The Rockies take out the Braves with help from Daniels, 10-6

Jacob played baseball this year - U12 (that's up to 12-year olds, and includes some kids that recently turn 13-years old this Spring).  The team was called the Rockies.  For most of the season, Jake played first base.  That's where you put the big kid who can mash the ball.  On most other teams, Jake would be considered young, but this team is mostly 11-year olds.  So Jake is on the older/bigger side.

The Rockies finished the season 10-8-1, and were seeded #5 for the End of Season Tournament (which is going on now).  Long story short, Jacob had a great game last night.  I happen to keep the stats on my iPhone - scoring the game.  This also provides a GAMECAST on the web that almost anyone can follow.  One of the cool things is that the scoring application provides an end of game recap that reads like a real newspaper article.  Jacob had a huge game and factored prominently in the newspaper recap the game scoring application generated (I've pasted what it assembled about Jacob below).

I want to point out that after Jake hit a triple his first time up, he technically "singled" the second time up, but I have to provide a little color.  Jake crushed the ball and blasted it out to left field.  It was clutch because there were 2-outs and we needed to get a hit to prevent the umps from starting another inning.  Jacob, like any highly paid athlete, crushed the ball and then jogged to first admiring his work as the ball blasted off towards the fence in left field.  He thought it was going to easily clear the fence and didn't seem to be in any hurry to run.  Instead wanting to watch the ball clear the left field fence for a HR.  Sadly, the ball caught the top part of the fence and fell in play.  The left fielder picked up the ball and threw it in to hold Jake to a meager single.

Here's the recap from the scoring application-
Jacob Daniels went 2-2, helping the Rockies to a 10-6 victory over the Braves on Wednesday at Fenway.

He tripled in the second inning and singled in the fourth inning. The Rockies never surrendered the lead after the first inning, scoring two runs on an RBI double by Matt Freeman and an error.

After pushing across one run in the top of the second, the Braves faced just a 2-1 deficit. An error fueled the Braves' comeback.

The Rockies answered the Braves' top inning with five runs of their own in the second. The Rockies scored on an RBI single by Jason Malmquist, an RBI triple by Daniels, a passed ball, a steal of home by Rashad Carter, and an error.

After a quick strike from the Braves, the Rockies responded with one run in the third. The Rockies scored on a steal of home by Aydon Holley.

Four runs in the top of the fourth helped the Braves close their deficit to 8-6. A passed ball, an RBI single by Ellysa B, a passed ball, and a steal of home by Nico G gave the Braves life.

The Rockies added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth. The inning looked promising, as Daniels singled, scoring John Lerma to kick things off. That was followed up by a steal of home by Daniels that scored Daniels

https://www.gamechanger.io/game-4fbd7d9138ad005e0a000023/recap-story

Easter 2012

We celebrated Easter this year too - 2012.  What Easter celebration would be complete without candy, chocolate bunnies, Peeps, Easter dresses and (of course) dyed Easter Eggs.

Here we have Jacob hard at work, preparing camouflauge Easter Eggs - I mean seriously, what boy in his right mind likes pastels???

But we have girls in this family too.  Here's Stephanie showing off her Easter Egg dying skillz.  She's a bit of a show-off, but when you're as talented as she, it isn't bragging.

Here's the last iPhone shot I took of the Easter Egg dying shananigans this year.

A couple of current close-ups

In case you haven't seen Jacob or Jessica or Stephanie, here are some close-ups

Jacob's a KILLER ... Stone Cold

No bling ... no flash ... nothing but GRIT!

Jacob was able to participate in some warfare.  Alright, so it's simulated warfare, but it's the best an 11-year old is going to get.  As a dad, let's hope this is as close to warfare as any of us get.  Jacob celebrated his friend's Jack birthday at Texas Paintball.

Yes, it's all about Jessica

In addition to Freshman Princess (pictures available on the BLOG), Jessica also attended her Freshman prom/dance/party at Hyde Park.  I'm not exactly sure what it was called ... I know it involved all of us (students and parents) meeting for dinner and then the "High schoolers" aka Adolescents meeting at the school gym to "dance."

You're correct if you noticed - NO BOYS.

It's all about Jessica

Some developments on Jessica and her brief yet storied high school career at Hyde Park...

Freshman Princess pictures-

Yeah, I know, pretty nice pictures.  You can see where Jessica gets her good looks - she should thank her mother for those beautiful delicate features.  Nothing like my chiselled good looks.

Somebody lost a tooth

Here's a picture of somebody's mouth, MINUS a tooth.  Here's a little test for you on your Daniels recognitiation skills-

Do you think that's Jacob (I've posted lost tooth photos of him in the past) or Stephanie (she's probably still losing teeth) or Jessica (probably not a great guess)...

OU ... The University we love in Austin, TX

Nothin' beats cuddling

Even though kids are getting older, nothing beats a good cuddling session-

Jessica (book up) has a phobia about pictures and BLOGS...

Stephanie's 10th Birthday - 2011

LAST AUGUST ... we celebrated Stephanie's birthday.  Funny, cause we just celebrated Jessica's birthday (she's FIFTEEN) and pressing for a Driver's License.  Yeah, you heard me right - a driver's license.  Jessica is so intent about it that she had Barbara take her down to the Texas Department of Safety for a Learner's Permit.  Seem's like the state of Texas has misnamed their little department ... any organization charged with distributing learner's permits or driver's licenses to teens is DEFINITELY NOT the Department of Public SAFETY.  Definitely not SAFETY ... definitely not.

But back to the task at hand - Stephanie's birthday last year - her 10th.  Ya know, it seems like just last year that we were celebrating Jessica's "10th birthday."  I guess it's like Ferris says ... "Life moves pretty fast.  If you don't stop to smell the roses you just might miss it..."

As you can see, she had some great friends over for a slumber party.  They don't have some horrendous skin condition, instead, they did each other's make-up.  Here are some close-ups (Stephanie first, then her friends)-

Now for her friends ---