Evan's May Baseball Tournaments!

 It was a busy month of tournaments again for Evan, with no weekends off.  They started with the PG Cinco de Mayo tournament at Canton Sports Center.  They had a Friday night game against the Midwest Monsters and we lost pretty badly, 16-2.  We played two games on Saturday against Harris Storm Black (a majors team from Ohio) and Team Elite Premier Midwest.  We won the game against Team Elite 14-8.  Since it was Cinco de Mayo, we did a potluck dinner of nachos at the game that was fun.  But, it was super chilly!  Evan went 3 for 7 at bat with one walk and pitched 2 innings with 2 strike-outs.  

The next weekend was another PG tournament, Roses for Mom.  Always a fun one!  They played two games on Saturday against the Detroit Prospects (and lost 11-0) and Hit Dogs East (and won 11-5).  They played in a semi-finals game on Sunday against the Ann Arbor A's and lost in a nail-biter 5-3.  The boys each recorded a message for their moms to play with their walk-up songs on Sunday and I brought roses for them to give their moms.  Despite getting knocked out of the championship game, it was a nice day.  Evan went 2 for 7 at bat with one walk.  He pitched 1.1 innings and had 3 strike-outs.  

The following weekend we played in Legacy's Silver Slam Tournament that had games at both Founders Park in Farmington and other locations around Brighton.  They played Friday night in Farmington against the Oakland Chargers and had a huge game!  They won 17-1.  They played a game on Saturday at Legacy against South Lyon Thunder Red and lost 9-6.  And they had a game Sunday morning as a consolation game against Oakland Reds team and won 9-2.  Evan had a great weekend with two home-runs.  He went 4 for 8 at bat and pitched a half inning with 2 strike-outs.  

Memorial Weekend we did a FAAST Tournament called the Memorial Sizzler.  It had a couple of locations for games and it seemed like we did a lot of driving this weekend.  Not to mention we played in pouring rain for two of the games.  We played on Saturday in Milford in the rain against USA Prime and won 14-2.  We were supposed to have another game that evening, but it got rained out and pushed into Sunday.  Sunday, we had to be at a game in Troy in the morning against the Raptors Select and won in a nail-biter 8-7.  We then had to drive to Milford for the semi-finals against Oakland Reds and lost 9-4.  Another bummer that we didn't make it to the championship game!  Evan struggled batting a bit and went 2 for 6 at bat with 2 walks.  He didn't do any pitching that weekend.

The last weekend in May we went back out to Legacy for their Silver Slam II Tournament.  Again, it had multiple locations.  We played on Saturday against the Ann Arbor A's at Legacy in the morning and won 14-7.  It felt good to come back and beat them!  We played again later that afternoon at Hawkin's Elementary against Jet Box and lost 13-12.  Sunday we played the Clarkston Riverdawgs in bracket play and beat them 12-10 and went to the semi-finals against Detroit Prospects and lost 8-6 in a great game.  We played so much better this weekend and despite getting knocked out of the championship game, I'm proud of their progress.  Evan went 5 for 10 at bat with 2 walks and another homerun.  He pitched at the end of the game against 1 batter to get the final out and struck him out.  

In addition to tournaments every weekend, the boys have had league games on Tuesday nights, defensive practices, and hitting.  They've been busy!  Our overall record is 20-15 (hard to believe we've played close to 40 games already this season and we still have 1.5 more months)!

Cedar Point 2026

Evan had his 7th grade field trip to Cedar Point last week on May 12th.  When Sean had his in 7th grade, I pulled Evan out of school and him and I went for the day too (not as chaperones) so I offered the same option to Sean this year and he was all for it.  Evan had to be at school at 7:30am to get on the busses and Sean and I left the house around 8am.  We got there just before the park opened and got in line for Maverick since Steel Vengeance was not open yet.  We saw Evan in line just as we were about to get on the ride so we waved.  

We had a good morning and it was comfortable in sweatshirts all day!  We split the dining plan, which worked out good for the day between the two of us.  Sean rode the Raptor with me after lunch and it made him feel sick so he was iffy the rest of the day about rides.  He rode a few others and I did a few on my own, but by 4pm he was done for the day.  We saw Evan again in line for another ride and said goodbye.  We grabbed one more meal to go and a few small souvenirs and hit the road.  Sean drove home for the first hour and we switched just outside of Toledo.  Evan didn't get home until 9pm because their bus his bad traffic/an accident in Monroe, but he had a good day!  And his group paired up with his girlfriend's group so I think that made it extra "special".  

Easter, Cinco de Mayo, and Mother's Day!

It's been a busy spring, thanks to baseball!  Taking a moment to get caught up on all the fun things we've been up to off the baseball fields.  Easter was the last weekend of spring break, after we got back home from St. Louis.  My parents had just gotten back to Michigan so they came over for Easter dinner.  We went to church that morning, had our usual Easter breakfast, and the boys found their baskets.  Evan was in a lousy mood, but I think both boys enjoyed their loot.  Dinner was delicious and it was nice visiting with family!

My favorite week of the year rolled around with May the 4th, Cinco de Mayo, Teacher Appreciation Week, and Mother's Day.  It was a little anti-climatic this year because I ended up having my first colonoscopy that Friday and had to fast Thursday.  I missed out on our annual Teacher Appreciation luncheon, but the rest of the week was good!  We did our big Cinco de Mayo spread a day early since Evan had a baseball league game (and it ended up getting rained out).  Speaking of baseball, we did a Cinco de Mayo tournament again this year and did a tailgate that Friday night at the ballpark.  It was freezing, but the build-your-own nachos were a hit!  We went through 6 lbs of meat!

For Mother's Day, we celebrated with my parents on Wednesday night that week.  We went to Compari's for dinner and it was delicious, as always!  My parents got me a gift card to get a facial at a local spa.  On actual Mother's Day, Evan had tournament bracket play.  We brought two dozen pink roses to have the boys pass out to their moms and each boy recorded a quick message for their moms to play with their walk-up song.  It was a hit!  We unfortunately got knocked out of the championship game so that was a bummer.  But, we got dinner at Los Tres Amigos and watched a movie on Netflix.  It was a nice day.  

We are on the home stretch of the school year with the final 3 weeks to go!  Memorial weekend is this upcoming weekend and we can almost taste summer vacation.  I'm excited!