Saturday, January 28, 2012

Baseball and Basketball

Hi all!

Well, after a month or so of holidays and school, Carson's sports season started up again, now with basketball, and Pony League baseball tryouts this week!






Carson is having a great time playing basketball, improving his shooting and dribbling skills. He had a great game today where he was voted MVP due to his great defensive play, many steals and a couple of blocked shots.








Earlier this morning Carson and I went out to the Pony tryouts, which are run by the coaches in preparation for the player draft. The kids go through sprints, hitting in the batting cage, fielding grounders and fly balls, and pitching. Carson saw several of his buddies from last year's team; hopefully he'll be able to play with some of them again, we'll see...in any case it was an absolutely gorgeous day: warm, sunny, and calm.





It's sports time! Can't wait for the season to start!

Hope everyone's well!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Screams and Shouts in Santa Cruz

Hi all, 
With the three-day holiday weekend I have time to do two blog posts! Woo hoo!

Today Mary Beth took me and the kids out to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk for an afternoon of rides, corn dogs, and cotton candy. The weather has been gorgeous for about 6 weeks straight, and the day didn't disappoint.



Here are some highlights - Maggie was finally tall enough for the Giant Dipper, but we couldn't convince Carson to join us, reminding me of myself when Mary Beth went on the Demon at Great America back in the '70's, and I was too chicken to go!

Sounds like rain may be moving in this week, so maybe we'll get some skiing in this year after all!

Lots of love and until next time!




Tossing rings into the clown's mouth - we had a few hits!

Mary Beth and Maggie in the second row!

Mary Beth and Maggie swinging high!

Mary Beth, Maggie, and Carson swinging higher!



Carson on the Carousel