Hey Batter, Batter.... Touchdown!

Baseball season ended two weeks ago. However, with a funeral, a wedding, and a mission farewell we hadn't noticed that life was slowing down. Last week we finallly had a chance to RELAX? That is if you call taking Garrett to swim Monday through Friday at 7:00 am, unpacking and doing all of the laundry in one day, 6 days of work, a Huntsman presentation, haircuts, more meetings, pack meeting, and an orthodontist appointment RELAXING. For us- that is a good week.

I was looking forward to this "down time". It was going to be so great not to have baseball 3-4 nights each week. Yet, I find myself missing those games. I do not miss shuttling the boys back and forth to games/practices with gas prices OVER $4 per gallon. I do not miss washing baseball uniforms everynight and having RED dirt all over my house. I do not miss searching for misplaced ball caps, mitts, cleats, and batting gloves.

However, I find myself aching for that nervous feeling I have each time my boys are up at bat just hoping to hear that metal bat make a "ping"... contact. I miss praying that nobody will hit the ball to where my boys are positioned on the field. I miss the chatter from the boys' dugout cheering on their teammates. I miss sharing in the excitement of a well fought victory. I miss watching Grant take every pitch in the facemask when he played catcher (without ever moving his mitt- which was securely held straight out in front of him). I miss Garrett seaching the stands to find me and make sure I saw his big hit. I miss eating Dill Pickle Spitz at the games. I miss Grant's batting routine (pictured below)... DUST off homeplate, beat the crap out of the base with the bat, assume hitting position, smack the ball (with his tongue out of his mouth pointing up at his nose).

Sports has become such a big part of our weekly routine this last year. We went from tackle football for Garrett and AYSO soccer for Grant straight into basketball. Basketball and baseball seasons overlapped one week and then we were full throttle into little league. Last week was our first week since last August that we haven't had some type of practice or game.

I stop and ask myself often if we are doing way too much. Probably, but the boys love it. And after having them home for one week with no structured physical activities, I completely understand why it is we have so many outlets. They have SO much energy. They cannot sit still for longer than 20 seconds. I am physically exhausted each night from just having watched them move. They cannot walk from point A to point B without running and jumping off of three things to get there. They are up/down, roll across the floor, jump as high as you can, do a cartwheel, and run as fast as you can ALL DAY! My next thought becomes, "When does football start"?!

GO WARRIORS!!!