It's Tournament Time!

Colton played in his first baseball tournament this weekend and we all had a great time!  Colton is playing Pitchball (machine pitch) this year and he really seemed to enjoy it.  He has learned so much throughout the season including what an RBI is and that you can make a double play - things that seem like common sense to us as adults but to a child just learning the game it can be a lot of information.  Well anyways, this tournament is the end of our season.  We didn't have a great season (I think we only won one game actually, we lost several by only 1 or 2 runs which just sucks).  Well Friday night we won our first game of the tournament and the boys were so excited, they ran off the field cheering which was so much fun to watch.  We played again Saturday morning and we lost by 2, however we weren't out yet.  We played again this morning at 9am, that's right I was up and had both boys fed and at the fields by 8:30am on a Sunday.  Well we won our game 7-5 which means we advanced to the final game and would play for 5th place in the tournament.  The boys were so excited to have won a second game in this tournament and were so pumped up to playing the "Championship Game" even if they were only playing for 5th place.  We only had 45 minutes between games which was enough time to get a hot dog and Gatorade and move our chairs to the next field.

The game didn't start out too good, after two innings we were losing by 4 already.  By the time we got to the bottom of the 6th inning (last inning as we only play 6 at this age) the Red Sox were losing by 6.  The boys were still determined to win and it showed as they tied up the game and we went into extra innings.  Are you kidding me, my stress was through the roof!  I just wanted the boys to get the win and end the season with a celebration. I couldn't even sit, I was pacing the fence line along with all the other parents.  The boys ending up letting the other team score a run and we just couldn't answer so the final score was 13-12 and we had to settle for 6th place (out of 11).  The boys took the loss hard but as parents we were so dang proud of how well our boys played!  They looked awesome and they had fun which is all that matters.

After 6 hours of sitting in the sun at the fields I was ready to get home and just relax on the couch for a while this afternoon however I must admit that I am kinda sad the season is over.  I really enjoyed watching Colton play this year and watching him learn and develop so much over the past 2 months.  I did of course take plenty of pictures to help us remember his first tournament (many more to come I am sure), he really seems to like the sport of Baseball!