Home Run Hitter

Dakota hit his first home run of the minor league season last night! It was the top of the first inning, he's the lead off batter and he hit the second pitch, it hit the top of the fence in straight away center field and went over! Everyone was on their feet cheering. He hit 14 home runs last season on the cub league field but this field is much bigger. It's even bigger than the field he plays on at Southside Diamond. He ran those bases and the team all came out to congratulate him. It was awesome!

Kota's birthday is this Friday. We have a party planned for him on Sat. He loves birthdays. He always has. One of his favorite things is birthday cake! That boy sure does love birthday cake. He has two games this week. One on Tuesday night and another on Friday night. This will be the start of the regular baseball season. We played six games in two weeks in a tournament before reg. season started.

Jordan has been riding his new bike with his friends all day. He wanted a new bike for 8th grade graduation and it cost almost $300! And it doesn't even have a kickstand! LOL! I guess the guy who sold him the bike told Joel it's a bike you use for jumps and "tricks" so they don't have kickstands. This was really hard for Joel to understand since now it has to lean against something. He said for $300 you should at least get a kickstand with it! I told Joel we must be getting old.

Kota has his best friend, Adam, over to play right now. Joel is cooking steaks on the grill. We are also having rice, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and pasta salad. Yum! Gotta go help get it ready. Hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather.