Walker is Baseball Ready

It was crazy that it was already 

time for BaSeBaLL!

Walker had NO break between

football, basketball or baseball!
I don't think he'd have it any

other way though.  

Baseball try outs were in mid-February.

There is a lot of build up and pressure

for tryouts for a 12 year old...

or actually for any age within

our Little League!  ha!

I had to take Hadlee and Hudson

to a birthday party so I didn't

attend try outs.  Plus my mommy

heart and nerves can hardly stand it.

The players get three pitches, two 

pop flies, and two grounders with

the coaches lined up on one side

and all the other players lined up on the 

other side.  Talk about PRESSURE.

Well, THiS guy?!??!!!!

How did he do?

He caught his pop flies,

stopped his grounders,

made great throws

AND hit all three pitches.

Not just "hit" though...

like SLAMMED ~

as in ALMOST over the fence

on two of them! They both

literally hit the fence!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought maybe Walker and Troy

were over exaggerating or kidding me,

but I heard about this from EVERYONE!

Walker and another boy were the

top two at try outs!!!

We have no idea if this will continue

through the season or what...

but we were so thankful for this

HuGe BOOST to Walker's confidence!

The kid works so hard and he 

deserved this!!!!!!!!!!!

He was so pumped!  

My main concern as baseball season

starts and all the pressure that comes along

with it is for Walker to feel good about

himself.  He's with a VERY competitive,

talented group of boys who pretty 

much play year round baseball

and we've decided for our family 

at this time, it's just not what we 

should do.  I love this sign I saw

on Facebook!  #TRUTH

Way to go at try-outs, Walker!!!