ANOTHER BASEBALL SEASON DOWN!

So the season may have ended a month ago, but I was a teeny bit busy and haven't blogged until now. Chandler Heat Club teams did great again this season. There was a black team (the oldest boys), the grey team (the middle boys) and the red team (the young boys). Eli was placed on the red team and still was one of the youngest kids on the team, but I guess that's what happens when you play up in sports. They did pretty good - this was our first season that we had some losses, but if we take a step back and look, we really did do well. We lost half our games, but the team was 2 years younger than all the other teams we played against because our boys are better than the kids their ages so we played them up to an older division, so they hung pretty well for being so young - job well done!

The season started off with a parade and every one who played in the championship game last year got to wear a balloon to let others know they were the winners and then they marched down the parade route and had a banner made from their sponsors which we had hanging at every game. Go Heat!



At the end of the parade, CYB did some announcements and kicked off the start of the new season, including calling the championship winners up to the stage so they could be seen by everyone!

Eli had himself a pretty good season. For the first time ever he hit 2 triples in the same game!! It was seriously amazing!!!

I love watching my kids play any sports they are involved in, but for the first time, baseball got really exciting to me now that they are getting older and the plays are getting better. We are so grateful for the opportunity Eli has had to be with Coach Matt Jones and to have been able to work with all these great coaches and grow so much in this sport. Nothing made Eli more excited then getting into the car at the end of the game and asking us to tell him what he did good and then waiting for us to give him 3 "hip hip horays!" - Love me some Eli!

Last game of the season

batting cage practices - balls were hit 45 - 50 mph - which might not seem that fast, but the kid is 6 years old after all!

First game...

The team