Fall Sports

I am not sure what happened this fall, but we had a bit of a revolt when it came to sports.  We haven't experienced this for a while, but the seasons seemed to end well despite a rough go of it.  Micah played machine pitch baseball (no pictures :( .  He loved it so much in the spring, but moving up to machine pitch was a bit hard in the fall.  He did a good job and he really caught fire in soccer!!  He played on Phil's team with several boys from last year.  They started to really know the game and it has been fun to watch.  Phil has loved being the coach and spending that time with Micah.

 

 

Ben also played soccer this fall (no pictures :(  I am almost convinced I need one of those smart phones that follow you around so you don't forget to bring it to your boys' games).  It was a bit unorganized this year and a rough start.  And middle.  And end.  We moved Ben up to kids in his grade instead of age group.  I am not sure if the jump was too big or if he is losing interest, but we will try again in the spring and see what comes of it.

Jacob decided to play another year of baseball with the Vipers.  He is playing up a year and so it is also a challenge to compete against these bigger boys (especially batting).  Even though that was rough, Jacob decided he would like to try his hand at pitching and was able to pitch in several games at the end of the season.  He did a great job!!  It is so fun to watch his concentration and see boys actually swing...and MISS Jacob's pitches.  I'm proud of him for his hard work and miss watching his games and practicing pitching with him. 

 

 

 

Jacob has moved on to Jr. Jazz basketball.  It has also been a little rough (do you sense a theme here) so far, but it is fun to try something new.  Basically the fact that everything doesn't always go smoothly is another one of those life lessons we try and help our boys learn from sports.  One of my wise, (experienced in kids'sports) friends says, "There's a time to shine and a time to stretch."  I think we had a stretching fall...we're hoping for a relaxing winter and a nice shining spring!!!!