Cullman State Tournament

Last weekend we went to Cullman for the Dizzy Dean 6 year old State Baseball Tournament. It was A LOT of baseball but we had a great time and our little guys did really well. I am so proud of these guys and can not wait to see them to grow into fine little baseball players as the years go on. We played 5 baseball games in 3 days. We played Hayden Friday night and won. Is there anything better than both teams in the middle of the field praying together at the end of the game... God is GOOD! Saturday we played Northport... which should be Alabama's Baseball team... they are AMAZING and we lost.. them we played Moody and won... Sunday we played Vinceit for the 85th time and won and them we had to play... yep you guessed it CALERA... for the love... and we LOST... we just can't seem to beat them however we better learn b.c we are going to be playing against these guys for many years. So once you loose twice you are out of the tournament... so we finished up late Sunday afternoon! I am so proud of this little guy... he played third base and stopped A LOT of balls, caught some pop flys, and tagged a few runners out too.

He ran lots of bases and helped his team put some runs on the board!He hit a bunch of balls... singles and doubles He celebrated with his team when they won and showed great sportsmanship when they lost! and reeived a big ole I am PROUD of you hug from his daddy after the Moody game! A little Jackson story about the Moody Game:

We were playing Moody and started off great then they came back and were beating us... it was the top of the 6th inning (last one) Moody was at bat and we needed to hold them, they had 2 outs and 2 runners on base and we could not let them score those two runs... batter hits a pop fly and Jackson catches it to end the inning. Then it was our turn to bat... last at bat... we needed 5 runs to win... we had score 5 runs... we had 2 outs... 2 runners on base... and Jackson is at bat ( i am a nervous wreck and really can't watch)... the stands were going NUTS both side...I am sick at the presure that is on my little man... he walks up to the plate and BLASTED it to left field right in the hole and the 2 runners score and we win the game!

Baseball is a team sport and you win and loose as a team and I get that and I know Jackson did not soley win the game by himself it was a team effort but we were so proud of him for all he did especially in the last 2 innings of the game! It was a great game for Jackson! He has A LOT to be proud of.

After the second loss... our team was awarded metals for coming in 5th in the state... which is great... especially when there are about 60 or so teams competing in our disrict, area, and state!

Jackson aka "The Govenor" his nickname he was given b.c he TALKS to EVERYONE... all the coaches from the all the teams knew him... even some of the fans... they said he would come into breakfast and shake hands and kiss babies... :) ha ha ha LOL! These guys played hard and they have ALOT to celebrate!

We enjoyed playing All Stars and I am little sad that it is over with... i am glad we can rest and enjoy our summer without having games and practices everyday and every weekend but I LOVE watching my little man play baseball... it is so much FUN!