Better Late than never 2012

Well so far the fist 6 months of 2012 have been busy.

On March 31st, we lost my beautiful, wonderful grandmother.  She was 79 years old. She is very much missed. But I think somehow it brought family members closer than before. A week before she passed I had a chance to be with her. Even though she was very tired and looked like she was sleeping, I told her that I loved her and she tried real hard to say it back. Even though the words just couldn't come out....I know what she was trying to say. So I just sat there beside her holding my hand and letting her rub it with her thumb. I made a pic video (which I will post separably).

In May the kids have finished School. Tatum moves on to the Middle School this fall and  Jayden will start at Stuart Burns,theey both excited to be starting new schools.

They both were in Softball/baseball this year with DCYAA.


Tatum Sliding Home!!!!



Southern Storm Ponytail's 1st place!!!

Jayden

 Tatum's Team "Southern Storm" , coached by Philip Estes,  Won 1st place in the Ponytail Division. They did an awesome job this season. Jaydens team "Dickson Ear Nose Throat  didn't do so well but he loved to play. He's still learning.


Jayden and Tatum

We Also went to Florida this summer. This was our 1st family vacation 12 years together as a family and this is our first!  The kids had so much fun. We went with our close friends. The Edward-Ledger family.

The Baker Family

2nd annual Vampire Stalking 2012

Nina Dobev and I in Covington, GA





























.Vampire Stalking 2012 started out perfectly. We drove all day to Covington, GA for another year of Vampire Stalking for TVD!  When we arrived we checked into our hotel and then hightailed it to look for Vampires! We drove around and happen upon some filming trucks unloading equipment, so we inquired if TVD was filming....OH they were...the next day... BINOGO. Our first sighting opportunity. So after no sleep (to excited) the next day we went Stalking. Even with my Best Friend Erin giving the Vampires a heads up. I still found them. They can't hide from me! lol. Love her humor!

As you can see I had an oppertunity to me Nina Dobrev (Elena Gilbert) from The Vampire Dairies! As well as Claire Holt (Rebekah Michaelson). Paul Wesley was there however he didn't want to take time out to meet his fans that waited all day. Other than that best day ever!




Claire Holt and I in Covington, GA

Covington, GA Courthouse

Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev headed to lunch!



Dickson Dolphins 2012

Well it is that time again! Football/Cheer time! I have to say I love football season...okay jr pro football season. The kids are so cute playing! This year I am an Assistant Cheer Coach for the peewees, so i haven't been taking many pic and videos but we just had homecoming and took a few pics from then.

Your 2011 Dickson Dolphins

Dickson Dolphins 2011 Homecoming Princess

So the Dickson Dolphins had there homecoming...on a Friday Night!!! Didn't like that. But We were told a couple of weeks ago that Tatum would be Homecoming Princess. I am so excited for her. It was again hard to keep this secret from her. I have video...coming soon....of her just so unaware until Coach Sarah puts on her sash and she read it...the BIG smile on her face says so much. I really love my baby girl and I am so proud of her. Tatum is an amazing young lady and I'm not saying this because she my daughter! She is very friendly and helps out her family..she deserved this.

Tatum with her mom, Kara and Dad Bobby

Tatum Baker Homecoming Princess 2011

Congratulation Tatum!!!
















We love you so much taterbug!!! Keep up the excellent work. You are an awesome cheerleader, softaball & Soccer Player. You Rock baby girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chattanooga, TN

My Husband and I took a trip to Chattanooga. I know we live in Tennessee, but we have never gone to Chattanooga and visited, passed through a few time on the way to Georgia. So we decided (along with some great friends of ours) to take an overnight trip. We drove to Chatt on Saturday morning we visited Ruby Falls and we went on a not so scary ghost tour through downtown. It was full of ghost history. I never got that weird feeling someone was standing beside me,but liked it just same. Sunday morning before we left for home we stopped at The Tennessee Aquarium. I did feel guilty that my children weren't with me but i had such a good time.

DOLPHIN TIME!!!! AGAIN

Dickson Dolphin Season is back can't wait to see whats in store this year. Lets GO Dolphins, Lets GO!!

Update: Baby Braden Salazar

Braden is doing real well, he still has to have meds to dry out his little lungs, but is breathing fine on his own.

Jayden Doing the Cha-Cha Slide

On June 4th, 2011 my brother in law Brian married his long time girlfriend, Cheryl. Jayden was the Ring Baror he likes to call it "Ring Secrity". Tatum was a jr bridesmaid/varsity flowergirl. Here are clips and pics of the wedding.

Prayers for my Best Friend!

So my Best Friend came in from TX a couple of weeks ago. I had found out she is 6 months pregnate. Congrats Erin and Leo!!! I am real excited for them. So she had a baby shower here in TN. So the next day we spent a great deal of the day with each other. I really miss her. I wish we had stayed in touch more. But catching up with her was nice.

Well yesterday I found out that Baby Brayden isn't doing so well. Please keep the Salazar family in your prayers. My Best Friend really needs them.

I Won Something......Again

I enter a contest to win 4 tickets to the Nascar Sprint All-Star Race on May 21, 2011 and ...........................I got them. I won the tickets. Now who do we want to take with us. Hummmmm!

Spring 2011 Sports

So Tatum has started Sports again. Of course Soccer and she added something new to the mix, softball. This is her 2nd year of soccer and 1st in Softball, This past weekend (4/2/11) Tatum has 2 soccer games. Let me tell you , I am one happy momma! She played goalie for the first time. (Previous season they didn't have goalies)

She knew what she was doing. She played goalie the second half of the game. She took a ball in the gut and just kicked that ball down the field. The coach wants her to be goalie again this weekend. That's my girl. Now as for softball, she is getting the hang of it. however most of the girls on her team have been playing since they were 4 or 5. She has a lot to learn but I have faith in her. We will just have to teach her.

I played softball for 1 year when I was 12 or 13. I loved it, but I was terrible at it so I didn't play again because I thought I was letting my team down just by playing. And I did it because it let me spend more time with my Best Friend Erin Chumley.

One of the funny parts is that Tatum's Team name is Tennsco, which is where Bobby works. So we have to support Tennsco everywhere! :)

Tatum seems to enjoy it and right now there are no conflicts with her doing soccer and softball at the same time. So I guess time can only tell.

KB ;)

Super Peewee (JV Peewees) Super Bowl 2010

PEEWEE SUPER BOWL

Saturday Oct. 9, 2010-Dickson Dolphin Super Peewee Series.

Silver Dolphins vs. Orange Dolphins.

The crowd is wild. Well maybe just us mamma's! But this was a good game. Video to come soon, still in editing phase. Orange Dolphins won 12-14. Jayden was on the Silver Dolphins Team. I am proud of him. As much as I have criticized. I still love him and he did a great job for this being his first year playing football. WAY TO GO ORANGE DOLPHINS!! And this is the Best Game of the Season. That night out JV Peewees (aka Super Peewees) also played the Fairview Titan. JV Peewees won 24-6, Dolphin Peewees Won 34-24, breaking the undefeated strike Fairview Peewees had going on. Our Minor won 24-0 and remain undefeated. Our Majors.....finally won a second time. Better luck next time Fairview.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!!!!

Dolphin Homecoming

Thursday Night (Sept 9th) Tatum's Cheer Coach came up to Bobby and I and told us Tatum will be crown Duchess (2nd runner-up) of Homecoming Saturday Night. I am so proud of her. She will be so excited. It was real hard not to tell her right then and there, tell her how proud we are that she is our daughter. It has to wait and the look on her face, the big grin she had. Priceless!

Something New...

The Kids embarked on something new......Football and Cheerleading. Jayden is a PeeWee and Tatum is a Minor. They really enjoy it.....so far.

The World of Vampire's and Werewolf's.

Okay so I haven't been on here much, I have been totally in another world...The World of Vampire's and Werewolf's. I couple of months ago i..at the age of 30......discovered "Twilight". I watched the movie in July and fell in love with it. After watching it I just had to find out what happens next......so..........i went out and bought all the books. And I have read them over and over again. I just can't seen to put them down. How obsessed am I?! I am so obsessed that I even have the book titled bookmarks for each book plus bookmarks with caraters on them, the new moon calander, twilight directors notebook, twilight the complete illustrated movie companion as well as new moon movie companion, and I have both of the US magazine "sexy stars of Twilight and New Moon. I could have gotten a lot more stuff but my husband will have a fit. I did take a 4 day break after reading through them again for the 8th time, to find something else. Well I have been watching this TV show on the CW on Thursday nights, "The Vampire Diaries". I know a vampire obsession, I guess....lol. I went to Borders Books to find anything to get me off my obsession with Twilight, and i find more vamps. These books are good to , I bought the first two books of the vampire diaries series and now i need to go get the other two. Its a really good series. But.....I found my way back to reading Twilight. My family makes fun of me because I am reading it over and over again. But there is something about that world that is just so interesting. It nice to be in a mythical world a couple of hours a day.