Softball, Softball and More Softball...

So it's that time of year again, Camy started back with softball practice two weeks ago and they had their first tournament of the fall this weekend.

One game last night and four games today. The last one will start in about 15 minutes. We are very lucky, it has been a beautiful day. It was pretty sunny earlier but it sure doesn't feel like August in Oklahoma. 

Camy is still not big on swinging the bat, but she has batted right handed and got walked in the first and third games today. 

She is really good at stealing bases when she gets to first and she has scored both times. After seeming like she got left on third every time she got on base last fall, it's been very fun watching her score today. 

Carson has been a super spectator. Although she has friends to keep her company now. 

Hope everyone else is having a wonderful weekend. 

OU Softball Game...

Softball season for Longfellow is now officially over. Camy gets to clean out her stinky locker on Monday, so for now middle school slow pitch softball is over.

We met her team at Hideaway Pizza for dinner. On the way over, I asked my girls if they were going to sit with me and they basically told me no. Once we got there, though, they sat with me with some of their friends.

Micah, Carson, Cassi and Camy. These are four crazy girls. They were laughing the entire night. Cassi had me take this picture on her new iPhone 5, so she let me text it to myself. We are now friends on facebook. Camy and Carson had to keep reminding me how they don't have iPhones all evening. *sigh*

Did I say that we met there at 4? Earliest dinner ever. I think you can barely even call eating at 4pm dinner. After I had half a Pizza of the Gods, Camy nibbled on a couple pieces of her cheese pizza, and Carson ate an entire small pepperoni pizza all by herself, these crazy girls loaded into my car to head to the OU softball field.

There was an open moon roof, load music, singing and some screeming during the very short drive to the softball field. Those girls crack me up.

We got the team inside and all the girls got free backpacks and OU shirts, and then we headed to where we were going to sit. This was our view from our seats in the outfield. In case you are wondering there were two balls hit all the way into our section. You would think sitting with a whole bunch of softball players would mean you would have someone who wanted to catch a home run. You would be wrong.

The girls did have a good time.

The game was rather boring. The Sooners played Iowa State, and it was pretty sad.

It's pretty small, but the Sooners scored 11 runs in the first inning, and 12 in the second. The final score was 24-1 at the end of four and a half innings. Thank god for the run rule.

Cassi and Carson wanted a picture with the mascot.

Of course, there were fire works at the end. The girls had a great time. Camy even got some autographs, and I was starving by the time we got home.

 

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How About Some Softball...

Monday night we got to go to the Longfellow Athletic Banquet. They recognized the sports from the entire year so we went and got to see Camy get her awards for softball.

I still look at my girls and wonder where my babies went.

It seems so rare that I can get a picture of them both smiling at the same time.

It was a very pleasant evening, although the moods around here change minute to minute. Josh got Camy to pose for a picture with her medals.

Camy has really liked playing slow pitch this spring. With the crap weather we have been having since the season has started we have had about 50 games cancelled. I think they have only played about four games total. It's been a fabulous winter we have been having this spring. We have had games and practices cancelled for ice, rain, possible tornados, freezing temps. It has been horrible.

I believe our last game is tomorrow night, but you never know what kind of weather we could have by then.

We have gotten to see Camy play some, and w even have a few action shots.

We can actually see her face because she is a lefty.

She actually got a pretty good hit here.

This picture is blurry because she was running so fast. Not really, I have no idea what happened to this picture. She actually got out at first base but she had an RBI.

Carson also got a medal on Monday. She got her Kumon awards and her gold medal for three years of hard work.

I am so proud of my girls.

 

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New Shoes, a Long Run, Softball and a Snake...

For the last few weeks my knees have been bothering me when I've been running. For me that means its time for some new shoes.

I have run through four pairs of the Brooks Adrenalines, but after consulting with an expert at OK Runner, I went with a new pair of the Brooks Ravenna 3's.

They are super cute too.

I laced them up yesterday morning and headed out for a long run. It was brutal. It was about 78 degrees out, which wasn't bad by itself, the 89% humidity was a killer though. There was multiple times during the run that I considered heading back early, but my need to not miss out on the fun forced me to stick with it. We got 9.5 miles total (Ro got 10, but that's because she is super awesome) and I haven't been that happy to be done wi a run in a long time.

Maybe the fact that I spent four hours at the ballpark watching Camy play softball Friday night had something to do with it. Pb&j with chips probably isn't the best pre long run meal. But Carson and I had fun spectating.

The weather was wonderful all evening, and we got to see Camy play centerfield for the first time.

After my long run I headed home and got ready to head back to the ballpark for a day full of games. In the second game Camy got to bat.

She was walked but ended up on third base, they called the game for time before she had a chance to run home. In the third game she got to bat again and after getting hit in the head by the catcher, I guess it's hard to throw when you have a left handed batter, she got a real hit and even had a RBI and got all the way to third again. The inning was over before she got to run home.

It was a very long day, but Camy had lots of fun.

This morning we had a little excitement here. Penny was up barking pretty early for some unknown reason. Turns out we think she was barking at a snake, we found it in our bedroom a little while later.

Now I'm off to continue my nice lazy Sunday.

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