1st Place

Our little team took first place in the rookie division last night! I am so proud of our team! I think baseball is long and boring EXCEPT when it is tournament time. Trenton and Brayden both did a wonderful job as usual. Trent had two great hits, a double and single. Brayden hit his first triple! Since it was the game for first place they announced all the players before the game started then afterwards they gave them trophies for first place. It was so much fun, the boys were so excited that they were hard to get to sleep. They even woke up early this morning and wanted to watch the video of the game. Coach Randy was excited too, he had a hard time going to sleep as well. Great job boys I am so proud of you!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

I had to write a quick post and let all my boys know how proud I am of them. Our lives have been consumed by baseball for the past couple months. When I say consumed I mean one 2 sometimes 3 hour for my kids practice a week plus 2, two hour games a week. So it takes up most of our time. This year Randy wanted to coach so Trenton and Brayden could be on the same team. Trenton was so young that he could play another year of rookies and Brayden was old enough that we could play him up if Randy coached. It has been so fun to have them both on the same team. Randy also roped my nephew Zach into being one of his assistant coaches which works out great because not only do my boys love him the whole team loves him! Anyway, we didn't keep score all season but we have a tournament that we keep score in that started last week. We won both of our tournament games and are now playing for 1st place in our league. If we win then we will go to the Tournament of Champions and play against the other teams in the valley. Last nights game was exciting! Brayden hit his first double and started a rally. He was the first one to score in the game! Trent always does a wonderful job and last night was no different. He had a nice hit out to left field and did a great job as short stop. Randy is a great coach and loves when his kids do great! He even picked up one of our players in the air last night. Although I complain that baseball in long and boring I love watching my boys play and love it when the games are scored and close in points. It just makes it more exciting to watch.
* I know I said it was a quick post but there was just way to much to write.**



My boys after one of their games



When the coaches hand out the game ball all of the players dog pile that person. This time the game ball went to one of our coaches. So this is the kids tackling him.

Trent playing first base. Our regular first baseman was out so Trent did a great job filling in.

Brayden in his position outfield ( which drives him crazy) he is always focused and ready.

Jerrick is Home

My nephew Jerrick came home from his mission on Monday! What a great day it was. I love when my nephews come home from their missions because my kids think they are celebrities. They were excited but I am not quite sure if they knew why they were excited. After he finally came down the escalator and he gathered his bags. The large group of us was walking across to the parking garage. I could see all of my kids except Trenton. I figured he was with one of our family members. Well, when we got to the parking garage and everyone started going their separate ways there was still no sign of Trent. I started asking around if anyone had seen him and after a few no answers I started to panic. Then someone said, "he was rolling Jerrick's luggage." I caught up to them and sure enough there he was rolling Jerrick's luggage right by him. I loved the way he was looking at Jerrick with admiration. I am so glad I have such a wonderful family that raises great kids that my boys could look up to! After the airport we went over to Rob and Liz's for family home evening. We listened to Jerrick's testimony, took some pictures ate and swam. What a great day!

Basketball

I know it's a little late but I have to catch up on our basketball season. I have to say this is my favorite sport to watch. The boys both did great! We were lucky enough to have Uncle Rob as the coach for both teams.

We missed the last game and party because we were in Disneyland so Rob came over and brought the boys their trophies.

* I just now realized that I didn't take one picture of them playing. Or maybe I did and just can't find it. *

Trenton excelled in this sport this year. He started to become aggressive and get right into the game. It always takes him a little while to warm up in whatever sport he is playing but this season he jumped right in. He was able to have his cousins Trevor and Lance on the team. It was so fun to watch these guys play. The team had a PERFECT season. That's right they won all of their games! We were very proud of Trenton and glad he had fun this season.

Brayden, oh Brayden! He is my most competitive boy thus far. He puts his heart and soul into whatever sport he is playing. This kid would come home and watch basketball on tv then go out in the backyard and try whatever he saw the pros do. His age bracket is really funny to watch. Most of the kids get mauled, so he was never able to get a shot but that never stopped him from trying. He was able to have his cousin Dallin on the team with him so it was such a fun season!