End of Spring Sports Wrap-Up

Hayley just finished her Tumbling class for the year (but not really, cause she is still taking a class this summer along with her new competition dance class-we'll try it this year...). By the exhibition she was able to: do her back hand-spring by herself (although she preferred to have her tumbling coach there to catch her just-in-case), and almost perfect her ariel without hands. Not bad for a year of tumbling.

Zach led his Dodgers team as pitcher/1st baseman to the playoffs in a 5th out of 7th place. During tournament time though, they were able to come in 3rd place (Zach and his dad went camping during the last 3 games, so just maybe they could have gone farther? I don't know, and we will never know. Must remember to plan all campouts at least 2 weeks after baseball season ends...) He will now be starting All-Stars tournaments which will take us into the end of July. At least we really love the sport!

(He is not happy about losing.)

Justin helped his team, the Diamondbacks, finish in 4th place during the playoffs. He really started playing toward the end of the season, when he got past all the T-ball habits. His coach put him in as pitcher through all the playoff games (he's in machine-pitch, so he really just stands next to the machine), and he had some really nice snags there, leading to several outs, and even had a double play, catching a pop fly, then throwing to first base to get the kid on first out! Talk about fast reflexes! His goal for next season: to make the All-Star team (can you tell he has an older brother he idolizes?!) I say, you have a great chance Justin!

Tyler just finished T-ball. That's all, no playoff tournaments, because we all know that in T-ball, everyone is a winner! He had a great season, learned lots of things, had some great hits and throws into first base. Probably the best thing about t-ball this year, was his teammates who were all friends from our ward and the ward we just split from. He had fun playing with his friends. Next year he is hoping to play machine pitch with Justin. We shall see...

The End, or Should I Say, The Beginning

Today, my oldest graduated from sixth grade. The school held a graduation with caps minus the gowns. As a parent, it is a bitter-sweet moment in time. In just six years, we will be doing this for high school. In just 3 years, he will be driving. Where has the time gone.

There were some differing opinions amongst some of the parents about having them "graduate" from elementary. Some think it should just be a celebration, I say, why not call it a graduation. After all, they have finished the first part in a series of schools. They move on to the next phase of life, one that can be trying and a time for finding out who one is. I hope my son can find his way through this and come out on the other side, emerging as a fine, young man. I have no doubts that he will. I love you Zach and am proud of your accomplishments in life this far! Way to go!

Just a side note, do you know how painful it is for a sixth grade boy to sing a song with the class during elementary graduation? Zach looked like he broke his arm or something. I told him he should have started doing the Napoleon sign language motions during the parts of the song they were supposed to do hand movements!