Wow I have a lot to catch up on!! This post may actually take a few times to bring up to speed, but I will start by doing a little back tracking. I got a new MacBook and now I have all of the pictures on my computer so no excuses.
I guess that we had better start with the boys playing All-Stars. Austin made the Kahalu'u 10 year old Little League All-Star team. He played really well had a great time and they made it to the Championship game, but lost a close one. It was the first time that a team from this age group in Kahalu'u had ever made it this far in the Tournament. Austin did a great job!! He pitched and played catcher most of the time but also spent time at Shortstop, Turd base (how the Hawaiians say third) and outfield. Even had the coach tell us that Austin does such a great job catching that they wish that they could have had him catch for himself when he was pitching. The coaches all loved coaching Austin and were always complimenting him on how good of a player and teammate he was. He is such a great example on his team of a kid who comes and works hard, is very coachable and never complains. He is a lot of fun to watch too.
Brock also made the All-Star team for the 12 year old Koolau Warrior Pony League team. His team did really well playing here on Oahu and earned a spot to the next level of play that was played in Hilo on the Big Island. He flew over with the team Thursday for the game on Friday and then Austin and I flew in early Sat. morning to see the Saturday game. He played really well, but they lost the Friday game and he was the starting pitcher for Saturdays game. It was a really good game and he ended up pitching the whole 6 innings and and they 10 runned the other team. The surprise turned out that he was honored for pitching a No Hitter for the game.He too is a great example and is really admired by his teammates and coaches.
We are so proud of the boys for their examples and being able to stand up for what they believe as they had to make the decision not to play on Sundays. They were both respected by their coaches and it was a testament to them and the good boys that they are that even though the coaches knew that they wouldn't play on Sundays they were still kept on the All-Star teams.
