NYC part 1: COOPERSTOWN

Well we just spent 2 count them 2 weeks in NYC. The reason for the trip was for Kenyon. He went with the Bear River Blue Devils to play baseball in Cooperstown, NY. For those of you who don't know ,Cooperstown is a huge tournament that goes on in this tiny town in New York. The week we went 99 other teams were also there from all around the United States. The boys and couches stay in dorm like rooms the entire week. Kenyon and Jon had so much fun. Jon said it reminded him of scout camp!! Kenyon said his favorite part was the pin trading and around the horn contest. Pin trading seemed to be a fave among most of the boys. They got some pretty cool pins from different players and umpires.

Day 1: Opening Ceremonies

They picked some moms and dads from the crowd to be a part of the opening ceremonies. Ya that is me out there!! It was fun, they had us dance and sing. I also got a free t-shirt for participating. They had all the teams parade around the field. It was pretty packed when all 99 teams got into the park. Then they had a few different competitions. The golden arm which Isaac Madison did. The Home run Derby that Tyler Buxton did and running the bases which Taylor Lund did. Taylor took 8th place in that event. That is 8 out of 99 boys, pretty darn fast huh? The rest of the team competed in the around the horn. They did fabulous but not good enough to place. This is a picture of Kenyon saving us a ten second penalty with his fantastic dig.
The rest of the week was filled with baseball games. 2 every day to be exact. Ya they were pretty tired by the end of the week. We ended up play 9 games before we got eliminated. It was amazing to watch some of these teams play. Jon said at the championship game every boy on both teams was bigger than he is. Keep in mind these are 12 year olds.


Here are some cool pictures of Kenyon that I got!!

Kamberlyn and I had lots of fun during the week. We shopped, ate a ton, and mostly did lots of game watching. We stayed in a house with some of the other moms and had a terrific time.It was really nice to spend time with her one on one and I know Jon feels the same way about his time alone with Kenyon.

This is a cute picture of Kamberlyn and Skyler cheering on the boys!!

On like the 3rd day Kenyon #5 was playing 3rd base. The ball was hit to him, it took a nasty hop and hit him in nose! OUCH!!! Needless to say he left the game to make sure his nose wasn't broke. Luckily it wasn't!! I did happen to capture the whole thing on film. The first picture is him running up on the ball that was just hit his way, the second is the ball bouncing off his nose ( it's the white blurr you can see), and the third is him visiting the infirmary.

The rest of these are just some fun pictures I took of our fantastic week. What a fabulous experience for Kenyon. We were so lucky the Blue Devils invited him to go with them. Both Jon and I can't wait to go back in 2 years with our baseball boys. We had better start saving NOW!!

The three amigos: Kenyon, Hayden, and Jardee

Taylor trying to take down Jon!!

Kenyon on 1st base with one of the silly umps!

Us in front of Cooperstown Dream park.

Look at those handsome coaches Jon, Shane Woodward, and Clint Thomas.