Summer Sports Fun

 Elijah had another year of baseball this summer. He was in the 2nd/3rd rec league and he was the only 2nd grader on the team with 3rd graders so he was pretty small. But the cool thing about baseball is that you don't have to be big:) He is a quick runner and did really well. 

 Mark helped Miss Julia coach and it was a fun 2 months. 

 Sophia also played her second summer of softball and really could hit that ball! 

She played a variety of spots and she said her favorite was catcher. 

So thankful for all our friends and family who came out to watch the kids play! 

Not pictured: Uncle Kenny and Aunt Mary, Grandma and Grandpa 

Thanks for caring about what our kids care about! 

Sophia's Softball Skills

 Sophia started softball last week and its been fun to watch her learn and get better. I also love that this is her own thing separate from Arianna. When you have twins, they end up doing everything together. But as they are getting older, we want to try to encourage more uniqueness and individuality between them. Arianna has been playing the piano for a while now and we are splitting them up into two different fifth grades next year. Its hardest on Arianna. Sophia loves the distinctiveness. Sophia also seems to be the sportier and tougher of the twins, so this suited her to a tee. 

Soph was really excited to start batting practice- 

she did decent and wanted me to video her so her daddy could see. 

Sophia's Black Eye

 Two weeks ago, Sophie was playing baseball with Dad and the kids. She is looking forward to playing softball in the summer and is starting to practice now since her season starts when Mark is in Africa, and I know nothing about sports and am scared to death of the softball (the fear stemming from high school with a horrible swollen ankle from a softball while running to first base) 

Well, Elijah was up to bat and Mark hadn't quite gotten to the tip about not throwing your bat once you hit the ball. Elijah got a perfect hit and threw the metal bat which connected with the side of the catcher's face, which happened to be Sophia. It was horrible. She cried for a good 2 hours. Mark took her to Jamba Juice to stop the sobbing and it helped. 

Her black eye took well over a week to go away. 

Day One- just a huge knot! 

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four

Day Five

Day Six

 Day Seven 

Day Eight- I LOVE this picture!!! Her smile and eyes are just totally her! 

She's all better now and both she and Elijah learned a very important lesson about baseball. 

Poor Elijah felt so bad and was so embarrassed that he hurt her.