More baseball

Adam and Brooks had another game today.  They were really ready, and made some great plays in the outfield.  Adam hit the ball twice, but got thrown out both times, the other team was really doing a good job at fielding.  Brooks was thrown out once, but made it safely the other time he hit and made it to 2nd on the missed catch at first base.  He went on to score one of our 3 runs when Dillan hit after him.  This and a great outfield play holding a long ball hit to a double earned Brooks a game ball.  Great job Brooks!

Little League

They boys are playing Smyrna Little League in the Minor 2 division.  Their team name is the Volcanoes.  We had our 3rd game tonight against the Mudcats.  It was quite a game.  The Mudcats took the lead early in the first with 3 runs, we scored 1 in the bottom of the first.  Later in the game the Mudcats took a 4 to 1 lead and then in the bottom of the fifth, the Volcanoes scored 4 runs, taking a 5 to 4 lead.  In the top of the 6th (the last inning), the Mudcats scored 4 taking an 8 to 5 lead.  Finally, the Volcanos scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th and had a man on 3rd base when the final batter hit a liner down the first base line that the first base man just made a fantastic play on and was able to tag first.  Final, Mudcats over Volcanos – 8 to 7.  This was some exciting baseball!

Adam Mako backstroke

 

Here is Adam doing his 25 meter backstroke last night.  The boys just made the Mako team on Monday and swam in the meet yesterday.  We did get home late, but we all had a great time.  Looking forward to the next 2 meets. 

YouTube - 2006-06-16 Adam Mako backstroke
 

Brooks Mako meet backstroke

 

Here is Brooks swimming backstroke in his first Mako meet last night.  What a great job! 

YouTube - 2009-06-16 Brooks Mako meet backstroke
 

Patio Stairs Done

Well, I finally finished the patio stairs.  They are reinforced with cement behind the rise of each step.  Now we just have to get the kids to use them instead of trying to run up and down the hill.

Camp Toccoa – Dad and Me

A bunch of my friends from work and church all took our kids to Camp Toccoa for an overnight stay of games and fun.  The kids got to go on a hike, an night walk, shoot a bow and arrow, play Twister, red light-green light, four squares and more.  I took Adam, Brooks and Susan and we stayed in a heated cabin all by ourselves.  It rained most of the time, but we didn’t let that keep us down.  The late night trip carrying each of the kids to the bathroom in the rain was not a highlight, but we managed fine.  I am posting a whole bunch of pictures from the trip.  We also went to Tallulah Gorge the next day, check out those pictures too.