50 in P-Town: Singing the National Anthem & Having a Big Baby Shower All in the Same Week!

My usual somewhat boring life was a little more interesting this past week. My choir at church went to the Braves games on Tuesday night and sang the National Anthem. There were 84 of us singing in the 95 degree heat. One of our younger members actually passed out from heat exhaustion before we even went onto the field. She ended up staying overnight in the hospital. Another member almost passed out afterward. Despite the heat however we had a wonderful time singing and got a lot of compliments and applause. It was a fun experience to walk out on the first base line and sing in front of 20,000 plus people. One of our very special choir members had her cute, fat baby strapped onto her in the front...they both had on sunglasses...that was a hit...the cameramen loved it! You can see her in the group picture on the field!

Lining up to head out onto the field

Singing the National Anthem

Tired and hot but enjoying ourselves!

Our music boss was having a great time!

My co-workers and I...soaked but happy about the successful night!

After we got back to our seats, it began to rain and we just sat and got soaked. That cool rain felt wonderful. We didn't even care what we looked like by that time. We sat up in the stands and watched baseball and people and ate pizza and frozen lemonades. Then we headed back to our air-conditioned buses and got home at 11:30 pm. A wonderful time was had by all!

Then on Saturday, three of my cousins and I had a big baby shower at my mother's house. We four cousins are expecting 5 grandsons due from September to December. Such a funny thing! What are the odds!? We just knew there'd be a girl among those babies but not so! Our family used to be quite lopsided with an abundance of girls years ago. Now it is the reverse. We feel very blessed no matter what!

There was a big cake and crab dip, spinach dip, cheese ball, sausage balls, fruit, rice krispie treats, mock turtle candy, and delicious pineapple and orange juice and ginger ale punch that tasted so good on this 95 degree day. Despite this heat wave we are trying to enjoy ourselves! The babies all got sleepers and blankets and bedtime CDs and pacifiers, etc. Just lots of cute things. We enjoyed seeing all the females in the family. We seem to only see each other at wedding showers, weddings, and baby showers. I loved seeing the great-grandmothers together also. We are so very blessed to have such a healthy family at this time.
And, again, a great time was had by all!