Sunday, September 21, 2008

Take me out to the Ballgame....again!

Destination: Beautiful Kalispell, MT
almost 600 miles away....
10 teams in the tournament
Playing in the Whitefish and Columbia Falls fields....

But first stop- Hungry Horse Dam





We also had to get in on the "great adventure!"

Then it was baseball!
Everyone was there to cheer the boys on....We had our favorite photographer :)
& announcer to let the folks back home hear the games
After playing 3 pool play games and losing 1 of them,
it was on to the tournament...



Austin enjoyed playing his favorite position...Centerfield

where he made some B-E-A-U-TIFUL catches!
The Kalispell/Glendive game went 0-0 until the 9th inning,where Glendive won 3-0
What an awesome game!


More R&R between games....

Alex met up with a buddy from his Richey days, who lives in nearby Bigfork...
This is the sign at his road entrance!

After winning all our tournament games, it was time for the Championship game!!

Heads or Tails, Coach Pearcy?
The lineup...and we're ready to play!

Everyone enjoyed the sound effects in the Columbia Falls field

Austin & his "wheels!"

The boys won 14-3!!!



Babe Ruth State Champs 2008!!!

Good job, guys :)

Now it's on to Regionals in Lewiston, Idaho!

Friday, September 12, 2008

Take me out to the Ballgame!

After the regular baseball season, Austin got chosen for Babe Ruth All Stars....
We travelled to Scobey, MT for the District tournament, and were about 15 miles from the Canadian border...

The boys had a good cheering section :)A good at bat and Austin is on base.... & he's off and running...

& waiting to steal a base...

Canada on the horizon...

Father/Son game discussion...


Their 2nd place win gave them a chance to go to beautiful Kalispell, MT and play in the Whitefish & Columbia Falls fields

Monday, September 8, 2008

Tiff & the girls were here for a visit in June. They got to take in a couple of Austin's baseball games and visit with relatives she hadn't seen for quite awhile.

Our favorite...#3~!

Hannah full of smiles for us!

Tiff, Ash, Taylor, Hannah & the Great-Greats...

First time the Great-Great's saw Hannah

Hannah & Gramma Lou


Aunt Patty, Uncle Barry, Tony & Nancy

Baseball....


One of Austin's regular spectators at the ball games ;)


Taylor & Grampa Alex going to the Concession Stand


Taylor sharing popcorn with her newly found friend!

Tiff and her girls

The water puddles were quite fun for Little Miss Muffett!


Taylor loved climbing in and through the doll house....what a stinker!

She thought she had to go potty....

... Our 2 little sweetie-pies

Praying before breakfast..

Helping Grampa

She's wasn't too sure about mowing the yard yet!

Ash changed a poopy diaper of Taylor's...looks like she's wearing it!! ha ha


Typical girl!


Big Sister-Little Sister
Big feet-Little feet


We also took a trip to Richey....
Taylor had fun on toys at Gramma Winhofers



Hannah loved being held by Aunt Ginny...

while Tiff fixed Taylor's hair



Shauna & Ryan were playing with Rich's kid-sized accordians


Taylor wanted a turn, too!



I'll leave you with Taylor & the accordian ;)