MSU

Sunday and Monday were big days for us. We said our goodbyes to Emma and sent her off to college. Olivia and Marcus said their goodbyes at the house and Marc and I drove her to Bozeman and helped her move in on Monday. Her room turned out great. It was so hard to leave but I’m confident we left her in a good place. She even met up with Amber and Aaron for a few hikes already!  I’m excited for her and her upcoming adventures even though I miss her terribly.

 

Spike and dig

 

Diamonds reunion

We got the old 14U Diamonds team back together for an evening. Laney (on the far left in the first picture) joined this team at the start of the 14U season. However she was a military kid and only played with this group for 1 1/2 seasons before having to move away. However all these girls stayed in contact with her. Her family came back to visit this week so the girls planned a night together. They swam, ate, played games and just caught up with each other. Coach Tiffany even came too!  Laney’s dad told us afterwards how special this group was…he said they did not connect with any other families anywhere like they did with us. I agree, this is really a special group. 

Posing with Coach Tiff…all the girls are taller than her!

Posing in front of the team banner from the year they all played together. 

Awe, the memories 

Seems like just yesterday. 

 

Celebration

The girls took time to take pictures with their trophy. What a proud moment...3rd place is quite the accomplishment!  

These girls were all Diamonds when this club stuff started.

Moms and their girls.

Family photo...Emma was there to support, Marcus had commitments at home so was not able to join

Ainsley was on the girls very first softball team...the Blue Heat...they were 9 years old when they started softball! So fun!

And that brings us to the end of club softball. Another chapter closed…so grateful for the good memories and amazing friendships. 

 

Last Day of Club Softball

 

The Explosion played their last games today. They started the day with a hard loss (score was 2-3). They still had a chance to make it to the championship game but ended up with another hard loss (4-5). Overall they placed 3rd...they got bronze medals and a trophy! Pretty impressive!

Western Nationals Explosion 2024

I had to work all week but drove over in time to catch the last couple of days of Olivia's last club softball tournament. The first game I saw was so exciting. The girls played hard but were down 3-7 at the bottom of the 7th...they were home team so bat last. We got 2 runs right away so down 5-7. Then we got 2 more girls on base. We had 2 outs and Sidney came up to bat. She hit one to the fence her last at bat but they caught it so she was mad at this at bat. She hit a WALK OFF HOME RUN for the WIN...8-7!!!  That was it for that day...they were in the winners bracket so their next game was the next day.  Great Job Ladies!  I took tons of photos of everyone, but since this is my blog I will of course show you my favorites of Olivia.  She pitched and hit great!  I love to watch her play!