The Busy Season

Baseball season is upon us again. And while it is one of our most favorite times of the year, it is also our most busy. This year we also have karate added to the mix so we have had a lot of running around. The boys also have spring concerts coming up, Josh for orchestra and Xander for choir. Xander is also part of his school production of Hamlet coming up in June. He is playing Horatio.

This season Xander is playing for the Astros. Josh was on that team for 2 years before moving up. Xander has his same coach, Jason, as he had last year. Jason is great with Xander and recognizes how hard Xander tries. Xander has made amazing improvements in his game over the last year. He even caught a line drive and participated in a couple double plays. He is on 2nd and is very worthy of his post. He knows the rules and follows them well. And the weather has been holding up pretty well. We have only had one freezing cold game so far.

Josh has moved up to the Babe Ruth league. He is playing for the Yankees. Josh has the opportunity to travel a bit and play against the Riverton league. We really like Josh's coach this year. He is no nonsense and keeps the boys (and a girl) in line. Josh is pitching for his team this year. He is an amazing pitcher. Sports really come easy to him and pitching was no exception. He pitches fast and pitches strikes most of the time. Now if we can just get the other teams to stop hitting the balls. Josh plays short stop and tried his hand at catching when he is not pitching. He has made a couple great catches at short and helps his team immensely.

We are really proud of both our boys being able to keep up with the hectic schedule we have right now. They both keep up with their homework and most of their chores. I am sure we will have more updates as the season progresses. Thanks to everyone who has braved the weather so far to come see games. The slideshow is just a few highlights of the baseball season so far.