Pretty in pink

Somehow I got the pictures out of order...ugh! Mallory and her teamates are proud to show their medals. All the girls played tough and had a fun time during their first State Games. Hope this is the first of many! :~)

Way to go BOOMERS!

The whole family wears the BOOMERS Blue with pride! Congratulations to Mackenzie and her team on a great soccer season and capturing the gold medal in the State Games of Miss! We are so proud of all the girls!

State Games of Mississippi

The Boomers had a great State Games. There were 16 teams in their age division. They played tough in the heat. On Saturday they won 2 games. Mackenzie had a rainbow shot from almost midfield over the goalies head into the net! (Heard all about it but missed it since I was on the other side of town with Mallory) On Sunday they won their first game and advanced to the semi finals where they played Vicksburg. They won 3-1 and headed into the championship game to face JFC White. This one was an intense game for players, coaches and families on the sidelines. It was a nail biter! The game was tied 1-1 with about 10 seconds in the game, then we scored the go ahead goal to win the GOLD MEDAL! What a fantastic way to end the season. GO BOOMERS!

State Games of Mississippi

Mallory participated in her first State Games of Mississippi. She played on the Trustmark Divas, a girls U8 soccer team. They played well and had a lot of fun. The State Games have been held in Meridian for 17 years. It's the largest sporting event for amateur athletes...a statewide "mini Olympics". There were thousands of athletes (and their families) in town over the past 2 weekends. It's great Mallory was able to participate. Their team played 4 games yesterday. Mallory had a rough start yesterday. She's NOT a "morning person". They had games at 7am, 10am, 2pm and 5pm. She stepped it up with each game and had 4 goals by the end of the day. Their team ended their State Games with a big win, 8-4. Way to go Divas!

Happy Father's Day

We spent Father's Day weekend in Carthage visiting. We enjoyed swimming at the country club until the thunderstorm came and Billy, Brody and Mallory had fun catching some big fish at the neighbor's place. Mallory may turn out to be an outdoor person like her daddy and big sis after all! :~) See how tanned they are!

Celebration time!

Family and friends celebrated Karen and Dave's wedding at Ridgeland Pointe. Here's a group of our Meridian High School friends. It's hard to believe our 20 year high school reunion is next year! Everyone still looks the same! :~)

Outrigger Island

The kids enjoyed VBS at First Baptist Church with their friends Anna Kate and Parker.

State Games bound...

The Boomers placed 2nd in the State Games Central District Qualifying tournament to secure a place for the team in the upcoming State Games of Mississippi in Meridian. Way to go girls!

Dunn's falls

We drove down to Dunn's falls on Memorial day...it rained as we arrived but after a while it cleared up and we were able have fun in the sun. Billy, Al, Noah and Mac went fishing too.
We enjoyed having our friends up for a visit and hope to have them come again later this summer.

Fun time fishing

Our friends Al, Val, Noah and Mia from Lafayette, LA visited us over Memorial weekend. We had a full weekend...swimming, fishing and eating! We fished at a friend's place and caught about 100 bream (kept 22). That's Noah helping Billy bring in a big catfish. It was 10 1/2 pounds. Mallory was the fishing champ, she caught about 30 that evening!