while dad's been away . . .

the two little kids made their own snack . . .
What was mom doing? updating this blog 3 feet away . . .

Bronze medal - YAY!

10-4 Jonah was walked, hit a double and a triple. Matt said the coaches made a few errors in sending kids however the kids played great. Sounds like the team was back to their old selves which I'm sure was an encouraging way to end the National Tournament.

We have had a great time here for the past 5 days just being laid back (If you've ever been around Matt you know what I mean!) and having only 3 children is easy peasy :) however we miss our big boys and are looking forward to having them home tomorrow.

Happy Queen's Birthday - it is a national holiday here tomorrow :)

They lost. 4-5

Jonah ended up playing - he took some zyrtec and felt a little better. Thanks for your prayers, I guess I should have asked you to pray for no errors in the field (there were 4 big ones!) and an umpire making the right calls (3 bad ones). Tomorrow the team will play for the bronze medal.

The bright side of this is now we can make our plans for our trip to America in July.

Thanks for all your support, it has meant a lot.

The Flu.

The children and I went for a walk this morning and when I returned I had a stressed out message from Matt saying Jonah has the flu. I tried to call but they are playing the game right now. Can you please pray that Jonah will get better by tomorrow and that noone else will get the flu?

ugh what a blow.

Thanks for your prayers, I will update when I find anything out.

Game 3: 11-1

Jonah pitched the last inning, 8 pitches to close the game. They have yet to pitch their top 3 pitchers - they are saving them as they obviously haven't needed them yet. The team is in the quarter finals and tomorrow the real games begin . . .

I will keep you updated!

Game 2: 10-0

They are winners of bracket #1.
Tomorrow they play the losers of bracket #2.
Brackets #3 & #4 are playing each other.
Saturday and Sunday the winners play.

His first at bat Jonah struck out (Matt wasn't happy about that) his second at bat he had a hit that was caught and his third at bat he hit a double that brought in 2 runs.
Matt said he played perfectly in the field.

I'll keep you updated as to how they go on Friday!

Game 1: 32-0

I'm a little antsy to be home in Sydney while the Little League Team is playing - I'm biting my fingernails down to my knuckles!

Here is the scoop: The first game went well(for our team anyway - I feel kinda sorry for those ACT boys) Jonah hit a double and a single driving in about 4 or so runs. All the boys got a chance to play, and it sounds like some of the kids who have only pitched a few times did awesome! Lots of home runs and 9 pitch innings. The one girl on the team pitched well and hit two home runs. I'm sure this was the weakest team they will play but it has to have been a good warm up anyway.

Next game is in another hour or two - I will update you then :) (whether you want me to or not!).

The Big Day!

Matt and Jonah arrived safely to the Gold Coast yesterday for the Australian Little League National Championships! Today they have their first two games. There are 12 teams in the tournament and they are in 4 groups of 3. I will update later about their results!

Everyone is super excited. They looked so professional leaving in their new jackets with "Little League NSW Champions 2009" embroidered on the front.

Final Score: 6-2

They won!




Next they head to the Gold Coast June 4-7 for the Australian Little League Championship. The flights, accomodations and ground transportation are already booked through Little League Australia!!!! Soooooo exciting!!!!!

Little League State Championships

We had a very exciting weekend! Matt & Jonah's Little League team are competing in the NSW (New South Wales, the state in Australia we live in) State Championships. The tournament is a double elimination. On Saturday the team won both games and on Sunday they won against last years State & National Championship Team (14-0!). The other 3 teams with 1 loss each now play to determine the champion amongst them and then our team will play whoever that is. If Matt & Jonah's team win the game on April 29th then in June they will head to Queensland for the Australian Championship.
Jonah had lots of big hits in all the games and his fielding has been great! It is getting really exciting watching this team & Jonah do so well!
(all these amazing photos are by Tony Percival-a team dad)