MLK Day on the Baseball Field

For the last three years we have spent just about every three day weekend at a baseball tournament with Austin. What usually happens is we may get to see a game on Saturday depending on the time and a game on Sunday depending on the time. On Monday we all end up going together and watching at least one game.

Every tournament and weekend is different based on the team's initial seeding and how the team does in its first and second game. Austin would not be able to attend a lot of these if not for other parents on the team that take him to games while Laurel and I are at the church. I know we both appreciate their willingness to do so.

This past weekend he played in Pomona and Riverside. On Monday he was at Big Field Dreams in Riverside. When we arived there Travis smelled cows. He said they stink. He then stated in a very irritated manner "They hurt my feelings!"

The nice part of this park is that the kids can play at a nice playground that is right next to the field that Austin was playing at. This allows us to keep one eye on the other boys and one eye on the game. Usually Tamila is with us an helps to take care of the boys, but on Monday she spent her day with her friend Annie.

The boys had a great time playing with their "baseball friends". These are the brothers and sisters of Austin's teammates that are usually at all of the tournaments as well. The baseball wasn't as fun. The boy's 4 game record for the weekend was 0-2-1. Unfortunately in some tournaments there actually is tying in baseball.

I love the fact that it is the middle of January and it is warm enough to have a baseball game where we live. I couldn't live in a place where baseball season was only six months.

Until the next tournament.

Billy