101 Strikeouts for Marika - Friends with Flair #22

 

 Hello, Friends with Flair peeps! Can you believe it's Friday already??? I thought I'd have all this "free" time this week, but was asked to help the school library inventory their books - so I've been holed up in there all week - but at least it's air-conditioned! It's almost last minute, but I found this wonderful sketch at Sketch 'n Scrap...

 

 

And thought it was time to start making a Father's Day card...

 

The stamp image and sentiment is from the Kit of the Month - May 2013 (Totally and Utterly Amazing) while the patterned papers are all from MME.

 

I can't wait for the school year to be over, but I also can't wait for Mika's soccer season to end (this weekend!) and Marika's regular season softball to finish (playoffs begin tomorrow, but All Star tournaments will begin next weekend). On the bright side, Marika wrapped up her regular season batting 0.800 and racked up 101 strikeouts. Here she is, throwing the strike for her 100th strikeout. So proud of her persevering - despite having a less than ideal coach - but when I asked her if she was glad she had been practicing this whole time and did she understand why it was important? She just shrugged and said, "meh". The nerve!!! So much for her "learning her lesson" about "practice makes perfect", but I am pleased to see her gaining self-confidence (despite being a peanut) and appearing mentally strong at the plate and on the rubber. :)

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I'll be at the beach tomorrow with Mika for her sand soccer tournament. I am looking forward to getting some great action shots with a beautiful background!

 

Thanks so much for visiting!