Look who is coaching now!

This post isn't about Justin Bieber. It's about Greg Hull.. I've heard Greg repeatedly say that he "never wants to coach".
Anything.
Ever.
Not adult softball.  He just wants to play.
Not kids t-ball. He just wants Nathan to play.

So it was a complete surprise when Greg reluctantly agreed to coach Nathan's soccer team. And I mean reluctantly!  He agreed only because there was a need for someone to do it not because he had a burning desire to do so.


So turns out, Greg is an  amazing soccer coach!  That's not just my biased feedback, it's also the parents feedback as well!  He has shown incredible patience with the kids, his practices are purposeful and much to my surprise, the kids absolutely love him!  He just may have sealed his fate. :o)

Coach Greg with a captive audience during practice:


Coach Greg and his team during a game:







I love this next picture. Greg is smiling up at one of his players who casually threw his arm around Greg's neck.  They totally love him!


My hero husband.  He's awesome.  And that's that. ;)

Greg at Band Practice

About a month ago, Greg took Nathan to band practice while I was at a business dinner.  I packed Nathan's to-go backpack with snacks and activities to occupy his time during practice.  Later, Greg told me Nathan was taking pictures with his little point and shoot camera.  He said he wanted  to show 'mommy pictures of band practice'. 

Here's the bonus though, Nathan even made some brief videos of Greg at band practice - click play:




It appears Nathan got bored at some point because I also found these pictures from the same night.  How cute is this little booger? :)




How completely wonderful of Nathan to think of doing this for mommy...I totally love him. : )

It's a March Date!

For our March Date, I bought Spring Training tickets THE day they went on sale for the AZ Diamondbacks vs. Texas Rangers.  When the tickets arrived, I had to sneak them in the 'Date Book', I was so stealth, I coulda been in the special forces!  The date of the game dictated the day of our date so I let Greg know in advance that he would need to take a 1/2 day off from work.  He obliged but he's really struggling with not knowing what these pre-arranged monthly dates are,  haha!



The game was at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale and it was a perfect Arizona day.


Our seats were AH-mazing!


I got some fantastic pictures...






Saw body contortion by this Ranger pitcher, look at that back leg - that's just not natural.
 

Lastly, we saw the best last name for a ball player ever.


Greg said this date was pretty awesome - I definitely scored on this one! :)

Totally Nailed It! The Balloon Wreath.

To celebrate the Hull's birthday week this year, I created a balloon wreath. Since the Hull's birthdays are each 3 days apart, it only seemed fitting to celebrate in style by decorating the door!

I loved this one, found on...wait for it...Pinterest. Of course. ;)  Try as I might though, I could not find any more pictures of this one, so I found a balloon wreath tutorial and trudged forward.


I didn't take any pictures of the process but it was simple to create and as you can see, I totally nailed it!






This donned our door the entire week but the Hull's birthday celebration week has come to end, so the balloon wreath is now put away - until next year! :)

The Grand Canyon by Helicopter!

Greg's carefully constructed birthday surprise this year was 'helicoptering through the Grand Canyon'.  Uh, yeah-not to shabby.  In fact, quite the opposite, incredible!!  There are not enough words, nor are there adequate words to describe the experience.  To say it was epic is really understatement.  To say it was spectacular or awesome or incredible or amazing....well even these words fail to measure this event up.

I created this brief video clip, hoping to capture on film our experience but as with many things of this nature, it's just something you gotta experience for yourself to really appreciate.  But click play anyway! :)



That's it. Words fail me on this one!

Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's Forty!

The day has arrived.

Today I am 40 years old.
Yeah, I know, crazy.

But it's good.

Every year of my life just gets better.

Therefore, I'm embracing my 40's.

So welcome to my

'Virtual' Birthday Party!

Your Invitation
(hehehe!)

Mary Engelbreit Birthday Cake by www.thegoodapple.blogspot.com.

(Amazing. Love it.  Wish I could really have it!)

 

 Birthday Flowers.
(It just makes me happy to look at these)


Birthday Balloons
(there are probably 40 of them, wink, wink!)
 
Thank you for celebrating with me :)
Here's looking at 40!

Nathan's 5th Birthday Airplane Party!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I say pictures, videos and a good song speaks two thousand words. Click play! :)