We begin again

T-ball where it all begins. Declan and Grayson had their first game tonight! They were so excited and so very cute. Although t-ball might not be as fast or intense as the big boys games it was really fun watching these two kiddos play tonight. Declan hit the ball like a pro and ran the bases like he's been doing it for years.

Batters up! Go Declan.

Safe at first.

Waiting on second

Crossing home plate! Way to go Declan. 

 Grayson at bat. He may be the youngest and smallest kid on the team but he is might strong. 

Thumbs up while running to first base!

 Making sure we saw his great hit. 

Second base. Ready to take off. 

 Crossing home! Point scored. 

Declan and Grayson may have the hitting and base running down but they may need a little practice with fielding. They are as typical t-ball players they all ran after the ball. After a little bit Grayson did only go after the balls on his side of the field. Declan did a great job playing first base. He watched for the ball well, most of the time and threw it to the catcher. Grayson was great in the pitching position. He went after the ball as it was hit and if he got the ball he threw it to his big brother at first base right away.

Declan ready at first base. 

 Grayson charging the ball. 

Grayson getting ready to throw to Declan at first base. 

On the other hand it may not be the best idea to put these two next to each other in the outfield. I'm not sure what they are talking about but they spent more time talking to each other than watching the ball. It must have been important.

Two boys who have spent many, many, many days at the ballpark in their lifetime have finally become the players we are watching. They were excited and so proud. They had a great fan club watching too.

And I caught this little cuteness before the game. Makes my heart smile. The student has become the teacher.

Take me out to the ball game..... or games as the case maybe.

Baseball is in full swing at the Shockey house.

This is just one of many fields we will be spending a lot of time visiting this summer as all five boys are in baseball and t-ball this year. That gives us six and a half teams. (Colin is sometimes playing with the 11's skills team when they need subs) Both Liam and Colin have been practicing and playing with a skills team since February and games began at the end of March for the skills teams. Where the in house/regular season team season opened last weekend. We had games on Saturday from noon to 4:00 and Sunday our games started at 2:00 and ended about 8:00 at night. It was a long, beautiful weekend and a great start to the season!

Colin hitting during a skills game

Colin pitching for his skills team

Liam at bat for his first skills game

Liam scoring during the first skills game. 

Colin just tagged the runner out at third during his in-house season opener.

This year Daddy is coaching Colin's majors in-house team. Colin is very excited! Daddy is a little nervous. 

Tristan loves the game it's great to see his growth the past few years and watch him become a leader on his team. 

Liam is on the Oklahoma State (OSU) team in his division this year. It's a good thing my favorite color is orange because we sure have a lot of orange jerseys this season. 

Liam ready at second base playing his with his OSU team. 

Liam focused on striking the batter out. 

We have two little boys that are both very excited to be starting their little league careers! Declan and Grayson had their first t-ball practice last Saturday and they were both had a great time. 

Declan practicing his hitting and base running. 

He turned around to be sure I saw he made it to first base. 

Grayson and Declan working on fielding. 

Grayson focused on his hitting. 

So we begin our summer 2016 baseball season with five boys six teams and a whole lot of fun lined up. If you're looking for us we will be at the ballpark.