ice cream on the square

piano recital and post recital ice cream and playing on the square.  love watching these boys love each other in their brotherly ways.

13th anniversary

Happy 13th Anniversary!!

We've come a long way baby and I am so thankful for the grace given and accepted throughout these years together.

Newton Green All Stars

There are a lot of emotions that could go into this post.  Mainly stemming from what ifs that were so close these boys could taste them.  But, our paths our planned for a reason, and for whatever one, these guys had to build character for the future down a difficult road ending in a hard fought game and a second place finish.

Micah was drafted on the Newton Green giving him his first experience in All Stars and he was elated.  He and his teammates practiced hard for weeks, learned new skills and grew a ton as individuals and teammates.  At the district tournament they fought hard and won their first game but the next day, after a difficult pitching inning from one of our boys, they lost by one and instead of the easy road to the championship game they took the rough one.

Our boys played 7 games in three days.  Two of the days had them playing three games back to back to back with no breaks.  They won everything they needed to to advance to the championship game and gave and gave until they had nothing left to give.  To their parents that 2nd place finish was a result of hard work and dedication from our boys.  While there were many tears from Micah on the way home and disappointment from missing something by mere inches, we couldn't not convey to him enough how proud we were of him and how impressed we were with his talent.  He played the best I've ever seen him play and while the results were not what we wanted, I pray he sees the successes made and is able to have the opportunity to show his skills in this venue again.

Braves baseball

For the Spring season since he was 5 years old, Micah had a different coach.  Connor's All Star coach from last year, Brent Stapp, drafted him and wouldn't let him go.  While Micah was a bit nervous at first, it ended up being a great thing.  He learned a lot, perfected some skills, and grew a ton as a ball player with these new voices coaching him.  We still missed our old coach and ball friends but were very thankful for the results that came.

Micah had his best season yet, ending 10-1, made new friends, and was drafted by the Green All Star team at the end of his season.

There were definite times of frustration and plenty of parenting from us and character building for him, but he is a better person because of it.

Next year Micah moves on to a new league and is excited about continuing forward in his baseball "career".