Cole Snowboarding in Bear Valley

Cole's Summer Vacation Week 3

Cole's plans for this next week are to enjoy some time off. He will still have Piano and swim practice, but the rest of the week is for lazing and hanging out with friends. I am taking a few days off and I look forward to being lazy with him.

Football

Cole playing quarterback in his first year of Flag Football .....

Flag Football....

On to the next sport... Flag Football season has started.

Cole played in his first football game on Saturday. It was quite entertaining once I figured out what the rules were. After a long season of multiple sports. (Basketball, Water Polo, Swim Team, Spring Baseball and Fall Baseball) we are ready for a little less bleacher time. The football games are 45 minutes long including the break. Works for me!

Cole's Art Project

Cole has been taking an art class from Mary Seo for the last 5 years. http://artstudioforkids.com/ She does a great job of facilitating the kids entering a project at the California State Fair. Cole entered for the 4th time with a project called "Freedom Fighters". He was awarded a 1st Place Blue Ribbon, two tickets to the fair and his drawing was displayed in the Junior Art Exhibit. I am afarid my photography does not do the picture justice. It is a 1776 battlefield map. Once they release it, I will post a better shot. Thanks to those who went to the exhibit.

Last Baseball Game of the Season

Cole played in his last game of the season last night against the Mariners.  In the first inning Cole played at 1st base and caught the 1st ball hit to get the Yankees off to a good start.  They held their opponents to 1 run scored on a home run hit.  At his 2nd at bat he took the pitcher to a full count and walked on.  He ultimately scored the Yankees 1st run of the night.  Going in to the 5th we were down 5 to 4 (very exciting) but ultimately lost.  The Mariners had only lost one game all season and earned the right to move on in the TOC.  Great season.  Cole's skills improved by leaps and bounds.  Our goal is to keep him practicing those skills until Fall Ball starts.  On to Swim Team and Water Polo for the summer....

Swim Team Ready Bench

Laguna Creek Versus Dixon

Laguna Creek Gators kicked off their swim season with their first home meet hosting the Dixon Dolphins.  Cole swam the butterfly in the 9/10 Boys Medley relay and they placed 2nd with a 1:17.07 time.  Cole swam in the 25 yard Backstroke and Breaststroke placing 4th in both events.  He swam in the 25 yard Butterfly and took third place.  He also swam on the freestyle relay team and the boys came in 2nd. 

Meet Photoshow:

Laguna Youth Baseball at RiverCats game...

Cole and some of his team mates and coaches enjoyed a stroll around Raley Field before the game.  The boys had a great time.  Cole was able to obtain 3 autographs from the Salt Lake "Bees" team.  The are the minor league team for the Angels.  It was very very very HOT! and after two innings John had to take me home.  Cole was invited to stay with his buddies and Coach Craig brought him home.  Afterwards, you would have found all 4 of us in the pool. (Coco is turning into a swimmer too!)

2008 Swim Team Time Trials.

Well the swim season has officially kicked off.  The Laguna Creek Gators had their time trials.  Cole swam well but a lot slower than Meet of Champs last year.  It is amazing how their times peak after several months of practice.  Cole did his usual slow down look at the competition.  Coach Josh said he will work on it with him.  This is the first year that kids swim an Individual Medley.  It was fun to watch him swim more than a length or two of the pool.  At time trials they swim all strokes and lengths, so they were pretty tired by 12:00 when we were though.  Our first meet is on May 31st when we will host Dixon.

Gibson Ranch Field Trip

I had the opportunity to tag along on Cole's class field trip to Gibson Ranch.  I took the official photographs of the event and put together a photo show for the class.  This was a very fun field trip.  The kids were rather stoic in the beginning.  They were all a bit uncomfortable in there period piece outfits.  By the end of the day they were tired, dirty and sated with chores and barbecue ribs and homemade ice cream.

Enjoy a slide show of our day!

Gibson Ranch Slide Show

Another Triple A Game

Cole played another game of baseball last night.  It was a high scoring, exciting game.  The Yankees ultimately lost 17 to 16.  We have hit a point in the season where the boys are getting a good solid hit on the ball.  Most of them were line drives past the pitcher.  Cole was struggling at the plate and had struck out twice.  He went up to his third at bat when we were down by 1 run with two outs.  He took two good cuts at the ball but missed.  On his third pitch he hit a hard line drive that tore by the pitcher and 2nd baseman.  He ultimately scored and we were up by 1 going into the 5th.  I had our record wrong on an earlier post.  We are now 3 - 6 - 2.

Golf with the Shultz's

On Sunday we played a round of golf with Dan & Julia.  What a beautiful day with good friends.  Savannah watched Cole and helped him with his homework, then he was off to Kevin's house for a swim in their pool with friends.

Yankees versus the Dodgers

Cole's Triple A team played the Dodgers today.  The Dodgers started strong with two runs in the 1st inning.  Cole scored twice on three at bats.  He played 3rd base for the full game and caught a little pop up that was hit directly at him.  I think we are 4- 4- 2, But don't quote me :-)

Holy Spirit Jog-a-thon

On Wednesday Cole's school had a jog-a-thon.  We were remiss in getting pledges until the last minute.  On Tuesday he had 20 minutes before his baseball game and he visited our neighbors and came home with $105.00 in pledges.  He told our friend Kathryn that it would be good if she pledged $100.00!  It was all she could do not to laugh until she called me to share.

Cole ran 10 laps.  He is not a runner.  The most laps by a classmate was 13, so his performance was respectful.

Monday Night at the Diamond

The Yankee's played game 4 last night and tied with the Indians. Cole started at 1st, moved to 3rd, then Right field. After I left, Cole caught a pop fly in Right field. Had to look at his glove to be sure it was there before he celebrated. He struggled a bit at the plate. The pitcher was very good and threw hard and Cole is a bit gun shy after being hit a couple of times.

I was off to meet Theresa for dinner at Todo Un Poco. Jeff was out of town and we were having a little girl face time. Dinner was almost as good as my Cosmo :-)

2nd AA A Baseball game...

Cole's team (Yankee's) played the "A"'s last night and tied the game. Cole pitched (1st time) two innings. Very exciting and extremely nerve wracking. I think I was more nervous then he was.

The 1st inning he was on the mound he struck out 3 hitters and left the 1 guy he walked on 1st base. The 2nd inning was not as glorious and he walked a few guys and had a run scored on him.

Overall he looked great and knows he can pitch good innings.

His 1st at bat he took a wild ball in the left wrist and dropped liked a fly. Scared me! He got back up, shook it off and took his base.

Holy Spirit Zoo Field Trip..

Today I chaperoned Cole's class on a field trip to the zoo. This trip was a little different then past visits. The 3rd graders were grouped with Kindergartners. Whew are they busy little guys. How soon we forget. It was a great lesson for Cole. He is used to marching off to be 1st in line. Today he was responsible for two "active" guys who were not always ready to listen to him.

After we returned they were to have their "Spring Fling" party. So their first day back after Easter break should be pretty sweet.

Later I picked up potting soil for the big pots around the pool. My tomatoes are in the ground and I am adding some herbs and flowers to the pots!

Need to get to the gym! Swim practice starts tomorrow and I plan to use that time wisely this year. ;-)....