YES!! WE ARE STILL HERE!

IF ANYONE IS STILL TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE HUGHES BOYS I AM SORRY I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO POST!  WE ARE FINALLY MOVED INTO THE NEW HOUSE, BOYS ARE IN THE FIRST GRADE, AND MY BABY WILL BE FIVE IN JUST 2 MONTHS!!! I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE TIME HAS GONE, BUT IT HAS FLOWN BY!  WE ARE ALL DOING GREAT AND JUST BUSY LIVING AND LOVING LIFE!  I PROMISE TO NEVER GIVE UP ON THIS BLOG!  THIS IS MY SCRAPBOOK OF THE BOYS LIFE AND I ENJOY SHARING IT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING IT ALL WITH THE BOYS ONE DAY! SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST POST AND I PROMISE TO CATCH UP BECAUSE YOU KNOW I HAVE THE PICTURES TO POST:)!!  SO NOW THAT WE HAVE INTERNET AT OUR NEW HOUSE I WILL BE PLAYING CATCH UP AND HOPEFULLY BE CAUGHT UP SOON!  UNTIL THEN I WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

7 YEARS OLD!!!!

 

THE BOYS TURNED 7 YEARS OLD WHILE WE WERE IN MISSISSIPPI FOR THE WORLD SERIES!  WHAT BETTER WAY THEN TO CELEBRATE WITH ALL YOUR BUDDIES AND FAMILY!  THEY WERE SO GLAD COUSIN WESTON WAS THERE TOO!  I TOOK THEM TO PICK OUT THEIR CAKES WHEN WE GOT THERE AND YOU SEE NOTHING HAS CHANGED!  AUSTIN STILL LOVES BIG MACHINES AND AIDEN STILL LOVES BASEBALL! WE GOT TO CELEBRATE WITH EVERYONE AT THIS BIG ADVENTURE PLACE FULL OF GAMES AND GO KARTS SO THEY LOVED IT!   THEY ARE SO DIFFERENT BUT BOTH HAVE SUCH SPECIAL AND UNIQUE QUALITIES OF THEIR OWN!  I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN 7 YEARS!  MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME TIME FLIES BUT MY OH MY I CAN REMEMBER IT JUST LIKE YESTERDAY HOLDING EACH OF MY BABIES FOR THE FIRST TIME!  WHAT A LONG WAY THEY HAVE COME AND  I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE BOYS THEY ARE!  THEY LOVE THE LORD, THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVE TO HELP OTHERS.  I PRAY THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER TO PUT GOD FIRST IN ALL THEY DO! THEY MAKE MY HEART FULL AND I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BOYS!  I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU BOTH!!

PAIN TRAIN 2013

 

WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE THIS WAS FOR US ALL!  THE BOY'S HAD A BLAST AND I HAVE TO SAY US PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND SIBLINGS DID TOO!  IT WAS AN AWESOME TRIP AND THE PAIN TRAIN ENDED UP IN 9TH PLACE OVERALL WHICH WAS AWESOME FOR A TEAM THAT WAS NOT EVEN GOING TO GO!  I HOPE WE ARE THERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR!  THANK YOU TO MI MI, PAW PAW, GI GI, PAW PAW, WESTON, AND MOST OF ALL OUR SWEET LITTLE MASCOT, JAX FOR CHEERING ON THE BOYS!  JAX WAS SUCH A TROOPER THE WHOLE SEASON AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!  I AM READY FOR WARM WEATHER AND MORE BASEBALL:)!

JUST A FEW SNAP SHOTS OF SOME OF THE GAMES!

 

AIDEN WAS THE CIRCLE PLAYER THE WHOLE ALL STAR SERIES AND AUSTIN WAS THE CATCHER OR OUTFIELD!  HE ALSO LAID DOWN SOME PRETTY BUNTS:)!

BEFORE THE FIRST GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES!!

FIRST GAME GOODY BAG SWAP!

 

BEFORE THE FIRST GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES THE BOYS SWAPPED GOODY BAGS WITH THE TEAM THEY PLAYED!  IT WAS SO CUTE AND THEY LOVED ALL THE BRAVE STUFF THEY GOT BECAUSE THE TEAM WAS FROM ATLANTA!  JAX EVEN GOT TO SWAP BECAUSE THEY HAD ONE MORE PLAYER THAN US:)! 

PAIN TRAIN ON THE STAGE

 

AT THE OPENING CEROMONIES THE BOYS GOT TO WALK ON STAGE AND THROW OUT BEADS TO THE CROWD.  THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPER STARS:)!  THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN AND JAX HAD FUN CATCHING ALL THE OTHER TEAMS GOODIES TOO:)!

READY FOR OPENING CEREMONIES!

PAPA JOE EVEN WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES WITH US!  WE FIGURED WHY REAL QUICK THOUGH, WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO THE SLOT MACHINES:)! 

 

BEFORE OPENING CEREMONIES ALL THE BASEBALL TEAM TRADE THEIR VERY OWN PINS THAT THEY HAD DESIGNED AND THEN THEY PIN THEM TO THEIR LITTLE TOWELS WE HAD MADE FOR THEM!  IT WAS SUCH A NEAT THING AND THEY HAD A BALL RUNNING AROUND AND TRADING PIN WITH ALL THE BASEBALL PLAYERS!

WORLD SERIES SUPRISE'S!

THE BOYS ALL STAR TEAM DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE TO GO TO THE WORLD SERIES IN SOUTHHAVEN MISSISSIPPI!  I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THEM! THAT WAS A DREAM OF MINE AND WE NEVER GOT TO GO IN LITTLE LEAGUE SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR  US ALL! WE MADE ALL THE PLAYERS GOODIE BAGS WITH THEIR OWN BASEBALL CARDS, THIER TRADING PINS, AND  LOT OF OTHER GOODIES! OF COURSE WE HAD TO MAKE OUR "MASCOT" JAX ONE TOO:)!  THEY EVEN CELEBRATED THEIR BIRTHDAYS THERE SO THEY GOT ONE OF THEIR PRESENTS EARLY BECAUSE AUSTIN WANTED A CATCHER'S MIT!  SO HE GOT TO BREAK THAT IN AND AIDEN GOT A X-BOX BASEBALL GAME AND GOT TO PLAY THAT WITH ALL HIS BASEBALL BUDDIES!

SO PROUD!

 

THE BOYS DID AWESOME THIS YEAR IN ALL STARS! THEY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, MADE NEW FRIENDS, AND A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES!  I LOVE WATCHING THEM ALL THREE PLAY BALL AND COULD DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY!  DADDY IS A WONDERFUL COACH AND THEY LOVE HAVING HIM OUT THERE WITH THEM!  THE WERE EXCITED WESTON, RYLAN, AND BROOKS ALL MADE IT TO THEIR LAST GAME AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT WITH MI MI AND PAW PAW!  I HAVE TO SAY I AM ONE PROUD MOMMY!

SOME OF THIER SPECIAL FANS!

THE BOYS PLAYED THEIR STATE TOURNAMENT IN GARDENDALE SO MAMAW WAS ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN AND WATCH A GAME!  SHE HAD NEVER SEEN THEM PLAY BEFORE AND SHE PICKED A GOOD GAME!  THE WON BIG TIME AND THE BOYS DID GREAT!