Softball Fun for All

My three older kids thoroughly enjoyed homeschool softball.  Alan and I think it's perfect too.

 They had all games on Tuesday nights in our local town from 6:15-10ish.  We didn't have to travel all over the country and we didn't have different kids in different towns on the same night.  Oh, and it was cheaper for all three to play than for just one to play Little League.

Another thing we liked about it was the sense of fellowship.  The kids were all friends who enjoyed learning and playing together.  I had two different people comment to me that Briana and Destry were such encouragers.  I much prefer that atmosphere than one of extreme competitiveness.  The parents enjoyed the fellowship with one another as well, rather than criticizing coaches and yelling at umpire calls.

They were really such a nice group of kids.  We had some concerns the last year that Destry played Little League.  The world can be such a rough place!  Both the other boys and the coaches had terrible language.  We overheard a couple of inappropriate conversations from some of the teen boys too, and the sportsmanship was simply terrible.  Playing softball with the homeschooled kids has been a welcome change as they for the most part profess to be following Christ.

Easton turned out to be quite the little hitter.  Here he is actually hitting a triple way out into left center.  He still needs to work on his fielding skills, but he loves it.