Yes, there’s more Pigeon Forge! Wednesday the Goats had two games – a morning and evening game.

With all the siblings and friends that were there!

The photographer was back for the morning game…

Love these boys!

The evening game got delayed and turned into a very late night game. But the park was pretty with the most unbelievable full rainbow I’d ever seen! This photo does not do it justice!

There was no photographer for the night game so I took my own pictures. It really was neat to play there on the big field under the lights!

Spencer had a FANTASTIC game that night – he hit two singles and a triple! He also made a huge catch in the outfield. He played so well!

After each game they announce a player of the game from each team. I thought Spencer might have a chance given how well he had played and sure enough, he was name Player of the Game! I snapped this photo right as they announced his name and I love that little fist pump!

I was so proud of him and happy for him. His teammates were pretty happy for him too!

With his Player of the Game pin! …in the dark because apparently all of the lights in the ballpark automatically go off at 11pm and we were all still there!

Another exciting day in Pigeon Forge! Yes, there’s still more to come!

Tuesday the boys only had one game at the other field. This is the only photo I got because I was too busy melting from the blazing sun. It was maybe the hottest day yet and there was NO shade except for the 4 umbrellas we propped up around us. Not sure how these boys handled it on that field! They were also playing the top ranked team and lost 14-0. Not fun. But Spencer got to play 3rd base for a bit which he thought was fun!

But, we had fun afternoon plans to cool off!

White water rafting! I cannot say I was jazzed about this activity but it ended up being way more fun – and much less treacherous – than I was anticipating. Robert and Spencer were on a raft with boys and I love these pics!

I was on a raft with all adults – and felt pretty safe with a near professional kayaker sitting in front of me! ha!

That night we all had pizza in one of the cabins again.

Lots of adventure with some baseball mixed in!

Monday brought the first games of the week and the Yard Goats were ready!

I was ready too!

The boys had a morning game and an afternoon game. It was approximately 1000 degrees at the ballpark but the boys handled it well. There is a professional photographer that we paid to come take pictures at a few of the games and he got some great shots.

The photographer was also at the afternoon game when Spencer was pitching so that was cool.

What a stud!

I honestly can’t remember the scores of the two games but pretty sure they lost. It didn’t matter though – they all played so well!

That night everyone cut loose in Pigeon Forge! We all had dinner at the Local Goat…

and then hit up some go-carts…

and the mountain coaster!

Yes, I did it too. I fulfilled my “fun mom” quota for the year, I tell ya!

These Yard Goats even got to see some real goats!

Only in Pigeon Forge!! Lots more to come…

The Yard Goats all traveled to Pigeon Forge to particpate in the Ripken Experience – a week long baseball tournament with teams from all over the country. It was pretty cool! They played 7 games total and did everything Pigeon Forge had to offer! ha! It was quite an experience!

Robert, Spencer and I traveled up early to hit up Dollywood on Saturday obviously. It was a hot day in the park but we rode all the coasters and then rode them again!

After Dollywood we checked into our cabin for the weekend. All of the families on the team got a cabin in the same neighborhood. Let’s just say I wasn’t jazzed about our accomodations for the weekend, even if we did have a raccoon on our porch welcoming us that night.

A trip to Target for a new pillow, pillowcase and comforter made it a bit more palatable.

While the cabin was not the best, it was nice for all the boys to be close to each other and be able to run over to the various cabins…many of which were much nicer than ours!

The opening ceremonies started on Sunday and it was fun to see what all we were in for that week!

That night we all got together in one of the cabins for dinner and a little Father’s Day celebration!https://flic.kr/p/2rdK6EU

Games started early Monday morning! LOTS more to come. Go Goats!