So a week of Softball Camp at BYU for the girls -- and a week of let's-just-keep-busy for Todd and I and Emma. It sounds benign, right?
Well, it was benign for the most part. I had some interesting moments on Day 1, when I was trying to do laundry for the girls. Todd was crashed after driving all night long, and the girls' needed their softball pants cleaned so they could wear them at camp. I had an interesting time as I ran around Provo, Utah that afternoon.
We also had an incident with hotel security that week ... let's just say it was not my favorite memory while we were there. I did get to have a bit of fun shopping at stores that are not our local shops. I could have had even more fun if there had been room in the Suburban to bring it all back!
Each afternoon, we would go up to the campus, and watch the scrimmage games that the "big girls" would play. Imagine our surprise one afternoon to find Alyssa playing totally out-of-position: at shortstop:
She hasn't really played shortstop since, I don't know -- EVER??? And the girls told me that she did a pretty good job in that position, too! Who knew??? Here she is making a tag at second base to catch the girl stealing:
Darcie and Alys were on different "teams", so instead of playing together, they actually played against each other. Here's Darce hanging on the dugout fence (in the HEAT), cheering on her team members:
But being on different teams didn't keep the girls from having a high-5 moment at First Base, after Darcie's hit got her on base with a single. They have a whole routine they do together when Alyssa's pitching and Darcie's catching, so they repeated it on base. (That's a coach standing in front of them)
Back to business, with Alys on defense at First, and Darcie ready to lead off the base:
Alyssa also had a chance to work with BYU's pitching coach. He fitted her up with a bungee to help show her how he wanted her to move forward in her pitching movement:
Then he had her go through her pitching motion without a ball, as he pulled on the bungee:
It was a great experience for her to get pitching instruction right from BYU's pitching coach. Both the girls had a fun time at camp, made more new friends, and got a lot of softball that week. (Plus two dances and a trip to the water park!) And as luck would have it, each time we came to watch, we never actually got to see the girls playing in their positions -- bad timing!
Meanwhile, back at the hotel, Miss Emma got a little spoiled with some new toys ... one night she lined them all up on the headboard of her bed:
We spent an afternoon-evening with some family friends for a barbeque and a great visit. It's good to meet with good friends when you're far from home. We miss them!
We also went shopping, went to parks, visited with Aunt Cheryl, went to a GREAT Italian restaurant, and also went to Emma's favorite restaurant, which happened to have their spokesman resting comfortably on a bench. Emma thought that was pretty cool:
But Em loved going to see her sisters at the softball field. When they were finished for the afternoon, Emma would slip through the seats to go see Darcie:
... and share a popsicle....
(Emma still has a preoccupation with hair)
We ended up having an extra day after softball camp and before our next stop in the Great Softball Trek. So where did we go??
Ummm.... I'm not telling. You'll have to see the next post.
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