Official start to summer

 It never feels like it is officially summer time until I start hanging out at the ballpark.  Preston had his first game at Appanoose this week.  He was so excited that when I got home from work at noon, he wanted to get dressed.  It was a long afternoon of waiting!  His team did not win their first game, but he sure did play good!  He can really smack a ball!  I guess all that practicing with Colin in the back yard paid off!

 Harper had a wonderful time re-organizing their rocks!

 Quincy also had her first game this week.  She played at Osage City at the same time as Preston played, so Jim took her, and I did not get to see her play.  Her game ended in a tie.  This prompted a conversation on what a tie is.  I explained it is when the teams score the same amount -- like 1 to 1 or 2 to 2.  She spent the next half an hour saying or 3 to 3, or 4 to 4.......?  She has a firm grasp of the concept now!! 

 She also insisted that I take a photo of the back of her shirt - she is the same number as Colin which thrilled her!

 Cameron and Colin are on the same Flint Hills League team.  It is nice to go to one place and watch them both play!  Of course, Colin is also playing with some of his friends on a Babe Ruth League team, which has not had their first game yet. 

 Colin was pretty insistent that if I had to take his photo, it had to be one of him hitting Cam in the head with the bat.  Nice brother huh?  I like how Cam is flinching like Colin would really hit him......!! 

 At least Cam stood still and let me take his photo....

 I had to snap quick to even get Colin to stand still long enough for a couple of randomly weird pictures!

You may notice that Cam has a glove and sleeve on.  This was not a fashion statement this year....yesterday he had a little unfortunate incident with his smoker, some pork roast, and some lighter fluid.  He has some burns on his hands and arm, and keeping a damp glove/sleeve on them helped a lot with the pain!  He couldn't be talked out of playing last night, it was the first game!  He is really quite lucky, he only has a few minor burns and a little hair loss!