A belated Happy Father's Day to Todd and the other dads out there. Although I'm guessing there aren't a lot of dads reading this besides Todd! For the last few years, we have spent Father's Day weekend on the road at some softball tournament, and this year was no exception. Alyssa's team did not play, but Darcie's team went to Walla Walla for the tournament there. We brought the camper and dry-camped at the fields, a very handy option to the usual hotel stay.
There is some sort of softball rain curse on us this year. Our games sure seem colder than usual and rainier than usual. This time we had 2 games rained out on Day One. They played those 2 games on Day 2, before bracket play, so Darcie had 5 games that day. With warmups starting at 7:00 am, and the Championship game ending at about 8:30 pm, it made for a really long day and an exhausted team.
Her team ended up with 2nd place in the Gold Bracket at the tournament, which might have turned out differently if they weren't so exhausted by the championship game. But they played well. Darcie played catcher and first base, and is really maturing into those positions. We're sure proud of her hard work. Here are a few shots of her, first -- batting:
(That's the ball, right in front of the bat. Normally she doesn't dip that low to take a swing.) Next, in her ready position at first base:
At a different game, fielding at first base. Again, that's the ball coming in on the left side of the picture.
This photo is the championship game, which Darcie played catcher for that whole game. You can tell the sun is going down & it's getting darker.
She did agree to pose with the team's trophy... it was the only way to get her mom to leave her alone!
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