Warning: this post is heavy on pictures!
Regan had the opportunity to participate in nationals for 10U fastpitch softball this weekend. It was a long weekend of games, activities and fun and the end of her first summer of 10U fastpitch. Bittersweet to end the season and not get to spend so much time with such an incredible group of kiddos who love our Lincoln as much as we do.
We started out in pool play on Thursday along with a parade and some volunteer time for myself; our team came up with some awesome costumes! It was as if cheerleader meets softball.
Regan had the opportunity to participate in nationals for 10U fastpitch softball this weekend. It was a long weekend of games, activities and fun and the end of her first summer of 10U fastpitch. Bittersweet to end the season and not get to spend so much time with such an incredible group of kiddos who love our Lincoln as much as we do.
We started out in pool play on Thursday along with a parade and some volunteer time for myself; our team came up with some awesome costumes! It was as if cheerleader meets softball.
There was blue hair, blue lips and Regan even had blue nail polish (with a white lightening bolt!).
Everyone got a little silly and I caught a perfect picture of Coach Brad photo-bombing our team picture as he sported his blue mohawk!
We are lucky enough to have 5 teams from Bloomington play at Nationals. That's quite impressive to have such a large association. We pulled all of the girls together before the parade for a giant photo op.
While we are happy to take a (very short) break from ball, I'm sad to walk away from her last game of the season. She had so much fun and it was truly amazing to watch how much she has learned and grown over the past several months. By far, our Regan wins the gold medal for loudest cheer-er (?is that a word?). She was always the first to start out cheering her team on, and was often in the on-deck circle, still cheering on her teammates!
At the beginning of the year, her coach said one goal she had was for someone to catch a pop fly while playing outfield (we had a very young team, almost all of them playing 10U for the first time this summer). It just so happened that in her team's very last game of the tournament, Regan succeeded in that goal and it was the icing on the cake for her and the team! There may have been a few happy tears shed by this mama!
Regan loves to run the bases (almost as much as Sidney does!). With a kid-pitch sport, there are a lot of walks, some strikes, and,...well, the hazard of the sport: hit by pitch. Regan was not afraid to take one for the team if it meant she got on base. Early in the year, that girl got hit a lot. But not in this tournament. She got on base on her own account each time and was so much in love with base running. She's by no means a sprinter, so good thing she had some hitters behind her and was able to have some fun base-running!
I can't write this post without giving some credit to these two cuties. They were good sports, having to tag along to game after game of their older sisters and find ways to keep busy. Day 2 they happened to show up in the same exact shirt, which of course, talks about softball and their love of the game as well!
We have one heck of a talented photographer (father) on the team and he took these awesome pictures for us this year. I am forever grateful for his talents!
Regan loves to run the bases (almost as much as Sidney does!). With a kid-pitch sport, there are a lot of walks, some strikes, and,...well, the hazard of the sport: hit by pitch. Regan was not afraid to take one for the team if it meant she got on base. Early in the year, that girl got hit a lot. But not in this tournament. She got on base on her own account each time and was so much in love with base running. She's by no means a sprinter, so good thing she had some hitters behind her and was able to have some fun base-running!
I can't write this post without giving some credit to these two cuties. They were good sports, having to tag along to game after game of their older sisters and find ways to keep busy. Day 2 they happened to show up in the same exact shirt, which of course, talks about softball and their love of the game as well!
We have one heck of a talented photographer (father) on the team and he took these awesome pictures for us this year. I am forever grateful for his talents!
Way to go Blue Boltz on a great season!
Now we have less than 2 weeks before fall ball starts!
Now we have less than 2 weeks before fall ball starts!
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