A Two Sport Family

Hyrum caught the first hit and immediately threw it to first base.

We told Hyrum that he had to wait until he was seven to start playing a sport.  He talked all the time about taking taekwondo lessons like Alan.  He would  even practice TKD while watching Alan take his classes.  However when it got close to his seventh birthday and we asked him what sport he wanted to play he didn't hesitate when he said he wanted to play baseball.

So Hyrum is signed up for little league and had his first practice this week.  Aside from being embarassed that he wasn't wearing baseball pants (he wasn't the only one) he loved it.  He hit every ball the coach threw at him and when throwing the ball he actually got the ball in the near vacinity of the person he was throwing to.  Most of all though he loved that it was his turn in the spotlight.

We experienced our first Saturday of being a two sport family yesterday.  Hyrum had his first "game" (a one inning scrimige) and opening day of little league.    I noticed a running theme with the pictures I took of Hyrum.

Then we had to rush to taekwondo where Alan had a tournament.  Alan has gotten a lot better in sparing and took second place, as well as a third place in his weapons competition.  It was a long day that had us going for eight hours but the kids really felt special.