Monroe Shine Tennis

Our third tennis tourney of the summer was a fund raiser for Floyd Central tennis and Millie has been playing in this since she was 6. This year Reed wanted to play too and they both did great! We had many rain delays but Reed thought it was fun to go out and dry the courts so he didn't mind.

Reed won several games and 1 set. He was playing against much older boys, one was Millie's age and going into 6th grade at Highland Hills. I was very proud of him and he says he wants to play more. His age group of 10s is hard to find but we will keep ours eyes open for the more opportunities for him to play.

Millie finished first place again in 12 singles. There were some girls she had played before and some she hadn't. Even though she is 10 playing up one age group in the 12s, she decided the next one she wants to play up in 14s since that the age she could be playing against when she plays middle school tennis.

Swimming

Reed enjoyed his swimming lessons this year. He was very excited to see his best friend was in the same group!

Kelsey Martin Champion

Millie's second tourney of the summer was the Kelsey Martin Classic to raise money for her middle school tennis team. She same in first in singles and second in doubles. Unfortunately, her partner was not feeling well and had to stop playing in the final game.

Southen Indiana Tennis Center Kickoff Classic

Millie played her first USTA tourney of the year this weekend. She has played in a few in the past but then last year decided she didn't like tennis and didn't play any. So I didn't push her and I just asked that she play one year for her middle school this year and if she still didn't like it then I would let her give it up. Well, doesn't mother always know best? She loved it and it's all she wants to do now. We signed her up for several USTA tourneys this summer. The first one was this weekend and although she is 10, they didn't have a 10u division so she played in 12u. There were 6 girls in her bracket and she beat her first 2 opponents easily making it to the championship game. I knew the last one would give her some fight but she pulled it off winning the first 2 sets and didn't even have to play the 3rd set. I was very proud of her! Her opponent was older and played mostly in Indianapolis about every month in a tourney.

I only got photos of her second match because rain moved us indoors for the final one.

Fusion Softball

Fusion went on the road last weekend and we played at a beautiful park in Evansville, IN. The girls fell short of making it to the championship but they played great ball all weekend.

I had someone trying to make me feel guilty about "making" Reed spend so much time at Millie's softball games and that it wasn't fair to him. Please...this boy and his gang have a blast at these tournaments. The coolers are always full and the fun they have is well worth the price of admission. I will not be surprised that when he looks back some of his best memories will be running around with these boys.

It was Derby weekend so a few of the moms made these great horses and the girls had a horse race between games!

 We had a special visitor hanging out with the team!  The kids were very happy to see Evie!

Coach Travis giving a nice pep talk before she bats.

Don't even try to steal on Millie, yep, she got her out.

Bees Baseball

Reed had his first game of the season last night. So glad the weather was nice and we weren't freezing like at practices!

Highland Hills Tennis

It's been a long time coming but Millie is finally on a tennis team. The team is 5-8 grade, no divisions between grades. She was the only 5th grader to make the team that competes in matches. Very proud of her! They have had 2 matches so far and she had played doubles both times. She has won all of her sets 6-0 easily. Very excited to see her compete finally!

SuperChicks

I had some fun with the girls before Christmas and we did a little photo shoot. I think everyone was pretty happy with them and the girls really enjoyed it.

West Washington School Team Challenge Campions

Millie's travel ball team, The SuperChicks, played hard this weekend and won the School Team Challenge Tournament. They lost their first pool play game on Saturday against Mitchell but won the second against North Harrison. Rick and I missed that one because we left to watch Reed play his SMK game. They earned the number 2 seed and played 3 games on Sunday, beating Mitchell in the Championship game by 1 point. It was such a close game all 4 quarters! They fought the entire time and never gave up even when they were down by 6 at one point.