Cousins Come to Town

As soon as we returned from Florida, our 2 neices from Memphis flew in for a few days. Sarah is 16 and Caroline is 13 so I had 4 kids at once, 16,15,13,12 wow Thank God I had 2 boys and 2 girls, there was some mixed teenage hormones in the house which was a good thing.. I can not imagine 4 boys or 4 girls ewwwwww.. Anyway we had a blast with them we shopped and ate and shopped and ate we went to Splashtown waterpark and we went to the movies and we rented movies and we shopped and we ate:) My boys love hanging with them and chit chatting about everything you can think of some things I was just like ok ok !lol but I so remember talking about the same things with my friends:) We all had so much fun with them and loved being with them! I loved hanging and having girl time with them,it was sooooooo nice shopping and no one tellimg me lets go.. I am tired, I am hungry, I am thirsty and the most famous line I AM BORED>> WHAT??? How can you be bored shopping! So needless to say I loved hanging with them and shopping til I dropped and seriously I did a few times.. We went to the Houston Galleria, I had never been and I have to say I was very very impressed but oh my goodness we walked and walked and walked I even had to find a chair in one store and sit, I know y'all cant believe that but I sure did! and then we were on the hike back to the car to leave, half way back there was a Godiva Chocolate store and I was like STOP I need a caffeine fix to get me back, well,, ONE CHOC STRAWBERRY was $8.00 OH NO!! I was like come on I can buy my own and make them! so we did not get one instead we stopped at the Snow-Cone shop on the way home.. Later in the week my parents came up and brought our nephew Jack who is 7(their brother) and we had a good time with him too! Peyton and Jack have so much fun when they are together they swam and Papa took them to the Children's Museum and they had snow-cones and we introduced him to our sweet neighbors who are 7 and 9 they had a good time together and he went fishing and played tennis and hung out with the boys.. I am sure he enjoyed boy time like I did girl time.. It was so nice having them here, we really miss not living close to them but we pray that they will all stay close! They all left on Monday morning,, My mom was a HUGE HELP, she always is when she comes but this time it was HUGE... she did all the laundry and helped me clean house because they left at 9:00 a.m. and we had our sweet friends from Austin coming in at noon the same day:) stay tuned for our adventure with The Bayer's! There is nothing like Family......

Our Trip to the Beach

We went to the beach for 10 days and it was incredible, we had the best time!!! Chuck's brother and his family came and needless to say we enjoyed spending every minute with them and their sweet baby or should I say "MY" baby Ford.. He is such a good baby and just a true joy to be around..He is walking and learning to talk so he would say our names.. he said Phillip and Peyton really well and Guck and for some reason I was Tutu..lol isn't that funny? Oh well he can call me anything he wants I just love him so so much! We got to eat out and the nights we didn't.. Our personal chef "Brad" cooked for us and it was awesome!Chuck and I decided that it was the best meal that we ate while we were there.. I sure wish he lived closer:) Anyway we had great weather and we spent everyday on the beach it was so relaxing and just a pleasure!!One day it did rain so the boys went into town and me and Jennifer and Ford stayed in, we ate lunch and then decided we would nap so she laid down with Ford and I went and crawled in my bed and I think we all slept for 2 to 3 hours that was a great day and then one afternoon we went and got pedicures it was a great time.. I went today to get a pedi and I missed having her there with me to talk too... She is such a great sister in law and I am so blessed that God picked her out to be mine:) she is so fun and we have great conversations lol sometimes we have ones that our hubbys tell us to be quietttttt lol if they here us:)but she is just precious and I just love hanging with her! We got to shop and we got to stay up late and chit chat and we all stayed up and played games which I won and the men couldn't handle it:) helloooo I am smart admit it please!(Hey Brad, I am still trying to find out who Gina Peoples is)lol!!Anyway! we were there for the 4th of July and we all watched the fireworks from the beach..It was Ford's first time seeing them and I think he liked them, he was a sleepy baby at that time and we celebrated Max's first birthday(our puppy) and we celebrated my birthday and we celebrated Jennifer and Brad's 4th Wedding anniversary so there ya go it was just a vacation filled with lots of celebrations.. we just had one party after another:)If you are ever in the Seaside/SanDestin area you must go to Elmo's bar and grill on 30A fun place for the family and great crab legs all you can eat and it is just fun fun.. There are tons of places to go but that happens to be one of my favorites and then there is Baytown Wharf to walk around and shop and just hang out, we went there a few times.. It was time to leave and I can honestly say I was very sad! Ford left a little before we did and I could not even watch them drive away, I was so sad but hopefully I will get to see him soon!! We hope to make this a yearly tradition! Jennifer and I talked about it while we were there and we were talking about the boys bringing friends and then their girlfriends and then their wives and then their kids... wow.. as fast as they are all growing it will be here before we know it~ I hope that you all have fun family vacations and I hope that you realize that you are making memories that your kids will never forget! My boys are already asking if Uncle Brad and Aunt Jennifer and of course FORD can go on the next vacation with us..:)Stay tuned for the next adventure of The Ray Boys

The Month of July

Oh My Goodness! Where do I even begin! The month of July has been so busy for all of us we have been going non-stop but it has been alot of fun and we have enjoyed every second of it.... We started off the Month with a trip to Florida, my family owns a place in Blue Mountain Beach and it is beautiful.. Its right on the beach so we do not have far to walk, out the door a few steps to the stairs and there it is,beautiful white sandy beaches and crystal clear different shades of blue water, it is breath talking it is so pretty... We were there for 10 days and enjoyed everyday that we were there!! On our way we experienced something incredible and we knew without a doubt that God was with us!! We left around 5:30 in the afternoon and decided to drive all night, it was fun and exhausting at the same time.. Anyway I guess it was about 11:30p.m. and we were somewhere in between Baton Rouge,Louisiana and Hammond,Louisiana the truck in front of us lost control and started swerving all over the interstate and then totally lost control and flipped 3 times and went down into the embankment... We pulled over and immediately called 911 had no idea where we were but Chuck jumps out and is going to help of course me and the boys were yelling be careful because #1 we had no idea what he would see and #2 the car was smoking bad! well he gets as close as he could and is yelling Can you hear me, Help is on the way and out pops a guy who looked to be in his early 20s and Chuck kept asking him who else is in the car and out pops his girlfriend.. not one scratch on them just a little shaken up, she had her cell phone out calling her momma and kept saying I came out of my shoes oh no I need my shoes, needless to say I had to hold back a laugh here she was totally concerned about her shoes:) anyway by this time several people had stopped to help and I guess the police found us because like 7 squad cars came to the rescue..:)Thank God for 911!!Anyway we were so touched that God had his hand on this couple.. the truck was completely totaled and the front end was all the way across the median it was amazing that they were standing there talking to us with no scratches they were so lucky to be alive.. I took that opportunity at that moment to tell them how blessed they were and that God had his hand on them and then we asked if we could pray with them before we left and they were very grateful! I think about what could have been and what we could have seen and even if their truck would have turned a certain way it could have hit us but God was there and we were very very Thankful needless to say none of us slept the whole way to Florida, we had our eyes open wide on the road and just kept talking about the couple but mainly how God was so amazing...We arrived in Florida at 4:30 a.m. and all crashed until noon the next day...... Come back and see what the next adventure is for The Rays...But take this time if you will and Thank God for the many blessings and miracles that he is doing in your life... He is so amazing!!

Summertime with The Rays

Wow! The month of July has been sooooooooo busy! We have been traveling and visiting and have had out of town guest for weeks now so we have had a ton of fun with lots of laughs, up all night, sleep overs, junk food and entertaining! I am working on my post right now but I am going to cover the whole month of July in one post so check back in a few days and see whats been going on in the lives of The Ray Boys! Thank you for making us a part of your day... Hope you are having as much fun as we are!!!

All-Stars Do it Again!!!

 

 

 

 

The Magnolia All Stars did it again last night...We play 7 innings and Phillip was lead off hitter he hit and scored and then another scored in the first inning and the score was 2-0 we played and played and the other team scored and scored and in the bottom of the 6th inning the score was 10 them to 2 us:) ok somebody must have said Rally Time or the Lord heard alot of Momma's praying (personally I think that is what it was )we came back and won the game 14-11 whhheeeewww can you say stressed? can you say Loud? Can you say excitement? wow! what a game, it was awesome!! We play again tonight at 7:00 and we are pumped, we are ready for another game.. I am stocked up on super bubble, I think I was chewing 4 pieces of bubblegum at one time I was so nervous..lol it was so much fun and we all had a blast needless to say Phillip was on cloud 9.. I will keep you posted on what happens tonight:)Wish us luck or better yet say some Prayers!!! I posted a picture of Chuck's team and Phillip's team when they were both the same age 15 and they are both on a All Star team...

PHILLIP'S ALLSTAR TOURNAMENT

WELL HERE I GO AGAIN BRAGGIN ON MY BOYS....HERE WHERE WE LIVE THEY PLAY YEAR ROUND BASEBALL BUT AFTER THE SPRING SEASON EACH AGE GROUP PICKS THEIR BEST PLAYERS AND FROM THERE EACH TEAM PICKS 2 PLAYERS AND THEY MAKE UP ONE TEAM OF ALL THE BEST PLAYERS..WELL,I AM EXCITED TO SAY PHILLIP WAS PICKED... WE WERE SO EXCITED BUT A LITTLE UPSET THAT PEYTON DID NOT MAKE IT BUT IN HIS DEFENSE HIS COACH DID NOT NOMINATE ANYONE FROM HIS TEAM, WHICH WAS NOT RIGHT BUT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? SO ANYWAY WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR PHILLIP AND WE ALL SUPPORT HIM AND HIS TEAM 100%..WELL THIS PAST WEEK THEY HAVE PRACTICED EVERYDAY FROM 5:30 TIL 9:00 TO GET READY FOR THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT.. SO LAST NIGHT WAS THEIR FIRST GAME AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD GAME THEY WON 10-9.. SO THIS MORNING THEY HAD TO BE BACK AT THE FIELD AT 8:45 TO PLAY AT 10,IT WAS A GOOD GAME BUT OUR TEAM MADE SOME REALLY CARELESS MISTAKES WHICH COST THEM THE GAME, THE FINAL SCORE WAS 13-8..IT WAS A HOT HOT DAY AND I AM SURE THE HEAT DID NOT HELP BUT THEY LOST... SO THE COACH SAYS THIS GAME IS OVER, YOU LOST YOU CAN GET IT BACK.. SO BE READY FOR MONDAY NIGHT...SO WE PLAY MONDAY AND IF WE WIN WE KEEP GOING..THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF BOYS AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT PHILLIP IS ON THIS TEAM, WHEN THEY ARE ON THEY ARE ON AND THEY PLAY AWESOME!SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THEY ARE ALL ON MONDAY NIGHT! I LOVE THESE TEAMS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THE BOYS MAKE GREAT FRIENDS BUT SO DO THE PARENTS!WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN!!THE EXCITING PART IS ONCE THEY START WINNING THEY START TRAVELING AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEN ALSO OUT OF STATE TO WORLD SERIES.. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK!! WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON OUR ALL STARS...