My favorite Evansville Otter

My younger cousin, Travis, and I grew up together. My mom babysat him several summers when we were younger. When I was a senior in high school, he was a freshman, and I picked him up every morning for school. I have been watching him play baseball for YEARS! (along with football and basketball). When he went to college, I didn't get to see him play nearly as much, esp. since he is a relief pitcher and doesn't play every game.

Now, he is an Evansville Otter. I am very proud of him and love to go watch him play in the evenings at Bosse Field!
Here are some pics of him pitching last night and me with my favorite Otter.

New look in our bedroom

We recently got new bedroom furniture from IKEA. We had an older duvet set (which I was sick of), so we decided to get new bedding and finally put curtains up in our room and make it start to look decorated.

After looking EVERYwhere for a duvet in town, I went online and found one at Target.com:)

Here is the finished bed (I'm not sure why, but the shams on the back grey aren't quite right...

Crazy Busy!

Andrew and I have been so stinkin' busy this summer. It has been so fun and exciting for us. Last summer, I sat at home bored after like 1 week of summer. BUT this summer, I have yet to be bored. The pics below are just some of the things we have been up to lately!

-met this sweet baby and her parents, along with my parents and bro for a nice lunch



-went to Gatlinburg with 29 family members and stayed in a 10 bedroom/bathroom cabin. Hiked 2.5 miles to a waterfall and 2.5 miles back.

-Ripley's Aquarium



-Ripley's Believe it or Not museum



-played with face game with Uncle Chris and Aunt Barbie on the way to Dixie Stampede.




-I LOVE having house guests, esp. these two ladies:)




-had some family and friends over for some smoked pork butt. Andrew sat in the garage for 8 hours watching movies and checking on the meat. Emily, well, she played with her food, even though we told her not to.




-Went swimming at Tim and Carolyns



-went to Aunt Janet's 4th of July party and played corn hole all day!

-Hung out with the most adorable baby girl ever!!



-Made burpies with Valerie and embroidered with Aunt Janet.



-Hung out with Andrew's relatives visiting from Philly. Aunt Carla, Uncle Dan, Melanie, Dom, and Rachel. Since we were visiting in Bowling Green, Andrew got out his gun to shot. Here are Mel and Rachel getting their instructions.



-Celebrated with Andrew's cousin, Mandy and her new husband, Jeff