Chloe came in yesterday telling me a big story about Phineas and Ferb. She wanted me to get outside right now and see them. It took me a minute to realize that she was not talking about the cartoon characters but a couple of baby birds that the mother's had booted out of their nests, it was time to fly or die. It was kind of bad timing on her part since there happened to be a wild Bird Dog roaming around who quickly gathered them up. Chloe rescued them and spent quite a while trying to teach them how to fly and then finding a safe place to leave them. We think at least one of the made it through the night. Landon said it was pretty funny to see Licorice walking out of the corn field with a bird in her mouth and two mad angry mother birds dive bombing her.
Well the game started off good, but ended up bad. In the first two innings they held the other team to 5 runs. Then in the bottom of the second they came alive and went ahead 6 to 5. After that they kind of just lost it. The bottom line the other team was hitting and getting on base and they weren't, although Tanner did hit and get on base every time he got up to bat. The score at the end of the game was 15-6. They just couldn't get any runs in after the second inning and the other team was hitting so well that they had a hard time stopping them from getting in. All in all I would say they did a great job in the tournament. They were the only minor league team left in the running at all yesterday so I think they did well to make it that far. They also did some really good stuff. Tanner didn't strike out once the entire tournament he either hit or walked every time. I guess one time they caught one of his balls but it was still a hit, so he came away with a really great batting average if nothing else.
Yesterday was Tanner's second all-star game in which they were versing Parowan. The game started off with the pledge of allegiance and the all-star pledge. Tanner was chosen to get to read the all-star pledge aloud-I trust in God I love my country and will respect its laws I will play fair and strive to win but win or lose I will always do my best. After the first inning the score was tied 3-3. They brought Tanner in to pitch the 2nd inning. He with the help of his team were able to hold Parowan to only 1 more run throughout the next 4 innings. He had 3 or 4 strikeouts and a throw out to first. His team did an awesome job backing him up in the field. They won the game 15-4! Tanner's coach gave out the two game balls at the end of the game and Tanner got one of them for throwing good. After the game he told the umps thank you, and they told him he had done a great job pitching. They said that they had tightened up his strike zone the last couple of innings since they were beating the other team so badly. No fair, I knew a few of those pitches looked like strikes! His next game will be Wednesday night so stay tuned...
We had an awesome 4th of July! We had it all family, friends, good food, good weather, and of course fireworks. Who could leave those out with Landon, Brandon, and Jeff around. And yes if your wondering we did purchase a few of the new legal fireworks that shoot 150 feet in the air. The kids and men were pretty stoked about those. Tanner was pretty happy that we let him be in charge of setting off most of the fireworks-it's sad but true my little boy is growing up. It was a fun night! To bad school and work and reality in general came pretty early the next morning.
