Karen, Katie Beth, and I dropped by the last Bridge Street concert of the summer, which had DiscOasis playing. Our friend Darrell Tibbs was sitting in on drums for DiscOasis.

The band was a hoot to watch and hear.

Karen answered Katie Beth’s call to jump off the diving board.

Karen was brave and jumped.

You may not know that Karen is not a water person. I think I have only seen Karen go off a diving board a couple of times.

In the end, Katie Beth had to show her mother how to do it.

Karen had a great time celebrating her ½ birthday today at the Huntsville Stars’ baseball game. She didn’t know that myself and others had put together a list of wonderful surprises. Matthew arranged for Karen to be the fan of the day so Karen and Katie Beth could ride into the game with Homer, the team mascot.

Many of Karen’s friend were hiding out in a skybox. Karen only had to look up to see them all pressed against the glass watching.

After riding into the game with Homer, we keep Karen on the field and then she learned that she was throwing out the first pitch of the game.

We then went up to the skybox to take Allison Tofflemire’s drink up to Steve Tofflemire. Allison told Karen that Steve and her parents were up there because it was so hot. It was over 90° degrees.

When we arrived at the skybox, everyone was already there waiting. Karen was surprised at seeing so many faces greet her. Janice Houston and Steve Tanner with their daughter Clair, Ann And Jay Kissell, Jeff Thornburg, my parents, Allison and Steve Tofflemire, Larry and Margaret Bennett, Larry Veeder, Meg Leach, Elizabeth and Bob Riggle were there. More dropped in throughout the evening.

We all had a great time and the food from Scott Tolmach of Sodexo was just wonderful.

Godmomma Allison signed the anthem tonight.

Katie Beth is having a blast with pizza dough. Allison made rings, bracelets, snakes, and more. We had a pizzeria here tonight throwing dough while working the dough.

We are out hiking this morning. We have never hiked this area, but we will be doing it more in the future.

The temperature is in the upper 80′s and the humidity is high. Katie Beth is sweating a lot.

Hiking was cut short, because Katie Beth found a playground on the trails.

The trails have a big variety of areas including cliffs, open areas, and forests.

We are having a lovely evening at SciQuest tonight.

Katie Beth just thinks this is the best place to hang out. I tend to agree.

We even walked through the Space exhibit that is here through summer.

We are having a blast here tonight with Godmomma Allison and Godpappa and all their friends.

Grandmother and granddaddy came tonight and they having a great time.

Allison and Steve Tofflemire have put on a great party.

Early today, we were at Sherwood Park Pool and the lifeguards sang Happy Birthday to Katie Beth and gave us popsicles.

Later at the Huntsville Stars game, Homer and the gang gave Katie Beth a set of play bugs. She loves them. Katie Beth threw out the first pitch and rode onto field with Homer and Matt. She threw her first pitch to Huntsville Stars player Chuckie #4.

Tomorrow, we keep it going with a pool party!

Godmomma Allison and Katie Beth are enjoying french fries at tonight’s Huntsville Star’s game.

Tomorrow night on Katie Beth’s birthday, Katie Beth gets to throw out the first pitch. She even will ride into the game with Homer the team mascot.

We had a great time picking blueberries this morning. The heat was rising the whole time, but it didn’t get us down too much.

Katie Beth’s friend Jameson joined us with with her parents Jeff and Jessica.

Jameson and Katie Beth had a fun time playing with each other run after each other.

We will be eating blueberries for weeks to come.