Tempe Stake Softball

Our Evergreen Ward has won the ostentatious softball trophy for the last 2 years. I think it spent the first year in the bishop's office, but then he grew extremely tired of looking at it, so it was moved into the clerk's office. I don't think Elliot was sad to relinquish it to the Shalimar Ward this year.

Stella and I didn't make it to the first softball game because I fell asleep watching an infomercial (note to self: buy a Haan steam vacuum). I hoped I would make it on time to bring the cooler full of water, Gatorade, and juice boxes for the players and kids. They were famished.

Apparently I missed Elliot's near homerun from the first game, but I made it in time to take this picture of him striking out. Love you Sweetie.

Daniel Farar

Josh Sigfried was a lefty, so I didn't get him batting because I was too lazy to move to the other side of the field.

Brian Park

Jeremiah Horn

Johnny Reading

Mike Duree

Dennis Farar

Mike Ashby

Clint Bills

The Tempe Ward thrashed them in the first game (the one I missed), then they beat Petersen Park Ward, then they were done with the loss to Alameda Ward. Shalimar ended up beating Alameda for the trophy. Goodbye giant trophy. Seriously, it's bigger than Stella.

The Bat Boy Parker. Stella still thinks that every time Parker goes a little bit away from his mom that she has to pick him up and take him back to her. Parker doesn't seem to mind though.

We missed the end of the last game because Stella suddenly grabbed her stomach and said she needed to go to the bathroom. I asked her how many apple juices she drank. She held up one finger and then slowly added fingers until she got to 4. I don't know about you, but in our family 4 apple juices = not a pleasant bathroom experience.

The question is . . . is that dirt or is he still wearing socks?