Look who came to dinner tonight

We had a fun visitor for dinner tonight.

Aunt Suzi came!!

She was out in CA for a friends trip to Monterey and happened to be close by our house so she stopped over for dinner. We also played Hot & Cold and then she wanted to see Miles' basketball skills so she and the boys played 2 games of HORSE. (Suzi won both times.) She only stayed for a couple of hours but it was fun to see her and wish she could of stayed longer. (Expect for Avery - she kept giving Suzi dirty looks during dinner. She is pretty shy around "strangers" still. But Zani was super friendly with Suzi.)

Caden kept making these crazy shots to stay alive. It was pretty funny.

Alexandra was hoping to play some b-ball and be a princess at the same time.
We love you Suzi!!

Caden's 7 year old Patriot Team

Caden was on a traveling baseball team this summer. They played in weekend tournaments in Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Rohnert Park, San Leandro and Manteca. He team was all 7 year-old players -- they played against teams that were mostly 8 year-olds. They won at least one game in each tournament. The most important was that they were able to get the experience so when they play together next year they will be so much better and beat the younger teams. The last tournament was in Manteca at a place called Big League Dreams. They had 6 replica fields, Caden's team got to play on Wrigley field and on Tiger field. Their team ended up taking 2nd place in the "B" bracket. (Did I mention that is was HOT the weekend that he played? Like 100* everyday?!)

Day 1: Caden at bat @ Wrigley field. His team won 8-2!

Day 2: Some of his teammates.
Playing on the Tiger field.
Day 3: Taking 2nd place in the "B" bracket.
So baseball is over, for now.

Miles has been doing basketball for the last month.
Caden starts football this next week.
So much for a break!

Side Note: Caden was "recruited" for the football team and has already been asked where he is going to High School -- because his coach wants him on the baseball team!

Miles' All-Star team

(I have done this post twice and blogger is not saving it, so I am trying it one more time...)

I should start by saying this year was extra busy with baseball. We signed up the boys for 2 different leagues. Caden at JOBL and Miles at Concord American; because all of his friends play in that league. So we were at 2 different fields this year plus extra volunteer times. Tim even home-plate umpired 2 times. With that being said..

Miles was chosen to be on the 10-year-old All-Star team this year. He was very excited. He finally got to be on a team with all his friends. (including Conner, Lucas, James and Cody!)

This was at the first All-Star game. This is my favorite picture. Lucas and Miles pounding arms. They are so cool...
The Concord American 10 year old All-Star team all lined up!
At the plate:
Miles played in the outfield for all the games. He caught a fly ball in left field during the 4th game!

His team lost the first game but ended up winning the next 3 games in a row. The 4th game was the most exciting. They were home team and they kept battling. Every time they were down they kept scoring and tying the game. After 6 innings the game was tied 10-10 and too dark to play anymore innings. So we had to continue the game out in Oakley on Wednesday afternoon. They would play until there was a winner. Martinez scored in the top of the 7th so we had to score 1 to tie and 2 to win. We had the bases loaded and Josh hit a blooper over the second baseman's head for the win. It was very exciting. Then the boys had to wait for an hour to play the next game. Unfortunately they got blown out. It was time to pack up their gear and say good-bye to their baseball season. The coaches said that they did better than anyone expected them too and went farther in the tournament than a 10-year-old team has gone in YEARS. (They finished 8th!) It was fun to watch.

Some of his cheerleaders!! The girls went to all the games. They did pretty good considering how long we were there some nights. (and eating french fries helped.)

Summer Vacations

I'm working on posting pictures of our trips last month. In the meantime.
Why would you want to come home from a vacation when you have a swimming pool all to yourself and have an awesome view of the St. Louis Arch?? Pretty Sweet.

Now batting ... #8

Miles & Caden!! Both boys made their baseball All-star teams.
They both chose #8 as their uniform number.