Rain Rain Rain

Excited To Wear Their Uniforms To Church

Both kiddos had ball tourneys this week. Millie in Paoli and Reed in North Vernon. They were calling for lots of rain on Saturday. Rick took off with Millie at 5:30am on Saturday morning and since they started early, they got both of their games in before it totally soaked the fields but the girls were soaked. Millie's team shut both teams down 10-0 and 11-0.

I waited to leave as late as possible with Reed because I knew they had to cancel before too long. Well, they still hadn't canceled so we headed up with my mom. We drove all the way up in rain, the boys warmed up in the rain and they started the first inning in the rain. We were home team so we took the field first. When it was our turn to bat in the first inning, they canceled the games for the day. Super, pack up and go home. 3 hours on the road, 1/2 an inning played and we were all soaked and freezing.

Day 2, both kids in the uniforms for church because we needed to leave right after Sunday School. As we walk in church, Rick gets a text that Paoli is canceled because their fields were still too wet. Millie was very upset because she wanted to play, she was certain they would win that tourney. Well, now at least we could all go to North Vernon to watch Reed.

We get up there, it was a bit cold but at least it's dry and the sun is shining. Our boys started slow and we were tied 2-2 after the first inning but then the other team pulled ahead by about 4-5 runs. In the last inning we came back and tied them. Went into extra inning and we couldn't hold them, they ended up scoring 1 for the win. I was proud of our boys since it was the first game they had every played together. I was very proud of Reed, he was in outfield and did a good job of getting the ball in fast and he hit the ball and got on base every time he was up to bat. So nearly 6 hours on the road for Reed and he played 1 game. But it was his very first travel team game and he did great for a 6 year old playing with 7 and 8 year olds. He has a lot to learn but he has time, he's still just a little boy.