CARLS BASEBALL PRESENT

On Saturday we went to Joplin to do a few things. We headed over to Academy Sports to look at the baseball stuff. The kids had tried on all the catching gear in the store that fit. Carl had been asking for catching gear for the past two years. I thought more about it after James got his black eye. We decided that for Carls birthday he could get it. Isaiah was sad, because every time that we go there everyone else gets something and he never gets anything. He really wanted catching gear that fit him. We talked him into a bat, and a tee so that he can learn to hit the ball. We told him that he had to share with Haylea so she could learn to hit the ball.

We then took the boys to the batting cages to work on their hitting. Once they figured out hitting with the speed of the machine, they both did very well.



Isaiah hitting the ball

Carl in the catching gear.

Since we have had the catching gear and the tee, they have been put to use. The kids got out in the morning after the rain stopped and played. James and Carl switch off catching and pitching. And Isaiah likes to hit off the tee. He is not bad I have to say. Haylea hit too.

Last night for Family Home Evening we went to the ball park and played. We had so much fun. Even the bigger boys are using the tee to practice their hitting. I think that we will get much use out of our new equipment.