The end of Football! (At least for this season)

Garrett played his last tackle football game of the season today (in the rain!) It was a lot of fun and the boys loved playing in the rain! Garrett scored the only 2 touchdowns for his team in this game! Though football has taken over our lives, it is sad to see the season end. I love to watch my kids play sports, especially when they LOVE the sport they are playing. But hey, flag football starts next week for Hunter and Jess is coaching him.

This is the only video I took of Garrett playing football. I realized partway through the game that I had not taken any video, so I started recording and Garrett was nice enough to score while I was recording! Nice timing huh!

Utes Season Tickets

Everyone hold your excitement but the 2008 Utes season tickets have arrived! Oh how we have waited for this day to come! I sat by the mailbox each afternoon hoping and praying that today would be the day we would get our season tickets! Those of you who know me well will know that I am totally kidding. We did in fact get our tickets in the mail but I don't really care for football and only go to 1 game a season (if I'm lucky). But Jesse and the boys LOVE Utes football! Heck Jesse and the boys love ANY football but Utes football is high on the list! We had season tickets last year and of course this will be a tradition I'm sure Jesse will keep alive! I do love that the boys can go and enjoy the games and have some good father/son bonding! So GO UTES! Hit a home run... I mean get a basket.... I mean score a touchdown?!?

Football

Garrett had his first tackle football game tonight. Jesse is helping coach and I don't know who was more excited for the game, Jess or Garrett!

Football is VERY hard to get any good pictures of! Garrett is in both of these pictures (somewhere!) He is #42, and the one wearing the black socks.

All the coaches after the game talking excitedly about the game! Jess, Scott and Jeremy. We had a hard time getting them to leave because they were talking about the game and watching the next game. We may be driving separate from now on to the games!:)

The coaches boys talking excitedly about the game! Like father like son! Gunnar, Gavin, Garrett. They lost there game 12-7 but no one was too disappointed! I mean they got to run around for an hour and smash into each other! What more could a boy ask for! I on the other hand can't stand to watch them all smash into each other! It makes me sick to my stomach to watch. We made it through the first game without any broken bones though!(knock on wood) Keep your fingers crossed that we can keep that record up! Great game guys!

Goodbye Baseball

Well it is official, the baseball season is over for the year!(a small tear is present on my cheek!) Garrett's team took 2nd place in the city tournament this year and Hunter's team took 4th. The top three teams can go to the state tournament but half of Garrett's team will be at scout camp the week of the tournament so the 4th place team will go in there place. We will be sad to not go to state tournament this year. On the up side we now have our evenings free to hang out together!

Team Picture. Way to go Dodgers! Notice the boy with the cast! Jesse had 3 boys on his team this year break there arms within weeks of each other (not in baseball). Well he was really shorthanded by this and so Travis (in the pic with the broken arm) was a good sport and still came and played once he got his hard cast. Every time he slid on the bases everyone held there breath! (Can you imagine going to the doctor and telling him you had re broken your arm sliding in baseball! Luckily he ended the season without doing this!)

Garrett pitching. Garrett has always played catcher and done an awesome job but has always wanted to trying pitching. This year Jess was in real need of pitchers so Garrett finally got to try and he did awesome! He was one of the starting pitchers on the team.

My baseball boys!


Hunter pitching just like his favorite brother! Hunter really looks up to Garrett(don't tell them that though!) and so he also wanted to pitch this year. He did really good! He is a whole year younger than most of the kids on his team and a real spitfire!

I was so proud of all my boys this year in baseball(Jesse included!) Garrett's original coach had a family emergency and had to leave town for the summer right after he had drafted the team. Jess was made a superintendent at work this year and has always wanted to coach baseball but never had a work schedule that he could do this. He is able to leave a little more now that he is a superintendent so with a little persuading from his wife:) he agreed to coach. He did tell me that he is now glad he did!(I'm always right! he he) I think it was good for Jess and Garrett both! Jess has even promised Hunter he will coach his team next year! Great job guys!

Baseball, Baseball!

Jesse and I got to spend our anniversary at the baseball game watching Hunter play. It was actually really nice because since Jess is coaching Garrett this year he hasn't got to sit at very many games with me and just watch Hunter play. It is the city baseball tournament this week. Garrett's team won on Monday so they play again for the championship on Wednesday. Hunter's team lost on Monday so they played today and won and so they too play Wednesday. Same time same place so once again Jess will miss Hunter's. It has been a great baseball season and I am sad to see it end! Hunter is so funny to watch playing baseball. His carefree spirit is still present on the baseball field! He loves to play and loves to chat with his friends while on the field. He is always making the crowd giggle with his antics. Take this picture for example. Hunter is playing first base in this picture and if you look close you will see he has a giant bubble in his mouth! Right after I snapped this picture he had a line drive hit straight to him, he caught it bubble and all!

Hunter is our tricky little ball player! He is right

handed but when it comes to sports he bats left

handed! He catches right handed but for hitting

and golfing he is a lefty. Go figure!