The Dog Days of Summer = Baseball

The end of June through mid July consisted of not much more than baseball, baseball, and then more baseball. JD coached Easton's all star baseball team this summer and they did very well.

All-stars starts off with a good 2 weeks of practice before the games begin. What that meant for the rest of us. Is dinner at 4 o'clock if we wanted to eat with J and Easton, which meant we ate again at 9 when they got home. On game days we ate hot dogs from the snack shack with a ring pop for desert or made a drive through run on the way to the ball park.




At one point practice ocurred on JD's birthday. So, I baked 3 dozen mini cupcakes with lots of frosting and took them to practice. The boys took turns throwing the cupcakes at JD. For a baseball team, I was surprised to see how many missed him. But it was entertaining anyway.





The other kids learned how to entertain themselves. They found a secret passage through the foilage around the outfield fence, played sword fighting with twigs, found mud puddles left behind by the ground crews (in red dirt, btw), and made friends with the other siblings that were drug around the valley.

The team had some practice games with the older kids and Taylorsville. They beat the 10 year olds and played a good game against T-ville.

Then it was regionals in Ogden.....That was a bit of a drive. Luckily the team won their games and we only had to make the trek twice. It also meant they won regionals.



From there it was off to state. They lost their first game. It was a bummer, because we knew they could have won that team. From there they had to climb the lossers bracket. They did a great job. Winning there next 2 games, and finally sucumbing to Taylorsville.





I was so proud of Easton. He has worked so hard all season to better himself. He's a great team mate and volunteered to sit the bench so his other team mates could get in the game. He has the most beautiful swing. Even I, who knows little about the mechanics of a good swing can tell that he has talent in that swing. When he connects with the ball it goes far and it goes fast. His running is coming along. Let's just say it's a good thing he hits the ball far.