Mid July Beach Trip w/ the Rockingham Gang

Another fun beach trip. It is family tradition that My sister Kim, My Mom, all the kids, and myself get together every year during the summer for a week of vacation. Being that I live few hours away from my family, vacations like this mean so much to me. The time is valuable and precious that I want it to last so much longer than it does. Like the saying goes... "Time flies when you are having fun!" Kim and Mom, thank you so much for driving so far to be with us for a few days at the beach.

Cool Helmet, Drake!

Sweet Little Peanut!

Joy and Jerry Leigh (aka... Patty Cakes)

Cousins and best buds!

Oops... Joy landed on her hinney after attempting to do a front walk-over!

The girls doing hand stands.

My sister Kim, Joy, Jerry Leigh, and Peanut

Sweet little thing!!! Love you, Peanut...

Love you too, Jerry Leigh!!

July 4th Weekend (lots of pictures)

What an amazing weekend! The weather was perfect and it was the first time in two years that we were able to go to the beach for July 4th. Here are lots of pictures to show you how much fun we had. Drake is finally like the beach... the only catch is that we have to go late in the afternoon when the sun is not so bright and the wind is not blowing sand needles in our legs!

what a goofy picture of me... (Craig is practicing with the new camera... keeping practicing Craig!)

Drake is trying to be a turtle in this picture... he was having so much fun!

Craig boogey boarding... no skim boarding this year!!

I love this picture of Drake and Nonna... (Nonna please don't kill me for posting this! I think you are always beautiful!!!)

Drake and the Grand's

Landry and Drake being two little cuties...

Going on a boat ride with Poppy

Drake pretending to drive the boat

Birthday and a Little Baseball

Well, Drake turned 2 on June 22nd! We spent the afternoon at Nonna & Poppy's (Craig's parents) house. Drake's cousins Cade, Cannon and Landry were there for the celebration... and big sis Joy.

Here is Drake enjoying a slice of birthday cake

The two men I love the most!

Batter, batter....

SWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cute picture of Joy and Drake

Oh how Drake loves baseball..... Happy Birthday little buddy!

Finally... A relaxing weekend

Finally... We got to go to the beach last weekend and it was amazing. We ran into terrible thunderstorms on the way down Friday night, but we awoke to abundant sunshine Saturday morning. We went out on the beach shortly before noon and Drake did not care for the ocean or sand whatsoever. He is one of those kids that hate to have his hands and feet dirty... SO, after a short trip to the beach we came back and Drake and Craig played in the canal. Now, Drake loved the canal. He managed to flip his boat just to test to see if his Daddy was paying attention. (Craig was right there to save him!!) Lastly, the boys finished up the evening with a little fishing... Ahhhh... paradise!

Drake had a blast at the beach!


Here are my two favorite men!


Here is Craig having a blast in the ocean... little chilly, huh Craig?

Well, it would not be a normal afternoon if Drake didn't want to play baseball! The kid lives and breathes baseball! He loves other sports too, but we think baseball might be his favorite. Who would have guessed it!!!

This might be the cutest dump truck load I have ever seen.

Way to go Drake... Now you're thinking! You found a new way to use the dump truck

How precious! Drake hated the beach, but I managed to get a couple pictures of him smiling. He acted as if he was allergic!!! His nose started running, he was sweating... crying... just plum miserable. Maybe soon he will learn to love it like we do.

How sweet.... love you both!

Joy's 1st softball game!

This is Joy's first year playing softball. She is truly out of her comfort zone. We are very proud of her progress... The important thing is to have fun and she is having a blast!


Team huddle before the game


Joy playing 2nd base (can you tell she is a little nervous??)


Batter, batter, SWING....

Joy's team won 15-2!!!

Cade's 1st T-ball game (April)

What a beautiful day to be watching baseball! Drake had lots of fun
watching his big cousin Cade. (Drake is totally focused on the game
in this picture)


You almost hit it, Cade! Good try anyways!!!


Drake is with Jack Standley at the game. I wonder what they were talking about???


Cade, you are growing up so fast! We are all so proud of you!!!

My apologizes....

To all our loyal blog watchers:

I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to update Drake's blog. My hard drive on my computer fried about a month ago and I just recently added about 280 pictures from my camera back onto the computer. So please scroll down and see what Drake has been up to the last couple of months. All is grand in the Lee House... Craig is finally feeling better from his week long sickness, Ashton & Joy both had straight A's on their report cards, and ME... I got a 2nd job! I am now working part time at my church and I have to say that I am so excited about it... Most people think working two jobs is rough, well... not me. Working at the church has truly been a blessing. It has been a great way for me to get to know my church family better. It is such an honor to be able to serve the Lord and my fellow church members.