So, I keep telling myself that I am going to get back in the habit of journaling some of our everyday moments now that I am finished with school and the kids are home for the summer but it seems we are constantly on the go and, before I know it, a day passes and then another and another...how does time pass by so quickly? I'm just going to have to make myself take a little time to remember right now...so I figure I had better get started. We had ball games tonight - Reegan's last for the season - Reece still has tourneys - and the girls play every night this week and then tourneys in another week or so. I feel bad that I haven't gotten many pictures of them this year, but I guess it is not entirely my fault...there is has been so much rain that a lot of their games were rained out. Not to mention the fact that my 18-135 mm lens got broken when it dropped out of the camera bag that someone (Randy - not that I'm naming names or anything ;) left unzipped (how could he?!?!) so I have been w/o my camera for weeks now...sniff, sniff...the good news is that the store called today and said that it was covered under the warranty so it is getting fixed and I will hopefully have it in the next couple of weeks - keep your fingers crossed for me! So, for tonight I took Rylee and Reeva's camera with me to try to get a couple of snapshots from this year so I thought I would share them.
Here is Reegan after her first hit. This girl loves to play ball! She is usually covered with dirt and dust at the end of every game but she loves her purple helmet and pink socks - she insisted on wearing these socks this year because she noticed the girls and Reece all wearing the long baseball socks. I told her they didn't make her size and she informed me that she already had a pair. I had forgotten about these socks that Aunt Becca had given her for her bday but they worked out perfectly and she wore them for every game. :) I wish I had a picture from her first practice because she was so excited to go and went to get dressed herself and came out with a black shirt and tights with a pink tu-tu and her cleats. She's so funny...she loves the girly stuff but isn't afraid to get dirty either. I didn't get to watch all of her game because I had to go back to Rylee and Reeva's game (they were at the same time and Randy was in the fields) so that I could bring them back to this park for Reece's game after Reegan's. (It was a crazy night!) but when I got back Reegan came running up to me and was so excited to tell me that her coach had pitched to her on her last bat and she had hit the ball! She said, "I missed the first one, Mommy, but then he threw it again and I hit it!"
Here is Reece warming up before his pitching machine game. He was lead-off batter tonight and got a triple on his first bat! I was so proud of him. :) He has been working so hard to hit off the machine and he has really started to get the hang of it the last couple of games. He got a single off his second hit and did well in the outfield too. It has been so fun watching him improve over this summer and I'm looking forward to his tourney games this weekend. :)
And, of course, I had to have them all pose for one picture. The only one of them together this season :( and they are a mess...dirt everywhere after hard played games...blue mouths from after game Ring Pops...but that is ok....I love 'em this way and want to always remember moments just like this.
