The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Ballpark buddies

Throughout the season we were so lucky to have some ballpark buddies for Samantha on our teams! She spent a lot of time getting dirty around the field and loving every second of it! The endless trips to the concession stand didn’t hurt either. I’m gonna go broke on $3 ring pops!!

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She had Leslie Hails on Maxwell’s team and I can’t believe I didn’t get one pic of them all season! They were always too busy running around! On Spencer’s team she had both Pearson and Caroline. Love these sweet girls!

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ballpark

We spent a lot of days and nights at the field and I love that everyone can find someway to entertain themselves…even if that is by photobombing!

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A fun season for all – players and spectators! Now it’s on to summer ball…we’re ready!

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Make it a great weekend!

4th Grade Champs!

The Rays got to play in the finals last Friday night and they came to play!! The team looked great and played some of their best baseball of the season. I have to think it was in large part to the awesome decorations the moms got up! 🙂

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Maxwell made the catch of the season during the game. Seriously! It was awesome. One of the other moms said it should be on Top 10 Plays on Sportscenter! I agree! Video here. Check out the balance….

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Caught that ball like it was no big deal! Go Maxwell!!

The Rays won the game and earned that trophy!

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Go Rays Go!

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Coach Baker, Coach Welden, Marshall, Slate, Gray, Maxwell Graham, Coach Little, Coach Neuendorf
Beck, Drew, Charlie, Will, Joseph

I’m so proud of this kid.

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baseball

baseball

Struggle, perseverance, victory, defeat – learning it all on the ballfield! These are the days.

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Congrats to the Rays on a championship season!

Go Rays!

Maxwell had a fantastic team with one of my favorite coaches in his grade, Coach Welden. By this age, you know most of the boys still playing baseball pretty well and the coaches are able to draft the teams pretty evenly. Maxwell had some great players and good friends on his team – can’t beat that! He played second base all season and had some great stops and catches.

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He hit a bit of a slump mid-season and literally didn’t swing at a pitch for 2 (3?) games. Didn’t even swing. Sometimes it worked in his favor and he got walked, but he also struck out more than he should. We got him a few lessons with a hitting coach, got his confidence back up, and soon enough he was driving the ball again! Kid pitch is a very different ballgame and I think it just got in his head a little. He worked it out though and came back better than ever! I’m so proud of him.

They went into the tournament 5th place out of 6 teams but fought through to the finals! They almost had a shut out in the semi-finals! It was a great game and I sure do love to watch him play!

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Final game recap tomorrow! Go Rays!

This week

Stuff this week…

An awesome early, early birthday surprise for Maxwell from GJ….

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With his very own gaming laptop he’s a professional gamer in the making! Watch out Typical Gamer!

C is for cookie day in Kindergarten and she thought this dress looked like Chocolate Chip Cookies!

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She’s not wrong!

Maxwell got a cavity filled…good times with the gas.

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Now we’re all tired out and ready for a good weekend!

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See you next week!

Game ball

What a night at the ballpark! Spencer’s team didn’t win…but he made the catch of the season in the outfield and got the game ball! Woohoo!!

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Go Spencey go!!

Maxwell spent the night entertaining his biggest admirer…Anne! She loves him and is going to miss it when her big brother isn’t on Spencer’s team anymore! 🙂

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Fun times at the ballpark!