Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Home Sweet Home

Well, I thought I would get some pictures of the home upload to this before I go and switch to a new one.
This is our front porch which looks out in to the bay. It is quite nice most times. Although the other day it was blowing quite a gale. I thought we were going to lose all of our plants. I should take another picture because a lot of things are in bloom now and it looks very pretty.















This is from the bottom of our driveway and looking up to our house. Its not bad at all just a bit too small for all of our junk.














These would be the girls. They were cuddling in the bed that once held both of them with extra space. Now though, they squeeze in... we should get them both one so there wouldn't be so many argument over who gets to sleep in it.


















This picture is last because I forgot to flip it before I upload it. Just turn your head sideways to get a good look. :) Anyway it was a nice day so Cindy put out the laundry to dry. Well hopefully I will be a little quicker on getting the pics and everything on the next place. I hope you enjoy.

End of the Season


Well we practiced a lot and learned many things. The unfortunate part was we didn't get to play any games. Although I do consider the season to be quite a success. Many of the guys had never played and had only played a little catch with their father's or another sibling. So we started from scratch. Sometimes that is easier, I find that there were no expectations or prior items learned incorrectly. The following pictures were taken from a practice one day...



This is our one player who had actually played baseball. He was a great help to the guys when we were learning our basic skills. It was fun for the other guys to see things happen a "full speed" such as grounding a hard line drive. He really helped some of the guys out with their fielding.
We learned the concept of a cut off man. If only our center fielder had learned to throw better. He still would prefer to throw underhand like a pitch except the ball would rainbow way up and then not necessary go that far from him. I wish I would have had more time to work on a good throw with him. He lacked any if all upper body strength. But most of the time the guys were pretty good about running almost to him to get the cut off. It looked silly but managed to save some of his pride.



This is a great kid. He had never pitched before but was rather interested. He asked for some help after practice one day and I showed him the basics. He practiced at home for hours I am assuming since he improved so much. He had great speed and control. In the end more than the guy who was our original pitcher.




Trying to turn a double... they had never heard the term before... It shocked me since it was part of my vinacular from an early age. Once they caught on to the concept they were always wanting to turn a double and when we worked on infield drills they wanted to practice this idea the most. It was fun for them. They like the challenge of getting two out at once. In our scrimmage game they managed to do it. You would have thought that someone had won the lottery. They kept saying did you see that coach? Hmmm.... I wonder how I could have missed it. Where did they think I would be looking. Ahh boys! But they were happy that they had actually done something that we practiced so often in practice.

Overall I think we had a great time and everyone learned a little something.