Baseball 2011

Already the end of another baseball season. This year was a little more crazy than years before. Both boys are past t-ball but just enough apart that they aren't on the same league. For us that meant baseball every night of the week, whether it was practice or a game and usually when one boy was practicing, the other was playing. Needless to say we did A LOT of running across town over the last 6 weeks. It went so fast though. The weather definitely could have been better, which is also why I don't have very many pictures. I wasn't really up for sitting in the rain and snow with a camera (and neither was Gracie). So here is the best of what I have.

Zach and his new best buddy Kobe. They were in the same kindergarten class and are the best of buds. All season they couldn't wait to play each other, and FINALLY on the last day their teams met up.

It was so fun to watch Zach play this year. He loves baseball and loved being a big kid on a big team. His coach was awesome too....he had a million nicknames for him. "Big Z", "Zach Attack" and a bunch that I can't think of. The only problem was his team.....the Yankees. Seriously? The kid can't catch a break. He was the Raiders for football, now the Skankees. He was so disappointed. At one of his first practices I went to pick him up and as we were leaving he noticed that his coach was wearing a brand new hat. They hadn't been told what team they were yet. He turned around to his coach and said..."are we the Yankees this year?" and his coach yelled back "Ya...isn't that awesome?" Zach kept walking to the car, turned around and threw his hands up in the air and said "My dad HATES the Yankees" and hopped in the car. He cracks me up. I convinced him that it was ok, as long as he played hard like Jeter. At first him and Ty thought I said "like a cheater" hahahahaha....even funnier.

Ty played in the Minors this year and even got to pitch...once. He loved it. His confidence wasn't as high as it's been before. I think he was pretty intimidated by some of the older kids that have been playing longer. He kept right up with them though and has a really good eye for balls and strikes. It has been so fun to watch both boys start to "hang out" more together and I have loved looking into our back yard to see them perfecting their swings, or working on their pitching and hitting to each other. They really are such good friends which means more than anything to me.