We just finished a fun tournament in St. George. Sam's team, coached by Craig, won two games and lost two games--not bad for their first season tournament together. Many of the kids on the team this year are new and it always takes awhile for the kids to play as a team, so we were pretty happy with the outcome. We very nearly finished with 3 wins and 1 loss, losing a close extra innings game on the first day. I love this picture of Sam and Craig at third base. Sam hit a double and then advanced to third where he and Craig were apparently scoping out the field in exactly the same manner. 
And Evan turned 17 on March 13. It's March 15 now and we still haven't found time to celebrate his birthday with cake and presents, but he did play a baseball game on his birthday (more about that later):
Caroline had her annual spring violin recital and played beautifully. President Eyring has five grandchildren who take lessons at the same studio, so he attended the recital, which made it extra special. He talked to Caroline after the recital and told her that he would have come just to hear her play. Caroline's cousin, Cate, played right before she did:
Baseball is in full swing (pardon the pun). The high school started region play this week and are now 2-0--a great start. Evan is playing varsity, batting clean-up and starting at first base. He had an amazing week. He hit a double in the first varsity game and a home run and a double in the JV game the same day. On his birthday he hit a long, long ball in the varsity game which went over the left field fence for a home run, but at the last second the left-fielder reached over the fence and caught it, robbing Evan of a home run on his birthday. Mom is still fuming.
Jake played in his first game on Saturday, a sophomore double-header against Mountain Crest. His position has changed from infield to left field, so he was a little nervous, hoping at times that no one would hit to left field. He missed making an A-mazing catch by inches, but did everything right and fielded three other ground balls cleanly and threw them in. At the plate he popped out his first high school at-bat and then walked twice. Bountiful won in three extra innings. He was so tired after his long day that he went to bed at 9:30 on a Saturday night.
Sam had three scrimmages and played great. He pitched, played center field (making an exciting diving catch) and was productive at the plate going 5-for-6. You can see from the picture that he has an awesome coach.
Thursday was Craig's birthday and an exciting baseball game at the high school, but it was also the BAD DAY. I got Craig a beautiful German chocolate cake from a bakery in Salt Lake City. I was trying to make his birthday really special because with Evan's the next day, it never really is. Craig always tells me to just get Evan a cake and skip one for him. So I went the extra mile. After Evan & Jake's games we went to eat at El Matador then we went home for cake. It was delicious. Isaac thought so too until he said he thought the cake was making him sick. Then he vomited like I've never seen before (I've seen him vomit probably hundreds of times). Then his lips and tongue got really swollen and his throat felt "strange". It was at this point that Craig made the 911 call and I gave Icky a shot of epinephrine. It was scary and Isaac and I were both crying. The paramedics took us to Primary Children's and we had to spend the night. We're not sure if it was a stray peanut in the cake or the German chocolate filling which contained walnuts and coconut. We hope we'll find out on Tuesday. We're thinking about having Isaac live in a bubble.
That was our exciting week. Here's to many more (except the last part).
