Birthday .... again

It seems like we have a birthday celebration every year!

Well, she got what she wanted ( Daddy's spoiled girl). A beach cruiser was on the list along with another dog.... we went with the bike. I brought it home last night, and she had a chance to ride it around. Now she is working on the tan so she can take the tan, and the bike down to the beach, and ride around and be cool,.... like I used to be....... who am I kidding.

Have fun, and remember sweetie, boys are awful, throw rocks at them.

Allstars first trophy

The 12 year olds had a tournament in Muiretta, ( about 45 miles away) and they played very hard and finished second to a very good team.

'S' pitched the first 3 innings, and hit a single, and one inning, she made all three outs.( one was a double play, playing 2nd base, she tagged the runner that was going to second, and she threw to first)

The girls are improving each week.

End of the JV season

30-0-1
The greatest season JV has ever seen. These tough girls went undefeated in 31 games, winning 30, and having 1 tie.
The team they tied, Patrick Henry, was the game they finished with last night, so we were a bit worried. The girls were really up for the game. They wound up winning 9 - 1.
Little 'K' pitched the whole Game, and did a great job. My 'A' played SS, and mad a couple plays during the game, and no errors.
She was 1 for 3 at bat.
Here is a team picture, and an individual of the big blonde Ratza.

Late season Desert ride

After watching softball games on Saturday, I packed up a 40oex quad, and met up with my buddies out at Superstition Mtn. Eric and Dave brought there daughters,and even 3yr old Jacob. There was a Razor (Eric), the Rhino (Dave), 4 adults on quads (Rope, Rick, Eric, Denny) and two 13yr old girls on quads. We did two night runs and a morninngb run. The first night run was fun, we roamed, and snaked through miles of sand dunes testing our skills trying to climb steep hills with soft sand, Tough. Navigation in the night was made easy with Eric C. leading, and his GPS mapping the way home. Plus our lights, and his experiance in the desert also helped.
Daves rhino had a mechanical issue. the Wheel came off the back. The lug nuts had loosened up, and the wheel came off we spent about an hour ( getting tools, resetting the lug bolts, and stealing a lug nut from each wheel. then we were on our way. The next run lasted until 1am. I slept in the bed of my truck on a futon pad with just a sheet covering me. My dog kept watch sleeping on the rug on the ground.
After the morning run, I headed out and made it back in time to watch 'S' game. she saw some pitching time.. 2 batters, and closed the game out for a win.

Golf, and such

Rec. softball finished this weekend. We have allstars left, but at least we can move on to a more advanced level of play. 'S' was mentioned in the coaches speach as the MVP of the team.

Mothers day went as expected. Kept it very simple. Had her do my laundry, and make us a steak dinner. She loves to keep us happy, so who am I to deprive her of that.

I took 'A' golfing at the Vinyard Golf club. She hadn't picked up a club in about 6 months. We hit a small bucket of balls at the range, and headed out for 18 holes. After 5 holes, she was 1 over, and strokes better then Dad. She had already gotten a birdy, 3 pars ( 1 sandy par), and a doubleboogie. She wound up with a 48 on the front, and 49 on the back. She had 2 drives over 230 yards. She is really putting it together, and building off what she learned last year. I didn't have a very good golf day myself, as this is a very tough course. I barely beat her. One day she will catch me cheating, and it will be all overwith.