Thursday, June 3, 2010

Sports, sports and more sports!

                                     
Gavin was an awesome goalie!  He had a ton of saves this year.  There were many games where it came down to gavins goalie awesomeness that won them the game. :)  He also played forward and had a couple goals.  I remember his first goal. He was soooo excited.  After the game he said "did you see my first goal, it felt awesome!"  




                                   


                                      
Ethan was a goal scoring machine!  He of course had a little advantage over most of the kids. For one he was huge compared to most of them and he also has 3 older brothers he has to fight with to even touch the ball.  So this was a piece of cake for him.  I had to put the picture of him with his tongue hanging out because that is what he looked like most of the game.  He was so focused that tongue just wouldn't stay in his mouth. :)
                                                    
                                                 
Brendon had a great season.  He hit 3 triples, so many doubles i lost track and 1 home run!!!  It was awesome.  He is definately a baseball player.  He didn't strike out until the last couple games of the season when he got into a batting slump.  Which really bummed him out.  He put a lot of pressure on himself, being one of the oldest kids on the team, to play well in every game.  Their last tournament game it was win or go home, Brendon had a chance to catch the final out to end the game.  He was in center field and the ball was hit in front of him. He had to sprint to get to the ball.  he dove for it and it hit his glove and bounced away. He was completely devistated.  The tears started flowing immediately.  The other team scored and won the game.  He had a hard hour after the game was over, blaming himself for his team losing.  It was heart breaking.  We had a long talk about how many of those balls he will miss in his life.  He will catch some and some just won't go his way.  I love to see how important the game is to him and how much he loves it. You don't get that upset unless you love what you are doing.  Hopefully it was a learning and growing experience for him that he can look back on and appreciate.  

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