bottom of the 9th

this week brought the end of baseball 2011.

both teams started out the week strong
and then on thursday night our stingers ABSOLUTELY fell apart :(
so badly that - although they went all season without a loss -
they had to play in the consolation bracket for the season tournament :(

BUT ...
that didn't stop our weekend fun

grandma, grandpa, and aiden joined us



and we won each and every game for the rest of this weekend

we spent a lot of time with friends

: : spencer and ben : :

we found a little something that helped ease the tournament jitters



and then watched as they played their hearts out

not even a SERIOUS downpour slowed them down

it just got me nice and drenched

and ben excessively dirty

WHILE ...
on the bucks side of town
things were dry
and the bucks were busy playing their last game of the season

thankfully stacey has learned well
and took a lot of pictures for me :)

it's SO hard for me to miss one of their games
BUT ...
knowing we had our extra fans for the weekend made it a little easier!



they cheered alex to a win
and then joined back up with me
to watch ben's team finish up their season



an official final record of 16-1-1



we celebrated tonight with a kickball and pizza party



we have all had so much fun this season!
it was definitely busy
and it made our life a little crazy
BUT
i am really going to miss it
did i really just say that?!

GREAT job ben and alex!!
GREAT job stingers!!
GREAT job bucks!!

baseball season 2011 is officially OVER
AND ...
we have 3 weeks until football ;)