MMM 7/13/09

Good morning to you! This weekend was Trent's big baseball tournament. They had a winning season of 9-1, so we were placed in the upper tournament bracket of play and had a bye Friday night. Saturday morning we headed to the ball field early (8am!) for a little practice before the big game. It was actually a little chilly out there with the breeze, but the nerves and my pacing kept me warm! All of us moms were pretending like it was no big deal, "It's just a game!" we kept telling each other. But, we knew that if we won, we would advance to trophy territory. We won!! We spent the rest of the afternoon playing in the pool at home, and later that night met up with Trent's friend Mitchell and his dad from the team to hit some balls up at the school field.

Sunday we had to be at the ball field at 10am, and then game at 11am. They played the Elk River team (grey) that had not lost a game during the regular season. The boys were really nervous and had a lot of errors in the field and a tough time batting. We lost the game. Trent has the GREATEST coaches though, and they gave the kids a pep talk about the game and heading into the play-off game for 3rd place. That game proved to be a tough one for our boys as well. Though, Trent played his BEST game of the season. We ended up with the 4th place trophy. But, the boys had lots of reasons to be proud: they had a great season, made lots of new friends, HAD FUN, and learned a lot about baseball. The parents and coaches were sure proud of them and cheered them on to the end. And we found out that we must of tired out that ER grey team because they had their first loss of the season, losing the 1st place championship.

Pictures are above this post and also include Trent's friend Connor (number 07). He is a year older then Trent, but Trent really idolizes him and Connor was as a great leader on the team to the boys.

We are all a little sad to have baseball season over again for another year. We had a great group of boys who all got along and had FUN with each other. Wonderful coaches, and fun families to hang out with. But, football season starts in about 4 weeks, and then it will be back out on the field for us!

We leave on Wednesday for a vacation up north at the annual Neutgens cabin party and hope the weather cooperates and let's us spend lots of time in the water playing and boating!