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Saturday, June 30, 2012

The month of June provided our family with one or two evenings at the ball park, watching Allison play her first season of "coach pitch" softball. She had played Blastball and T-ball for the past four years, but this is the first summer that she had played where she had to hit the ball, not off of a tee, but having it pitched to her.

I am proud to say that she did very well, and made really good progress over the summer. We were very fortunate to have two couples who were very, very good coaches, and who worked with the girls and were really good at helping them learn some fundamentals. We were very lucky to have been put on this team.

Nearing the end of season, with about three or so games left, the coaches had asked if anyone else had wanted to try to play catcher. Allison had raised her hand and told the coaches she would like to try. Dad wasn't so sure she was ready for it yet, but one game we looked over at the dugout at the beginning of the game and Allison was being helped to get into the catcher gear. She did very very well. When the game was over, when asked how she liked it...she looked, tilted her head, and said, "I liked it...I really liked it." So, who knows.... :)

I LOVE this picture...her coach letting her know that she had done a good job on her first time playing the catcher position.

Coaches and players before the last game of the season to have a team photo taken. The temperatures were hovering around 100 degrees with humidity, but the kids looked as ready as they could be. :)