Baseball with the Royals

 

When I went to sign Nathan up for baseball this spring, I discovered to my dismay that his coaches and several of his teammates had moved on from the Wylie League to a different league and his team was disbanded.  It was a big disappointment for us that they had moved on and not invited him.  But he took it in stride and joined a new team.  It's a different team for sure, but he's had the opportunity to pitch a few times.  He really misses catching though, as he hasn't been catching as much with this new team as he did with his old team.  It's been a rough season, but he still loves to play and is improving all the time.

Wrestling Banquet and A Honor Roll

While Eliza and I were in Utah and Idaho, Jonah had his wrestling banquet.  Corey was on a work trip the same week, so sadly he wasn't able to go to the banquet either.  Jonah was given the award for the Rookie of the Year.  He had a fantastic year in wrestling and we look forward to great things to come for him.

That Friday, I went to Nathan's award ceremony for the third term of school.  He made it back to the A Honor Roll, rather than AB, and was happy about that, although he was disappointed that he was one 94 shy of getting in the Principal's club.  Overall, he has done very well academically in elementary school and hopefully he can continue to do well that way through the rest of school.  

Jonah Wrestling

Jonah started wrestling this year as a freshman.  Last year when Travis was a senior, he took Jonah along with him to the wrestling practices over the Christmas holidays, so he had a little bit of knowledge of it.  Being his small size, he was able to wrestle varsity for most of the season.  He got one pin and one other solid win.  But the other wins he had were forfeits.  Even though they were forfeits, they counted toward wins and he got enough wins to letter in wrestling as a freshman!  

Jonah Wrestling

Jonah wrestled varsity and at his first varsity match, a dual hosted by our school, he got a pin!  He had a harder time with his other matches, but nowhere to go but up!  I took a picture of the score board because it was exciting to see "King" up there, especially when he's only a freshman!

November Miscellaneous

Nathan's baseball season went a lot later than it was supposed to, due to all the postponing of games due to bad weather. His last game on Saturday he got one of the game balls. He did a great job this season as a catcher and he also played third base, first base, outfield, and pitcher. He is really improving as a player and we are looking forward to next season.

I had to take a photo of Jonah and the orange juice spill because it was like the third spill of the morning and fifth of the week.  

Nathan  hit his foot really hard on the stairs at the bottom and broke his toe.  He had to be off his feet and wear a special shoe for about a week.  Good thing it was after baseball season!

Eliza had her senior direct play.  She directed a scene of the play and we enjoyed getting to see the show.  She did a great job!
 

 

First Week of September Follies

Annmarie started her cheerleading for football season the first week of September. She really loves cheering at the games. Jonah had his first home football game. He was supposed to play the week before at JJ Pearce but the game got canceled after being lightning delayed for a long time. We had even driven over to JJ Pearce to watch him play. Then, on Friday night, we had our first home football game of the season (we played Pearce the week before at Mustang-Eagle Stadium--where Jonah performed with the band and we sat on the Pearce side to watch him march). But, the game got lightning delayed over and over again so we ended up leaving the game and going home before it ended. They also released the band. Right before that game, I hit my foot really hard on the coffee table and ended up with a broken toe. Travis also found out that he was not going to be reporting to the Johannesberg MTC on September 3rd as he was originally told but ended up starting Home MTC on Monday, September 1st with the report date of September 10th to the Provo MTC.

 

Wylie Baseball

Jonah and Nathan both did baseball again this season.  Jonah played on the Panthers, the same team as last year, and Nathan on the Rangers, his fourth season with them.  The Panthers did a little better this season than last year and they won a couple games.  Jonah really got better at baseball and played second base most of the season.  

Nathan's team had a really great season, only losing a couple of games, and Nathan improved on his skills of playing catcher.

Track Season Ends

Jonah's track season ended and he did pretty well, finishing third in district.  He improved a lot during the season with pole vaulting.  I hope he continues to do it in high school.
 

Wrestling Banquet

As the end of the school year looms, Travis has more and more lasts.  This was his final wrestling banquet, which at least one of us has attended every year with him.  They did special recognition of the seniors.  It was a nice banquet.  Hard to believe high school sports is over for Travis.

Pole Vaulting and Future Freshman

Jonah decided to try pole vaulting this year in track.  Turns out, he's pretty decent at it, thanks to all the gymnastics.  He's still learning, but I think that if he keeps at it in high school, he could do pretty well.

He also had his field trip to Wylie High School for all incoming freshman. It's crazy that he'll be a freshman next year.  He even got in the selfie that Mr. Alexander, the principal took!

Wrestling Senior Night

Travis had Senior Night for wrestling.  I was able to join him for the processional as Corey wouldn't be home in time from where he was doing a store check.  We are proud of Travis' grit for sticking with it all four years even through injuries and disappointments.  This night was another one of those big lasts.  I'm grateful for the good coaches he's had at this school, especially in wrestling.