water and I don't know what was up with her, but we went to Epcot first and did the "golf ball" and then headed to Hollywood Studios. Once we got there we were all hungry and immediately ate. Bayleigh ate her chicken nugget meal, a hot dog, and one of the patties from my double cheeseburger. I think it was safe to say--she was feeling much better. :)
After eating we went straight to where Buzz and Woody were the night before. We had hoped to get their autographs and Jessie too. We got in line and the man told us that by the time we got up there Woody would probably be gone and Buzz would be out. (they weren't together until after 4). Well, it was ok, we waited anyways. Turns out Woody did pictures and autographs for us and then he left and Buzz came out. SOOOO, we walked out the door and got right back in line and went back for Buzz too! SCORE! We got them both in! While in line we asked about Jessie and the man told us she was at Magic Kingdom--we were headed there after Hollywood Studios so SCORE again! :)
Also while in line there was picture spots--so fun! We took the chance to take some funny pictures....
This is Bayleigh fearing Zurg's blasts!

This is Bayleigh strapped to the rocket at the end of Toy Story! SO funny!

These are some more random pictures. :)

After seeing both Woody and Buzz we went over to the Aerosmith ride. Well, the line for that was way too long so I missed out yet again on riding. I did however get to go to the gift shop and bought a few small things and Bayleigh got an Aerosmith pin for her collection as well. :) I wanted the drum sticks and talked myself out of them. I might try to find them on ebay. I wanted a shirt too, but they were $50 and I can get one at a concert for $30 so I talked myself out of that too. :)

After that we headed over to Magic Kingdom to meet up with the rest of the Rutherford's. After we found them we decided to split up yet again, but this time with us taking Tony. They wanted to watch the president's show and we wanted to find Jessie before she was gone. Well, she was gone because of the parade going on, but was due to come back in about 30 mins so we waited for her by her spot. Woody came out with her as well. :) He gave Bayleigh some stickers with her autograph as well. :) FUN! We ended up talking Bayleigh into going back to the resort and swimming after that was done. It was HOT and it didn't take much to get her to go. On our way out she wanted to ride the magic carpet ride that is like the Dumbo ride and I let her. Right by the exit of that was Alladin and Jasmine signing autographs. HOW IRONIC that Bayleigh only needed 1 more autograph and her book would be full! So, we hopped in line for that. Talk about luck. Once we got in line they closed the line and we were the last to go thru! YEAH!

Back to the swimming thing, I have to say that a brave little girl was born on this trip. Bayleigh decided she wanted to swim with no floaties and she did great. She is jumping in, going under, and attempting to swim without any help at all. YEAH again! :)

We had so much fun and made many good memories on this trip. By the end of this day I was done with Disney. It was hot and crowded and I was tired. I was excited to go back to the resort to swim as well. We had seen two great fireworks shows and I didn't need to see the one at Magic Kingdom. :) Not to mention I had to finish packing us up for our flight out the next day. I will blog about Saturday soon. There isn't too much to tell, but I will. I am still waiting for my disc too and once it comes in I will post those photos and also there might be a couple random blogs with some of my favorite photos up close as well since I know these collages are not that great. :)

Love,

Jenn

Walt Disney World Day 6

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Thursday was another day that I looked forward to because we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios and 1. I knew that we were going to be eating at the Brown Derby which is where Larry and I had our big dinner on our Honeymoon and I was hoping to use this as kind of an anniversary gift to each other (didn't quite happen that way, but it's ok--we were with our family and that is always ok too), and 2. At this dinner that I looked so forward to I knew we were getting tickets to the Fantasmic show that night which I had heard was a great show.

Hollywood Studios is ok. It's more of an adult park and there are lots of shows and the day really needs to be planned well to have enought time to get to do everything that you want to and it's not always that easy. It was still a good day though and we had a lot of fun.

We did the Backlot tour which is neat to watch in my opinion. We watched the Muppets 3D show and it was really good. Larry and Bayleigh and I got to watch the Little Mermaid Live which we all LOVED. Bayleigh thought it was great and we sat up front in row 3. (that is really the best row bc 1 and 2 are too close and you can't see it all). We got to watch the parade that went by with the Toy Story Characters and that was SO awesome because one of the Army men that mic'd our section kept pointing my nephew out for his participation in the show and even in the end threw a ball his way that Eric totally snagged for Max--VERY well deserved. Of course most of the Toy Story characters were in the parade which was fun to watch because Toy Story is Larry's favorite Disney movie. :)

We thought the wait for the Toy Story 3D show/ride, whatever you want to call it was only 80 mins and so we stood in line for it before the Fantasmic show started. WELL, that ended up being a PAIN IN THE REAR! Our wait was over 2 hours and the family in front of us was literally the MOST annoying family in the park--that is until I started having some fun annoying them rudely after listening to them long enough. Once that happened--I became the most annoying person in the park. :) This ride was said to be pretty awesome so we didn't want to miss it, but take it from me--IF you go and the wait is over an hour--skip it. I wanted SOOOOOOOOOO badly to ride the Aerosmith Roller Coaster and go to the gift shop and we simply ran out of time. :( I was so crushed by that, but what can you do???? We also missed our chance for autographs with Buzz and Woody because of our wait in that line. ((It all turned out ok though, tune in for the post about Friday)).

Anyways, this wait for this ride, put us getting to Fantasmic just minutes before it started--we were supposed to be there 45 minutes before it started and the lady said we had missed our chance to get in. Luckily Larry had spotted a lady by a gate and we rushed over to her JUST before they closed the gate. We were running machines. :) This show was SO worth it though. It's a Mickey Mouse Fireworks Show and it is SO cool. They spray water up and make walls of mist and show animation clips on the mist like a movie screen to be part of the show. This Fantasmic show ended up being one of my favorite things we did on this trip. I don't know all of the ways to get tickets to the show, but I know CERTAIN reservations to the Brown Derby will get you in upon request. :)

In the picture below Larry is not showing off his booty...Eric and him thought it would be so funny to walk up to Tow Mater and pretend to work on him. LOL! Of course Larry did it. :)

The day really was a lot of fun and the kids did great as well, with all the waiting and LOTS of walking we had to do. I forgot to mention that while we went to the Mermaid show the other 4 Rutherford's went to the Narnia Show. After both shows is when we met up and did the Toy Story Ride. All in all the day ended with only time to shower and go to bed which is what we all did happily. :)
Friday's blog is coming soon! Until then--Take care and thanks for checking in.
Love,
Jenn

Walt Disney World Day 5

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Our 5th day was spent at Epcot and it was a bad day for me. I ended up with a full blown attack that I felt the day before at 4:30 AM. Terrible pain, vomitting, the whole 9 yards. I got it under control and ended up getting an hours sleep and was able to go to Epcot with the family. It was bad, but I didn't want to miss the day.

We started off by meeting Daisy in the front of the park and then heading over to a Japanese Steak House for lunch. Bayleigh thought it was really neat. She got to eat with chop sticks for the first time and thought she was pretty hot stuff too. (she is). After we ate I was in a lot of pain. I opted to go back to the resort and the family stayed at the park. I made it as far as the bus stop and was so upset that I would be missing the day I took some tylenol on top of the pain medicine I had already taken and then sat down for a bit. I realized that even though I was hurting it was controlable at this point and decided to go back. I met them in Norway and we went on with our day. We rode the Test Track ride which was pretty cool and then we went over to Soarin' which is an AMAZING simulated ride. I think if you go to Epcot you should totally do that ride.

After Soarin' we went over to the Finding Nemo ride and then it was evening. We literally stumbled upon this restaurant called the Coral Reef outside of the Nemo ride and stopped in to put our name in. The wait was about 20 minutes and Rachel and I thought the hall just inside the door looked awesome. Once they took all of us back we realized we hit the jackpot for a cool dinner spot. One wall was nothing but glass and behind it was an aquarium. We at amongst shark, sting rays, sea turtles and tons of exotic fish. SO COOL! Here's the down side to all these really nice places to eat--it takes 1-2 hours to get through a meal. This one happened to be almost 2 and we had the Illuminations fireworks show that we had to rush to. Of course after eating I am in pain again and to rush across the park like that was no fun at all, but I managed. The fireworks show was excellent. If you go to Epcot--stay for the show. You won't be disappointed.

Here are a couple of pictures of Epcot lit up after the fireworks. STUNNING!

This is my favorite shot from the night!!!! I LOVE these two kids more than life itself!

Thanks for reading! Day 6 coming soon! :)

Love,

Jenn