Let Summer Begin

Summer doesn't really officially begin around here until the pool is up and running.  This year it was quite cold, but that didn't stop Landon from taking the first plunge.  It was nippy.

Baseball 2014

This year was a very busy baseball season with 3 boys playing and 1 umpiring.  This was Jayden's first year umpiring and he did an amazing job.  Some didn't take him seriously because he was small, but after seeing his confidence and ability, the comments about his size stopped.  It was interesting being a mom of an umpire and having to hear and see the coaches and parents make comments about "the umpire", not knowing that his mom was sitting right there.  Jayden got to umpire a lot of Landon's games, so we got to see a lot of him in action.  Some of the best calls to watch were when he had to call his own brother out.  Good times.  

 What a fun season - all smiles - what more could you ask for?  I'm looking forward to next year, for sure.  It's super busy and crazy, but I love it.

Diamond Backs 2014

This was Landon' first year playing for the city league.  He was pretty stoked to have a "real" uniform and a "real" team.  He had an awesome coach and a great time.  He made a lot of friends on his team, which was often the best part of playing for Landon.

 Because Landon was the only kid on the team with some catcher experience, he got recruited for the job.  I'd have to say that he made a darn cute catcher.  He wasn't too bad at it, either.

Landon got the name of being the clean up guy - he always managed to get on base and "get it done", as his coach would say.  I'm looking forward to many more years of watching Landon play baseball.  He's a lot of fun to watch.

Go, D-backs!

Nationals 2014

Cameron got put on the Nationals team this year.  They were a fun team to watch with some pretty good players.  After their first win, the team had dreams and aspirations of making it to the championship.  Well, a team can dream, but boys this age have a hard time with over-confidence.  They played well enough and had their struggles.  You know, I honestly can't remember how far they made it into the playoffs, but there is no trophy hanging around here, so that means they took no better than 3rd place.  Oh, well - you can't win 'em all.  Cameron had a blast playing baseball this year, so that's what matters, right?

Cameron is one of those players who "has a lot of heart".  He loves playing, hardly ever gets discourages, puts his all into every game and practice, and loves to talk about each game.

Go, Nationals!

Royals 2014

This being Jayden's last year playing baseball has been fun and difficult for me to watch.  I absolutely love watching Jayden play baseball and tried to enjoy each and every game, knowing it was his last season.  It was difficult to see his team struggle through just about every game, but that just made their victories that much sweeter.  Jayden and I are both pretty bummed that he's too old to play.  Baseball is probably his all-time favorite sport to play and mine to watch.  He looks cute/handsome in his uniform, too.  :)

This being the oldest league of players, Jayden was definitely one of the smallest and least developed players.  This didn't seem to phase him too much, though.  It was a year of injuries (a fast ball to the shoulder, and a pretty gnarly finger injury that required my lancing skills - eww), but that just means he was playing hard with the big boys.

Go, Royals!