The Masters

Every year during our Spring break week, we welcome The Masters Golf Tournament into our city. The tournament is played on one of the most beautiful courses located at The Augusta National Golf Club. This year Ryan and I had the opportunity to attend on day one of the tournament. It was fantastic to say the least. Ryan and I do not have many opportunities to just spend time together, just the two of us, without any interruptions. Thursday at the tournament gave us just the time we needed to enjoy being a couple. It was most entertaining too. I was constantly trying to remember Birdie was good, Bogey not so much and Par, what does that mean again??? And, as usual, I so enjoyed watching and talking to the different spectators. People come from all over the world to attend this tournament. At one point I had to remember we were not at Disney because of all of the different languages being spoken all around us. Amazing. And we were thrilled to be a part of the excitement.

The boys were a bit sad that they were not able to join us this year but they quickly recovered when they were invited to my sister's house for the night and we promised to have a Masters party on the last day of the tournament. We purchased t-shirts for all three of the kiddos. On Sunday, we all sat down to our fun filled meal in front of the tv to watch the final round. Ryan questioned me a bit as I was teaching them to gamble. We all took the player that we wanted to win and put a quarter in the pot. Winner took all and Colin was the one who came out on top. Minor gambling (no pun intended) at its best. Following our meal, the boys quickly gathered up their golf clubs and headed out back to play their own Masters tournament. Mason-Kate....well, as usual, she made us laugh. Ryan was putting her to bed. She insisted on wearing her Masters t-shirt to sleep in - yes, after having it on ALL day. EW. Did I mention the whole entire family was wearing a Masters t-shirt? Well, Ryan was putting her to bed when MK looked at his shirt and then looked at her own shirt with the most confused little expression. All of our t-shirts have the standard Masters logo, an outline of the United States with a pin flag marking Augusta. The child size tees have a larger outline than the adult size tees. While pointing to the pin flag on Ryan's shirt, she asked, "Daddy, why your boat little and my boat big?" Very clever I must admit. In her mind, the US outline was the boat and the pin flag was the sail. Thinking outside of the box at its best!

Putting for Eagle.....

P studying for his best shot of the day!