The Best's Play Ball :)

Our first year with 3 ball players in the house!!! Yep, that's 3 exclamation points!!!

It was a little crazy around here.

Many hours spent at the ballpark.

Great memories were made.

Character and skills built.

3 very, very happy kids.

10U Tournament Champions!!

This pic wraps up how he feels about baseball!!

 Britton started out as catcher and ended up as center fielder. He's such a great center fielder!  It's just where he needs to be. He made some awesome outs and his hitting picked up and became consistently better with each game!

He LOVES it!! 

The smile never left his face while on the field playing.
His first day of soccer, he was so very proud to put on his uniform. He said over
and over, " Im big now, like Britton!"  When the season ended and he was given
a medal, he said, "Look Momma, my first trophy! I got my first trophy!"
He was so much fun to watch!

The Determined Player
She's the exact opposite of the boys. Not much smiles just sheer determination!
She grew tremendously in the game this year! She became a great defensive player and scored her 1st goal this year.
She really loved it every second of the game and worked hard to do better every second she played.
I never dreamed I'd have a ball - playing girl, but a ball-playing girl is what I've got!
 Next up on the list to try is basketball :)

Getting ready for the big game!


I couldn't be prouder of each of them!  It was an
awesome season of  ball!

Football in the Best house :D

My boy played real ball this year!It was not the fun, rolling on the ground free to tackle game that he thought it was going to be. It was a lot of hard work and practice. He greatly improved throughout the season and had a pretty good year. Our little huskies went 5-3 and made it to the second round of the playoffs. Britton's best game was against Morris. He scored a touchdown and got a good first down for the team! Here's some pics to recap our first football season!


Britton's Best Fan's


This is what Cade did during game time!


Our future cheerleader

Britton at homecoming :D




Action shots:




TOUCHDOWN BRITTON!!

The Ballerina Girl Turns 5!

So, the past month had a few special moments for our baby girl!!! A dance recital and the big 5! Our very shy little girl shocked us all and danced her heart out in her recital. I could have bet money she'd run off the stage, but the stubborn side of her out-won the shy side. Here are some pictures and video of her recital and 5th birthday! My baby girl is growing up :( sniff, sniff!!

Baseball days

This year Britton played 8 yo baseball for the Yankee's. It such a crazy season in our life, living between the ballpark, church and home. It adds a level of stress, but the joy in watching Britton play is worth every moment of it. Chesney and Cade love going to the ballpark. Cade stands at the fence and yells, "Go Britton, Go!! Go Yankee's Go!!
Chesney made a couple of new girl friends and they sit on the sidewalk and color and play school. Britton played left field this year. His first year to play in the outfield. He was bummed to not be playing in the infield this year, but he did awesome! Our first game, he caught 2 pop fly outs and got the game ball. Every game he caught one to three outfield pop fly's! One of our tournament games he caught 4! Keith was walking to the ballpark from the car one night. He overheard two boys talking. They said, " Hey, lets stop and watch this kid. He's the great left fielder boy that everyone is talking about."
Although Britton had a great season and played well, I was most proud of the comments that we received about how great Britton was as a kid. Each night after the game a coach, parent or team Mom would come tell us how great Britton's attitude is and what a great boy he is! The coach nick named him Smiley, for his good attitude.These comments made me the most proud!
Overall we won about half of our games and ended the season taking 2nd place in our tournament. Another great baseball season! So proud of you Britton,
oh I mean Smiley :D