Sorry it's been so long but life has been very busy since our last post. November 1st brought the newest addition to our St Cloud Family - baby Landon Roe. We have all had so much fun with him and he's growing so fast. The Powerhouse mom's never miss a chance to spoil him rotten!
This exciting event was followed by the USSSA National Meeting in Daytona Beach. It's always fun to see our USSSA people from around the country each year. Even better was the chance to see our Pride family. Luckily, Wednesday morning I was able to trek back to St Cloud and pick up Bradley for the rest of week. This allowed him to participate in the first ever USSSA Corn Hole Tourney and spend some time with his Pride girls - namely a fun dinner with Cat at Bubba Gump's! TR was also honored with the USSSA Award of Merit during the Friday night award banquet. Still can't believe we managed to keep that one a secret and surprise him.
National Meeting was followed by a quick trip to Virginia for Thanksgiving to visit family. December was also very busy. We had a visit from Jeff, Missy & Alli and were able to meet them for dinner while they were here. We played some baseball and then had lots of Christmas stuff to do. On Christmas Day, we packed it all up & headed to the Keys - where it was FREEZING COLD! We did manage to do a little kayaking and fish a little but it definitely wasn't our usual Keys Christmas weather.
This exciting event was followed by the USSSA National Meeting in Daytona Beach. It's always fun to see our USSSA people from around the country each year. Even better was the chance to see our Pride family. Luckily, Wednesday morning I was able to trek back to St Cloud and pick up Bradley for the rest of week. This allowed him to participate in the first ever USSSA Corn Hole Tourney and spend some time with his Pride girls - namely a fun dinner with Cat at Bubba Gump's! TR was also honored with the USSSA Award of Merit during the Friday night award banquet. Still can't believe we managed to keep that one a secret and surprise him.
National Meeting was followed by a quick trip to Virginia for Thanksgiving to visit family. December was also very busy. We had a visit from Jeff, Missy & Alli and were able to meet them for dinner while they were here. We played some baseball and then had lots of Christmas stuff to do. On Christmas Day, we packed it all up & headed to the Keys - where it was FREEZING COLD! We did manage to do a little kayaking and fish a little but it definitely wasn't our usual Keys Christmas weather.
January brought the start of another year when I'm not evern sure where the last one went! We have been blessed to keep our Powerhouse family together and look forward to another great season and many fun times. Powerhouse has a really big tournament in March in Atlanta. We had a Texas Hold'em Poker Fundraiser in January to try and raise enough money to cover our hotel rooms for the weekend. It was a very successful and fun event! All the boys had to stay home, except for Baby Landon who was representing in his Powerhouse attire!
We started off pretty slow this season for baseball - not at all what we expected. At the end of January we made a trip to the West Coast to play in our first tourney of the year. We made an early exit, losing our first game on Sunday morning. So what do you do when you get knocked out early? You go to Hooters for lunch (think of it as an educational field trip as Briar had never been) and then head to the beach. It would have been a shame to miss the opportunity to go to Clearwater Beach when we were so close! For us Florida parents, it was still a little chilly for shorts and such but the boys (and girls - Jamison, Kaitlyn & Kennedy) had no qualms about getting in the frigid water.
TR & I made a quick trip to New Orleans (more cold weather - I'm starting to see a pattern when I travel) for our Midwest/Southern Slow Pitch Divisional Meeting. While we were there, we did get a chance to have lunch with Renee and her sons Sam & Henry. It was great to visit and catch up.
And now we are back into baseball full swing. Last weekend we headed to Riverview to play. This weekend we are home in Osceola and then we head to Plant City, followed by Leesburg. Then one weekend off before our big trip to Atlanta in March.
This weekend the boys started slow on Saturday - losing their first pool play game and in general just not playing well. We did win the second pool play game which seeded us in the second flight for Sunday. Sunday they managed to pull it all together, winning three games and the tournament. Bradley caught every inning of all three games on Sunday! Let's hope they continue their winning ways this weekend. This past weekend's win was dedicated to Poppy, TR's dad, who had open heart surgery last Friday as we all wish him a speedy recovery!
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