Baseball Season

This year baseball season will be a little hectic. The boys are all in different leagues! Ben will play Dixie Youth AA Baseball (pitching machine) at the Sportsplex, Drew will play Dixie Youth AAA Baseball and Will will play Dixie Youth O'zone baseball. They both play at Franklin. There are many nights that they all play at the same time and I have planned out the schedule where Jason is at one game I am at another but we will both get to see the boys play about the same amount of games. Ben is on the Rangers this year. He was so excited because one of his favorite players is Josh Hamilton! Drew gets to be on the same team as Walker this year and they are the Giants. Will moves up and he is on the Indians!! We are excited about a new year in rec ball!!

Travel Ball
Will's Travel ball team picks back up for the 4th year! We finally won our first tournament. Jason's and missed the Saturday of games where Will hit is 1st Grand Slam!! We were at Jason's aunts funeral in Pensacola!! He always plays better when we aren't there!! I love this group of boys! They play so good together and get along so well too! I feel like I have another 9 children when we are with them!

 

All hit Home runs in this tournament

 Ben also started playing travel ball this year! The first tournament we played in was awful. We got the pants beat off us! But we came back in our second tournament and won the whole thing! What made this one even better was that we got to play in Troy! He too has a great group of kids on his team! We are truly blessed with 2 travel ball teams of great players and parents!! I just love watching them play!!

 


 

Christmas

Christmas Traditions were all the same this year. We spent Christmas Eve going to church and then to Mama Sally and Granddaddy's for dinner and gifts! The kids always love going because these are the 1st gifts they receive!! I feel like we are so in a rush though, trying to get them home at a reasonable hour to get ready for Santa. We have to get on pajamas, take pictures, read T'was the night before Christmas, The Christmas Story and then put out cookies for Santa. Once we are done, we wait...until they are fast asleep. Once they are fast asleep, I sometimes have to wake Jason up as well so he can be on the look out while Santa comes in to leave all their surprises!! Once he leaves, I can finally get in the bed for a little sleep! Will usually wakes up way to early. This year he woke up at 12:30 and I had to go lay in the bed with him until he went back to sleep. He would get up and peek!! He has done it before! After they get up and play with their toys we eat breakfast and then around 11:00 we got to Bibbie and Deeda's for gifts at their house! Usually what Santa didn't bring they get here! They always love it! For a late lunch Jason's family comes over so we get the best of both worlds! We get to spend Christmas Day with both of our families! That is one great benefit for living in the same town with them!! And we don't have to travel far! Christmas Night we go to Jason's parents house and the kids get their gifts from them. They always love this too because they get everything they ask for and then surprises!! When we get home, I am ready to crash...them, no way they want to stay up and play!!