Revolution Baseball

Cade made the All-Star team again this year and it made for quite the busy springtime having all three of the kids playing on all-star teams. We managed it though! 

The Revolution was a great group of kids. We had a rough season but it's hard to throw a group together with only a few weeks of practice and put them up against travel teams that have played together for years. Overall we did pretty well. 

Cade hit well this season but not up to the potential I know he has. He has a monster bat in there just waiting to come out!! I've seen it in the back yard!

 He was also one of the teams starting pitchers which makes me so incredibly nervous for him. I can remember feeling the same way when his dad was pitching in high school! Cade really came along this season though and I was VERY proud of several of his pitching outings. 

 Bobby offered some condolences after Cade had his first home run hit off of him. Bobby had been there, done that and knew he had to pump Cade up so he could get back out there and pitch well for his team. He sucked it up and ended up pitching an incredible rest of the game.

Serious face base running.

 I love to see Bobby working with all the boys on their baseball skills. He's such a wealth of knowledge when it comes to that. And, even though the boys get frustrated at him at times, there is a noticeable difference in the way the perform when he's not there.....especially Cade. He loves his dad's encouragement when he's on the field. 

Another season down, and I'm pretty sure MANY, many more to come:)

Little Hammers

Bobby was asked to be a coach on the 7-8 All-Star team which made Rhett a shoo-in if he wanted it. Neither Bobby nor myself were down with that and we both wanted him to earn his position. So, off to tryouts we went and much to my surprise Rhett was able to secure a spot all on his own. ( I know  saying "surprise" doesn't exactly make me the most supportive sounding mother but he's only six playing in 7-8's and there was a LOT of improvement that needed to be done....I'm a realist, people :) Here's his first team picture (Bobby and I were vacaying in the PR).

 I was low on the pictures when it came to Rhett's team because being that Bobby coached it, I was always in charge of being at Cade's games. Luckily, with his bestie on the team as well I could count on Ashley to get me a few photos!

There's nothing cuter than my little buddy in his baseball uniform. I looooove it!

 Our boys pulled out an unexpected second place in the district tournament.

Rhett was thrilled to get another trophy for his dresser! 

 I think the most fun was getting to spend all that extra time Silas and Garrett. 

 Next time, if there IS a next time, I'm going to get a picture of Bobby in his uniform. I thought it was hilarious that for 7-8 year old baseball the coaches had to wear complete uniforms including the white baseball pant. Brings back memories of watching him play in college...sorta...without all the home runs and great infield plays. 

Cute....

and dirty. Really dirty. Who's idea was it to put boys in all white baseball uniforms? Definitely NOT a mom.

Long days at baseball made for one tired little kid.

And a creepy brother to stare at you while you're sleeping. 

I had a great time watching Rhett improve with his all-star team. If nothing else he was the cutest kid out there:)