Baseball - June to July 2013

Wyatt loved playing pitching machine baseball this year.  He had a great coach who was very dedicated to teaching the kids how to play and to making sure they had nice long practices...which he loved...me, not so much ;)

He really liked playing first base.  He is a hustler and his #1 goal was to see how many people he could get out each game.

The coach really pumped him up at the practices and let him know what a great job he was doing.  So much so, that his head may have swelled a couple sizes bigger than it already was.  But once again, Greg reminded me that it's a good thing to have a lot of confidence at this age.  I just have to remind Wyatt not to TELL everyone how amazing he is ;)

Lydia's Gymnastics Performance

Lydia is that tiny little thing in the center along the back wall

Sadly, this is the only decent picture taken the night of Lydia's big gymnastics performance.  I took my camera and then realized when I got there that I had left the memory card back home in the laptop...super frustrating!  Greg took several pictures with his phone, but none of them really turned out.  Very sad, but you will have to take my word for it that Lydia did a fantastic job!  She has LOVED gymnastics this year and has a natural talent for it.  It was fun to watch her perform the moves that she has learned and been working so hard on.

Basketball Star!

Wyatt just finished up his first season of city league basketball.  The boy has a new love!  His favorite things about basketball were that they actually kept score (unlike soccer and t-ball) and that he was on the Cougars team (which was undefeated).  So appropriate for this BYU lovin kid.

In his first game he scored 10 points and didn't pass the ball once.  After that we worked a little more on his skills as a team player!  He became a pretty good little defender and because he's so competitive and wanted to improve, he really listened to his coaches and worked hard at everything they told him to do.  At yesterday's game his team was ahead and the coach tried to sit him out for a while.  None of the other kids wanted to go back in so she let Wyatt stay, but she told him if he was going to stay on the court, he needed to start passing the ball to kids who haven't had a chance to score yet.  He did EXACTLY what she told him to and made sure all the girls on his team got a chance to shoot. (Greg was so proud of all his assists yesterday ;)

MY favorite part was watching how excited he would get after scoring (fist pumps in the air and all)....and then watching him SKIP back down the court (the only time Greg shook his head in defeat ;)

On the way home yesterday he kept asking if we saw how good he was at passing.  He's already been mentioning what a great defender he is, but now he's such a "great passer".  His confidence is definitely on the rise.  And if there were any doubt, it was confirmed when we got home and he brought up how awesome he was at basketball again.  This is how the conversation went...

"Mom, aren't I such a good passer now?"

"Yes Wyatt, you have really improved this season."

"Yeah, I'm like as good as Jimmer"

"Well, Jimmer has had a lot more experience than you, but if you keep practicing and working hard, you can be as good as Jimmer some day"

"Yeah....but I'm already like the Jimmer on my team!"

He may be a little TOO confident in his skills...

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...but Greg says it's good for ball players to have a little swagger! ;)

T-Ball Champ - June & July 2012

This kid LOVED playing T-ball this year!

L   O   V    E    D  it!

(He also learned about the Civil War since his mother isn't the brightest and when asked who the Yankees were, gave him the more difficult and longer explaination.  He is now fascinated with anything to do with the Civil War and asks questions about it on a regular basis.  Who knew playing t-ball could turn into a history lesson?!)

I'm glad he loved it because seriously...the rest of us were bored to tears!

(Greg thinks it's ridiculous that they don't keep score and that everyone makes it on to base...)

He was really good at hitting the ball and never needed to use the T

Don't believe me?  Just ask him...he will tell you how awesome he was.

He was excited to have Grandma, Aunt Hez, and Aunt Joelle come watch his last game.  Unfortunately it was too hot and they called the game early.  Aunt Hez had driven all the way from Montana on her way home and pushed to make it there in time just because she knew Wyatt was excited to have her come. 

That is love!