Brandon's baseball team - Southport Cardinals

We suspect this may be Brandon's last season playing baseball, but he has had fun!

Brandon's Baseball Banquet

Brandon's end of season baseball carnival

The baseball carnival and team pictures were held on a really hot Saturday!!

Brandon with Coach Jamie

Southport Redsox

Brandon & Mom

This tunnel really made us laugh. It looked like you were either being birthed or pooped out at the end :).

What boy wouldn't love to hit a car with a baseball bat?

The watermelon cake we took for the cake walk. Very easy. Thanks for the suggestion, Crystal!

Rock-It Lanes - Brandon's baseball party

Brandon was elated to go to his end-of-the-season baseball party. It's rare that he gets to do something that everyone else doesn't get to do. He tried out bowling and roller skating.

It was hard to get him to leave, despite the look on his face and the fact that he only let go of the rail a couple of times!

Trying New Sports

This fall, Derek made the expanded middle school football team as a receiver. He is in 9th grade, but is attending a K-12 school, so anyone who makes the age cut-off can still play at the middle school level. The team has won their first 4 games, and Derek has even spent some time on the field (although more time on the sidelines). He's #82 in the picture below.

Brandon wanted to try baseball this fall. He is really excited to be on the same team with two of his friends. The uniform shirts still haven't arrived, but this is the general idea!
The cage on his helmet normally rests a little lower so he can see out the opening. He was just excited to get going and didn't put it on properly. He wears this thing as often as he can.
In Brandon's 3rd game, he finally got the hang of hitting the ball. This is him after his first run. He went on to get another run that night, too! He tells everyone that his secret is to pretend the ball is Dustin's head. Great.