Legion Baseball

Kidlet Three is playing Legion baseball this summer.

This past weekend was the annual Firecracker Baseball Tournament

sponsored by the American Legion William T. McCoy Post 92

in our Home Town.

The tournament has been held for the past five years and the

winners have not been from our Home Town...

 until this year.  

Kidlet Three's team won over 15 teams

 from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Canada.

How exciting is that!

We watched many great games over the weekend and 

we are so proud of how these boys played.

It was rather cute watching them get organized

for a team photo at the end of the game.

 They got themselves together with that great trophy 

and posed with their finger-pointing that they are

#1

It was also great honoring our country with the

American Legion.  For the final game, the

color guard led us in the National Anthem.

The Fourth of July was amazingly fun.

Let's Play Ball!

The baseball season has officially started.  After three rained-out games, Kidlet Three's high school team was able to play a game today.   Enjoy a pictorial overview of the game.

 

 

 

 

 

14 Days 14 Different Ball Fields

14 days of baseball

Two different teams

14 different baseball fields

Rain

Sun

Outhouses

Metal bleachers

Exciting games

Sliding into base

Late nights

Great hits

Disappointing losses

More baseball in the upcoming days

Kidlet Three playing shortstop

Kidlet Three playing third base

Kidlet Three pitching

His mother cutting off his head while taking pictures

No time to blog

Take me out to the ball game...

Amazing time with our youngest Kidlet

There is Life after Baseball

Traveling baseball has been done for one week.  That means that every night last week I was home.  For the past two months we've been on the road to games or practices three nights a week with hockey practice the other two nights.
 
Being home after a day at work is kind of nice.
 
The Husband and I did go shopping one of the nights we had baseball freedom.  We actually were pretty dangerous as we bought a new patio set and umbrella.  It has been a couple of years since we sat on the deck with a table.  Kidlet Three had commented at some point this summer that it would've been nice to eat supper outside and we are now able to do just that.
 
For at least three hours on Saturday, The Husband and A-Great-Neighbor, put the chairs and table together.  Thankfully the weather was nice for these two BOYS to sit outside tackling a task they thought would take, maybe, an hour.
 
Kidlet Three was the first one outside to relax and enjoy the new chairs.
 

 
I decided a hobo packet of sliced potatoes, frozen corn from last year's freezing, onion and lots of butter should be on the menu for supper.  I also marinated chicken in Italian dressing and grilled that separately.

As I grilled, I set the table.  Doesn't this look peaceful and inviting!

Our supper was delicious.  There were no bugs outside.  It was a pleasant, relaxing meal. 

Kidlet Three decided Riley should eat his treat on one of the new chairs. 

The chairs 'rock' so Riley wasn't sure he really sure he liked them.

 

 
Baseball season is really fun.  It is also fun being done.  I hope you've had a chance to be outside enjoying the summer evenings.  Or maybe even your morning coffee on your deck. 

We are amazingly blessed to have this deck, new furniture and nice weather.  Thank you God!

Baseball and The Booster

Kidlet Three's summer baseball league

played in a tournament

this past weekend.

 

After five breath-taking games,

they made it to the championship game.

The grounds crew chalked the school's

initials into the batter's circle before

the Big Game.

The Husband is the self-appointed

Booster Club for each team that the

Kidlets have been involved with.

For baseball, check out this video of

a common Booster scene.  Kidlet Three

is in the video warming up to bat (#12).

 On Sunday, the Rockets team played

three baseball games in HOT weather.

The games were played one right after the

other.  Between two of the games. Booster

 and I went into the dugout with the tunes to get

the boys jazzed up for their next game.  They all

got a little camera shy when I stepped in....

 Out of 16 teams, Kidlet Three's team WON first place!

Here is Kidlet getting his trophy from the coach. 

A great group of guys that play some amazing baseball.

So proud of them!