Track and Baseball 2013

We just had our "official" final track meet this weekend and a perfect day to close out our season - sunny and warm. It was a really fun year coaching LTD + 8 other second graders. My dear friend, Karlene, was gracious enough to coach with me and together we had lots of fun cheering on our team of 11, the Blue Angels. We had a team motto....."give it your best effort, but have fun - that's what it's all about!" They did ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!! The events these young athletes took part in included: 800m (2 full laps around the football field),  400m, 200m, 100m, 4x100m relay, baseball throw and running long jump. LTD are extremely proud of all their ribbons they earned for their hard work and determination; so are Dave and I!!! We have a make-up track meet this Saturday morning we are hoping we can make it to, at least for a little while. They are itching to rake in a few more ribbons AND Coach Tina would love to share one more Saturday with Coach Karlene and our Blue Angels. 

Baseball is in full swing now that the rain has subsided (we hope) and the fields are starting to dry out. This year the kids are batting against the machine pitch which has taken some getting used to. It's fast and the boys have 7 tries to hit the ball before it is considered a strike-out. Dylan loves baseball but he especially loves to bat and is a pretty good hitter. He is not quite sure what he thinks about wearing a cup. Let's hope he doesn't have to find out why it's a necessity in baseball, especially in the catcher's position, his least favorite when alternating. 

Next up, Field Day tomorrow at a local park in Prior Lake, last day of school Thursday with release at noon, celebration at Vallefair with friends on Friday, Grandma & Grandpa Clark come visit this weekend for grad parties and VBS next week at our church. We also start swimming camp next week at Foss Swim School and the kids are SUPER excited since their water is SO warm compared to any pool they have ever taken lessons in. Yah, no more blue lips!