Very Busy Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan had a baseball tournament this weekend.  He also was supposed to have his flag football playoffs on Sunday night.

We had to get to the fields at 8am Saturday with the first game at 9am.  In the first game, Evan started at third base.  I don't think he had a ball hit to him.  He tripled in his first at-bat.  He walked in his second at-bat and got hit by a pitch in his third at-bat.  The team won big, 10-2.  In the second game, Evan took a rest and then came in at catcher.  Evan blocked a ball with a runner at third and the ball went about 10 feet away.  The runner took off for home.  Evan ran, slid on the ground, got the ball and flipped it to the pitcher to get the runner out.  In that game he crushed two balls to the outfield that were both caught.  The wind was blowing in from left-center and the first ball was to center and the second ball was to left.  The wind knocked both down.  Rachel and Noah came to the second game.

We came home and relaxed in the afternoon.  We made dinner at home and then went to Bahama Bucks for dessert.

The team earned the #1 seed so their first game wasn't until 12:50 on Sunday.  That let us sleep in some.  Noah came with us to the game.  Rachel had a brunch at Red's Porch for the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls so she didn't make it.

Evan caught the whole first game.  He went three-for-three hitting and threw a runner out trying to steal third.  The team ended up winning big, 14-4.  That put them in the semi-finals.  Evan played left field mostly and almost had a sliding catch on a very hard hit line drive but couldn't quite bring it in.  He was able to hold the runner to a single.  He came in and pitched one inning at the end of the game.  He threw 70% strikes.  His defense let him down with 3 dropped fly balls and 4 errors in total, but Evan had full control and they were not hitting the ball hard.  In that game, Evan went 1-3 with an RBI.  He also hit a ball that looked like it was going in the right-center gap but the right fielder made a running catch.  Unfortunately, the team lost that game.

We jumped in the car and rushed down for the playoff game.  That didn't go well.  The team got shut out.  The other team was older and while it was very close for most of the game, the other team was just too fast.  The team that beat them ended up winning the championship.

We went to Cheddar's for dinner.

Today, everyone was tired from our long weekend.  I think we needed a weekend from our weekend. 

Noah had a field trip today.  He's part of a leadership group at school and they went to the Blanton Museum.

I had a late meeting.  Rachel had already left for tutoring by the time I got home.

For dinner, we just made pasta.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...