State Tournament and Fathers Day

Well, we came home a day early from our Hilton Head trip to make it in time for the State Tournament. And as much as I was kinda dreading it, it ended up being worth it! In fact, the whole family ended up leaving a day early so it worked out well. 

It was HOT!!! Just as I would expect it to be in the middle of June. But the girls were rockstars and it barely even phased them. And Hudson was a rockstar brother once again. The state tournament fell on Father's day weekend and also happened to be right next to the lake. So it worked out well for us to stay at the lake and hop back and forth spending time with family, playing on the lake, and playing some softball. Friday night (before we were in town) the Pixies lost their first seeding game to the OK Angels. We got in town late Friday evening and made it to the Saturday morning game at 12:45. Unfortunately, the girls played great but we ended up losing to the Perry Predators. We immediately had another game at 2:00pm so we warmed up and were ready to start. Once again, we lost to the Homerun Honeys  (our first loss in the actual tournament play). So we had one more loss before being out of the tournament. We didn't have another game until 9:30 so we drove over to the lake and got on the water for a little bit!

What loss? The lake can cheer anybody up! In all honesty, Hadley doesn't have the most competitive spirit at 8 years old. She loves to play and loves to win, but if she doesnt win she can shake it off pretty quickly. And she was pretty pumped to spend some time with family!

Matt left to warm up a little before me and sent this pic of Hadley in the truck on the way. PASSED out! With all the travel, a busy day, and not being very rested, this girl was worn out!

I love our girls warming up to the Whip Nay Nay! We may not be the very best team but we sure are the most fun! Unfortunately, a big storm came rolling through and they had to cancel the game after we had played only 2 innings. They rescheduled it for 8am! So not only was it a late night, it was going to be a super early morning.

We woke up Sunday morning and left the lake bright and early. We met at the ball fields and Hudson stayed with Ryan and Lisa at the lake. I kinda assumed we would be out early and come join them but the girls proved us wrong!

Here is Hadley and her favorite coach before the first game. 8am and its already hot. Daddy is pretty awesome to spend his Father's day at the softball fields and even more awesome that there probably isn't anything he would rather be doing! They ended up winning this game agains Enid Select 10-9. Whew! Close one. Hadley had some pretty awesome plays at 2nd. She has developed into quite the 2nd baseman!

Our next game was right afterwards at 10:30 against Edmond Heat. This is a team at the same skill level as us and one we always love competing against. And this became my favorite game of all the season because of one special play. We were tied 9-9 and they were up at bat...bottom of the 3rd. There was a player on 2nd and a player on 3rd and we had two outs. A pop fly was hit right towards Hadley. Looking back I'm not sure if it was hit really high or if it just seemed to over in the air forever but I thought the ball was never going to drop. Hadley made a great catch sending us into overtime! If she would have dropped the ball they would have scored and the game/tournament would be over. The screams coming from our stands were incredible and seeing the smile on her face made me so happy! It was a moment I will never forget. We ended up winning the game 16-10!

Matt took Hadley to lunch after the game and snapped this picture on the way back to the game. She sure is a pro at falling asleep in the car!

Our final game was against the Ok Angels again and we lost 7-8. Definitely a disappointing loss but we ended the season on a good note of playing well. The girls had fun which is all that matters and, of course, the parents did as well. We finished up with cookies for the dads and the girls to celebrate Father's Day!

Back on the water and all is right with the world. Happy Father's Day, Matt! You finally got to leave the fields and then spent the rest of the day driving the boat. You truly are the best!