My apologies for the "Daddy blog" blast!

So the ball tournaments are over. CE's team lost the first two tournaments, but that last tournament at home was spectacular. They came home with a 3rd place trophy but they deserved more than that.
Each of the games was supposed to be an hour and 40 minutes long to allow for the schedule. (The first game was at 12 the next game if they won at 2pm and the next game if they won at 4pm). However, the first game which started at noon finally ended at 3:35. That's right, those girls played for 3 and 1/2 hours solid. The game continued past the scheduled time limit because of tie score at the end of each inning. They finally won the game 26-23. The next game they lost which put them in the playoff for 3rd place. The opposing teams pitcher began to wear out and started throwing a lot of balls about the 3rd inning, but CE who had pitched most of the day already began throwing harder and faster. She pretty much shut down the opposing teams hitting game. So, softball may be over for now but wait ....

EP (13) tried out for a travel team this past Saturday but unfortunately didn't make it. She and her sister are going to try out for another travel team either on the 25th or 26th (whichever works best in our schedule). If they don't make that team ... there is always .... well .... next year!

EP on the other hand has started cross country practice with the school team. She is two days in and says she feels good. I know she isn't the fastest runner but my hope is that she can improve on last years time. So beginning Sept. 1 we'll be spending our Saturday's travelling to XC meets !!! That means I'm going to have to erase the softball paint on my truck windows and change it to XC paint! Sweet!