Neeley Family Blog

My husband is super happy! Behold... his new lawn mower!!! Who knew such things could be this exciting!?! But it has been about 11 years since we bought a new lawn mower, so I did get a "oooohhh" myself in looking at new models and seeing all the awesome features they now have. We are pretty happy with this purchase and hope that it last as long as our last one. Watch out lawn, a new mower is in town! lol

We had the day off of baseball since it was Memorial weekend.  We took advantage and made a quick trip to the beach! Our friends and fellow baseball team members, were also going.  We met up in Cannon Beach and let the kids play together.  They flew kites, buried each other and got wet and sandy.  We also took Rogue.  We ate some lunch and visited some of the really neat shops there in downtown.  Our favorite being Bruce's Candy Kitchen. ;) The beach is one of our favorite places and never disappoints.  It was pretty crowded since it was a holiday, but still so much beauty and peace in one place.

This year with baseball, the boys were again at the age of playing on the same team.  This was bittersweet this year, since we know it will more than likely be the last time for a while.  Brad and I were just excited to only be coaching one team this year. ;) We had all of our same kids as previous years, minus a few that either didn't sign up to play, or got put onto another team because we had too many. We had a lot of fun coaching this year and it was so neat to see all the improvement and what these kids could really do towards the end of the season.  It was like watching a real baseball game! They were making double plays and hitting amazing! Here are some photos from our Rookie season this year. Brayden was #8 and Brock was #2.

This post is to strictly document the fact that my mom's side of the family got together.  This has not happened in years! They just don't.  We did when I was younger, but as we have grown up there has been more and more distance between all of us.  So here is proof that my mom, grandma, aunt Kelly and aunt Mary were all together at the same time!   and proof that my sister can still ride her horse!   Brylee and Grammy being a bit silly :)

I have done it! I signed Brylee up for dance classes.  She is so excited and I am anxious to see how she likes it. This class is a 30 minute class once a week.  We don't get to sit in and watch while she is in there.  We can come in the last 5 minutes and watch their ribbon dance.  Here is a look at her in action!     Brylee did have a great time and I will be looking for other dance classes soon to sign her up for. 

Easter has become a tradition of us going to church, going out for brunch, doing an egg hunt (after that sneaky bunny comes around) and then another egg hunt at Grammy and Grandpa's house with the cousins. This year, we had great weather for our day! The Easter Bunny was very good to these kiddos, candy in their eggs and baskets full of goodies.   A look at our egg hunt:    

We made it through a crazy winter with snow, rain and coldness and the signs of Spring are amongst us now! We all love this time because it means longer nights, more playing outside, baseball season is coming and I love to see the flowers blooming. We did a little work this weekend and took advantage of the nice weather. We can't wait for more Spring-like activities!