A fun weekend!

We had a great relaxing weekend! I attended the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation dinner in LA on Saturday. Here is a picture with my dear friends Toni and Meaghan! We had a fun night, supporting a great cause! The highlight seeing my buddy Tommy Lasorda, Go Dodger Blue! After we met up with Natasha Watley, we had a fun night of vegging and visiting! It was a fun girls night out! Casey had a fun filled weekend of hunting in Southern Arizona with a good friend.

Here are a few shots of Ace at the park this weekend. He loves the park, we played, had an otter pop, fed the ducks, and played in the sand. So much fun!

Tomorrow we will be tuned in watching the Inauguration. History! I am encouraged by the hope and pride that Obama has brought to our great nation. My prayers are with him in his new position of President.

We are excited to announce another camp in Ardmore, Oklahoma on May 9 & 10. Registration has begun. We are gearing up for the California camp coming up. Exciting stuff! I hope you have a great week!

Dreaming & Believing!
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4 Incredible, Amazing Years!

January 15, 2005 The Daigle's were established! Its crazy to think 4 years have past! What a magical journey it has been! I am so beyond blessed and grateful for my beloved husband and our greatest gift, our Ace! I could not of dreamed it any better! I thank God for him and these 4 great years! An amazing husband full of love and a fabulous daddy! He is by far the most romantic man I have ever met. How I ended up Ms. Daigle, only the Lord knows. He is the planner, and did he plan. We escaped for a beautiful, peaceful, romantic night at the Montage Hotel. Amazing, it is! We had a lovely dinner, ocean side, which was opened up by the most precious prayer led by him. It was my favorite part and most treasured memory of January 15, 2009!
Here is a quick picture from our dinner celebrating 4 years.


We left the Montage and headed out to a local dive for some down home good ole' eggs, potatoes, and toast. This is definitely more us, for sure. Its fun to do the uppity thing every once in a while (like really once in a while) but we are more just laid back people. We both looked at eachother and grinned at how excited we were just to relax and grub, in our sweats I might add! Here is a photo of us, the real us! :)


We came home in a hurry to get home to Ace! We had a great day of just laying low enjoying each other together as a family. Ace is unbelievable, turning more into Casey by the minute. He was taking his socks off tonight and did it quite easily. He looked up at me and says, "And Ace didn't get frustrated." He is something else. Ace, my dad, and I were taking our usual walk tonight and he says, "Ace, can't keep up, Ace just can't"! Daily he is growing and his little innocent precious mind is a little sponge. There are tons of Whys over and over! He is trying to figure out and explore this world. He is so loving, today when my mom walked in the door he ran up with his arms spread wide rushing to wrap his arms around her. He has given my grandma's, his great-grandmas so much love! He is trying to figure out our names... hilarious. He asked me the other day why does grandpa call grandma, Bev? I said that is her name, and off we went with all our names. It is so fun! He put his foot in his shoe tonight and said, "mommy this is my left foot!" He is blowing us away! Oh, and completely potty trained too! Another big big moment for our little big boy Ace. He reminds us constantly, he is a Big Big Boy! Everyday is a new enjoyable experience!

Four years... Incredible, Amazing!
Dreaming & Always Believing!
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Enjoying!

We've been enjoying! We've been having fun, enjoying our last month before spring training! It's coming fast! Really fast! We went to the LA Zoo with my best friend Toni and her son Easton! Fun stuff! We went to the swap meet! We went to Santa Monica Pier and enjoyed watching a seal a float a boat! It was beautiful! Ace loved the rides & cotton candy!
Here is photo of Casey and Ace at the Swap Meet! We had a blast! Yes, those are iguana's on the loose, hanging out on twigs! Ace was in Awe! Good Times!

I went out to meet my parents in Connecticut at the Mohegan Sun Casino, for a Coach's Convention. Mizuno had me out to sign, I spoke at the clinic, and hung out at the Finch Windmill booth during the baseball show. It was so interesting to see and meet many baseball coach's, most ex-players. The Finch Windmill being a shoulder exerciser, many coach's talked how bad their shoulders are. I think at least 75% of these Coach's spoke of shoulder/arm/elbow problems. Hello, this is why you, your son, your players need the Windmill!!! Its been tough for my dad to break in to the baseball world. The Windmill is mostly sold from word of mouth in baseball, which comes from boys improving and others seeing their improvements.

Yes, my dad invented it, I do have personal interest, but It works! If we could only get it out there. Kids are improving 2-8 mph in 8 weeks on the Windmill! I truly feel kids Need this, baseball Needs this! After hearing and seeing all of this former players talk of arm problems, surgeries, or many even unable lift their arm! It will help, not only for speed & accuracy, more importantly injury prevention and it helps promote equal muscle balance. The only catch is you have to use it to see results! 5 days a week, 3 1/2 minutes a day. It might sound like a commercial, but after this weekend it made me realize dramatically how badly baseball players Need this! I don't want these young guys to grow up having to play catch with only their mom because their dad can't!

I can see the difference in 2 weeks in myself of not being on the Windmill. I carry one with me all over the world, why? Not because I have to but because I know I need it! I know I am 2-4 mph faster when I am on the Windmill! My hope is that baseball players will open up to it and try it! My dad sold a Windmill to 2 roommates in Minor League ball. 7 months later sold another to one of the guys. My dad was wondering what happened to the one he sold them, he said his roommate was traded and he has lost 5 mph since he took the Windmill with him. He was buying one for himself to have. But yet, they didn't want to tell anyone else. And the stories go on and on!

The next day was softball at the convention! Fun, fun! We had an amazing turn out! Over 800 people for the softball show! Mostly softballers themselves! What a blast we had! Thank you for all your support and a wonderful turn out! Lots of fresh faces, excited about our great game! Thank you!

Meanwhile we were out east experiencing the snow, Ace and Casey were on the west enjoying the sunshine! Casey and my Cousin took Ace to a boys night out at the Monster Truck Rally! Front row, they had a blast! Ace came home with 2 Gravedigger's! Good times!!!

We are enjoying our January as we hope you are too!

Our California Softball Camp is growing daily, it will be here before we know it. We are looking forward to it at the end of the month!

Enjoy!
Dream & Believe!
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With Your Candle, Go Light Your World!

This was a song sang at church last Sunday. It totally spoke to me. Everywhere we turn we hear bad stuff. The Economy, Crime, and you know you hear it everyday! No need to continue. I'm sure it helped a little too, that it was sang so beautifully! I walked around yesterday hearing her voice coming out of my mouth.

We can be a positive light! We all have our own candle, take that candle and go light your world! I love it! More and more our world needs light, we are living in a dark world. Yesterday, I heard on the news that yesterday was the Most Stressful Day of the Year! Well good news that day is over now. Let's try to surround ourselves with people and things that make our light brighter! Let's add lighter fluid to our light, more and more!

With Your Candle, Go Light Your World!

Dream & Believe!
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We hope you had a joyous Christmas and a so very sweet holiday season! We enjoyed! We are still enjoying! Soaking up family, fun, and lots of food. We have been pretty lazy! Casey has been working out, but for Ace and I nothing but fun! We have enjoyed this off season so very much and are continuing to do so. I am now spending time with my dear grandmother's! Playing cards, games, food, and just enjoying their presence! Enjoying each day, everyday is a gift! This is our plan to bring in the New Years and I can't think of a better way. With family, food and lots of games!
Big news! Casey signed with the Texas Rangers! We are so thrilled about the incredible opportunity! We thank God for opening another door, we are looking forward to see what He has in store for us as Rangers. Casey is super stoked to be close to his family, it will be so very nice having family near. We even had a country Christmas all getting cowboy boots! Ace too, so cute. I love mine, Casey did so good! They have crosses and crystals on them! Casey has really good taste, he is a great shopper! Too good! :) Adorable! We are so grateful and very excited about 2009!
On Christmas Eve! A family shot!


Ace enjoying his four wheeler Santa brought for him! He has been a good boy!


The family with Santa's gift, Ace's own little four wheeler!

Much love & joy!
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Merry Christmas!

We hope this Holiday brings you many memorable moments and lots of love! This has been an exciting year, full of unforgettable moments. We are so grateful for all the love and support we received this year as we were living our dreams out on the playing fields. Ace was just a trooper along for the ride, spoiled by his USA Aunt's and hanging in the clubhouse with the boys. Ace continues to bring us so much joy and laughter. He is such a goofy, loving child! We are so grateful and blessed. We are soaking up all the time we can together as a family with our families this off season! We look forward to what this next year brings, while we savor every minute as Ace is growing up so quickly!

Lots of love, thanks, & joy,
The Daigle's

We are enjoying this holiday season. I just want to freeze time! Ace is loving the lights and all the decorations. I am reminded of the reason for the season, the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior. This is my favorite time of year! My hope is the spirit of the holidays continues throughout the entire year. Casey and I have really escaped the craziness of the holidays, the shopping and etc. I highly recommend it!!! Its been so nice just to enjoy and be thankful! We are able to be with our loved ones and celebrate!

I'm constantly thinking, praying, and grateful for all our troops over seas this holiday season. Moms, Dads, Uncles, Aunts, Children, so many courageous people are sacrificing so much for us.
I think and pray for all the people that will spend this holiday without a loved one or in a hospital somewhere. On my hearts this season especially are 3 young girls battling horrible diseases Ms. Audra, Ms. Peyton, and Ms Amber Koonce. I want to ask you to please pray for them and their families and the many more who are facing the same battles.

The day after Thanksgiving, I was honored to visit children in a hospital in Chicago. It just broke my heart to see these kids and their families, little kids in hospital gowns connected to machines. Some children alone, little babies curled up on their parents chest escaping the hospital bed and cribs. I just wanted to share a little bit of what hit my heart like a ton of bricks. Thinking and praying for each of these families makes it really easy to escape the presents and scurry of the holidays. Just enjoy, each day is a present, this is why its is called "the present"!

Wishing you lots of warm spirit, love, joy, peace, and the lots celebration in the birth of our Savior the light of our world! Happy Birthday Jesus!

Dreaming & Believing in the season!
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Big Boy Week!

We've had a great week enjoying our few days in one spot. On Sunday one of our dear friends/teammate threw a Wildcat Party! Bear Down! It was a mini reunion that was overdue.
It was so fun seeing each other, our families, and catching up. I miss my Cats! It was so good to see their smiles and get updated on our so called grown up lives. Ha! We are so not grown up! Its fun seeing us all pretend. Ace even has a new buddy, Tanner. He is 1. This was our first time meeting him, what a doll! So fun, being teammates, becoming friends, now even moms! Pretty amazing. I am so proud of these girls and blessed to call them friends. I only wish we lived closer and saw each other more. Here some shots of our fun!

Look at our little ham!
The Cats!
My mama, Ace, and I!

We had a big boy moment! Ace 2 days ago pooed in the potty!!! So out the door we went to go get Ace big boy underwear, he chose Diego. Oh, and a toy in celebration, power tools! Here we go... another chapter. We took Ace to the zoo today, he had a blast. His favorite was the horse, of all things. I am trying to freeze time as the holidays are coming so quickly. It is my favorite time of the year. Sweats, slippers, and hot chocolate. I love it! I love the lights, I love the decorations, I just want it to be Christmas forever! I love the sound, taste, and smell of it, I don't want it to end.

Please don't let the craziness of the holidays put a damper on this special time of year! Try to sit back, sip the warmth, be cozy, and enjoy! I'm trying, let's try together. I'm looking for some good recipes too, it would be fun if you all would share your favorite holiday recipe! I will come up with one too!

Blessings, love, & holiday cheer!
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