Super Series World Series 2009

These boys played better than I've ever seen them play this past week. They went undefeated in the tournament! They run-ruled every game except the championship one. They hit well, fielded well, and worked together great as a team. Here are the scores from the games (they played Sunday - Friday, excluding Wednesday):

13-3, 18-6, 16-4, 16-0, 13-1, 14-4, 7-6

The championship game was quite a nail-biter. We had played the team 4 or 5 teams in our league tournaments, and had never lost to them, but this game they came playing harder than ever. The game must go through 7 innings, and in the bottom of the 7th we were tied, 6-6. We were the home team, so we just had to score ONE run and the game would be over. The first batter out in the inning (Mason #22) hit a walk-off homerun on the very first pitch! Everyone was ecstatic and the boys couldn't believe what had just happened. They came in 4th place last year in this same tournament, and to win it was a great achievement for them!

This was their last season as a team, because in 8th grade the boys start playing for the school. It was a great way to end the season and 3 years as a team. I love all these boys and I'm going to miss them SO much.

Pouring the water jug on the head coach just moments after winning the Series!

Ryan and his coaches with the team trophy.

Hats off to a great 3 years, & the 13U Super Series World Series champions!

Colorado - Thursday

Two of the boys on the team happen to have siblings around the same age as me, Ginger & Brady :) We've known each other since the team started 3 years ago. We have so much fun around each other and goof off SO much when it comes to long distance baseball tourneys. Thursday was Ginger's 18th birthday, so we went out to eat that night after all the games were finished.

Me, Ginger, & Brady

Ryan, Brady, me, Ginger, Nick, Karis, Brett, and Blake. Ginger & Nick are brother and sister, and Brady, Blake, & Brett are brothers. Our families are together ALL the time during baseball!

Nick & Ryan, haha.

Colorado - Wednesday

Every year, the tournament gives the boys an off-day to goof off. Following suit to last year, the whole team bought tickets to the Rockies v. Diamondbacks baseball game. The whole team got to walk around Coors Field. It was pretty hot that day, but the boys had alot of fun.

Colorado - Tuesday

So I'm starting off with all the sightseeing we did in Colorado, then I'll get to the entire reason we were there - BASEBALL! On Tuesday we went to the Royal Gorge bridge with a family who we are great friends with. We rode a sky tram across the gorge and walked over the bridge. The view was spectacular!

Showing some Texas pride!

On the way back to the hotel we encountered this:

This rainbow was SO bright, you could see every color. A few minutes later a second one showed up right next to it. Just a reminder that God always keeps his promises and He will never fail us :)

Piano Update

So, I've been taking piano lessons for about 9 weeks now. I already knew how to read music, it was just a matter of taking that knowledge and putting it to my fingers. Right now I'm working on these two pieces:

Titanic: my favorite movie

Phantom: my favorite musical

:)

Chick Chat, 80s night

Once a month my church has a special Friday night just for the girls. This month we were supposed to dress up in 80s workout attire (I wore a baggy sweatshirt, black tights, red shorts, slouchy socks, my hair in a HIGH side ponytail, complete with bright blue eyeshadow and pink lipstick)! Getting the clothes was a ton of fun, and so was seeing what everybody else came up with! The lesson was about protecting ourselves physically & spiritually. We had a self-defense instructor come and show us some stuff, which was great!

Winshape Kid's Camp!

This past week I volunteered at my church for their summer kid's camp. The kids were split up into 3 big groups, and I had 3rd & 4th graders. Our group name was the SAFARI! :D The kids were so entertaining and it was awesome serving the Lord by just spending time with them. The only downside to it was I had to be at the church every morning at 7 AM. I usually went to bed about 10:00 every night that week! I got really attached to a few of the girls and it was sad leaving them. Here are some pictures from the camp :)

These 3 boys cracked me up ALL the time, especially the one in the middle. His name is Micha. He always had something crazy to say and he definitely made my week so much more fun.

I helped out with a photography class as well and here are some of the pictures I took. They're amateur, but helping the kids was great.

July 6th - 10th :)

4th of July

Our Fourth of July was quite eventful! It downpoured for most of the morning that day, but we just figured God was dampening up the ground to keep us safer from fires and such :) Karis, Ryan, Mom, Jay, and I lit fireworks in the backyard for a couple of hours.

Earlier in the day Mom, Karis, and I made festive cookies & pretzels.

They turned out great! The holiday was alot of fun getting to spend time with my family.