BEAR world! grRRRRrrrRRRRrr!

Lone Peak takes 2nd in the REGION!

I don't think you could have a better season than Kade had this year. Kade was able to play with a GREAT team and learned a lot and had a lot of FUN along the way.
McKade's team fought hard till the very end! Lone Peak took 2nd in the Western Region. It was such a awesome experience.
They were able to play teams all over the west. Nevada, California, Arizona, Idaho and Utah.
Bakersfield, California came out on top and took 1st place.
Highland, Utah came in at a close 2nd. Good job Lone Peak
Oakland, California came in 3rd.
It was a fun tournament and a great way to end the BASEBALL season.




WE OUR PROUD of you KADE! Way to go BUDDY!

Take Me Out TO THE BALL GAME!

TAKE ME OUT TO THE CROWD! BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS, I DON'T CARE IF I EVER COME BACK!
ROOT, ROOT, ROOT FOR THE VENOM!





This is what The Sampson Family has been singing all summer long. We have had our share of Baseball games and it really has been a fun, but really busy season. I think we can all say we are almost done with baseball for a while, (well maybe just Sadie and I). We have 2 tournaments left and then we are taking a breather from baseball for a few months.

Kade's Venom Team!
Go VENOM YOU ARE #1!

1st PLACE , STATE CHAMPS, 8U!

Cheers heard loudly, clapping hands,popcorn,peanuts and hot dog stands.
Lines,gates,bats and balls, infield dirt and outfield walls.
Batters box, catchers,hitters, pitchers mounds,sliders,splitters.
Chewing gum and seeds, other team taking the leads.
Digital scores,scoreboards lit,never expected timely hits.
Pleased,happy,irate faces,bad calls good calls,stolen bases.
Homepark energy, glory sings, division titles, championship rings.
McKade's team fought a hard battle and came back to take STATE for the 8U division. They now get to advance to Regionals. They will play teams from all over the West Coast. They had a tough championship game, they ended up going extra innings,
9 total and they came out on top. The winning score was 9 to 5.





We are so proud of him. He has had a great season, playing Pitch, Catch, Third base and outfield. We love you buddy, and are excited to continue to watch you play in the future!

2nd Place, STATE CHAMPS! 10U

WHAT IS BASEBALL?

Baseball is grass, chalk, and red dirt.
Baseball is hearing the words play ball.
Baseball is a seeds, cheers and the sound of hit balls.
Baseball is dirty little boys with smiling faces.
Baseball is a simple game of catch.
Baseball is the never-ending search for the perfect knuckleball.
Baseball is a father and son playing catch in the backyard.
Baseball is the scent of summer.
Baseball is the face of a 10-year-old emerging from a pile of bodies excited he just won the game.
Baseball is racing for the foul balls.
Baseball is a language of very simple words that tell unbelievably magic tales.
Baseball is two brothers in the same uniform on the same team for one brief summer.
Baseball is a glove on a shelf, oiled and tightly wrapped.
Baseball is a eating a hotdog and peanuts while cheering on your favorite team.
Baseball is a dream that you never really give up on.
Baseball is precious.
Baseball is timeless.
Baseball is forever.


Mitchell's team, LONE PEAK fought a great battle all the way till the end. They were undefeated until the very last game. Mitchell played so hard and he did AWESOME all season long. He played Catcher, Pitcher and First baseman and he had some EXCELLENT hits throughout the season.



They took 2nd place in the 10U State Championship!
We are so proud of you buddy and look forward to watching you play many more games!

Hunter/Cypress Champions!

We have had one busy summer watching the boys play BASEBALL! Morning and Night, you can find us at the baseball field cheering one of our boys on. Kade's team one the Championship game in the Hunter/Cypress tournament/' They battled hard and came out on top. We are so proud of him.





The boys LOVE being on the field playing and its been a fun season watching them all play are grow together as a team.

mAn aLiVe, the PRINCESS is 5!

Sadie turned 5 this week. It is hard to believe that she is growing up so quickly. Sadie was so excited to have another friend party, I think she has been counting down the days until her birthday since Christmas. Let me tell you it has been a long 6 months. She was set on having a fish party this year. We decided to run with the Fish theme. She had a fish birthday cake, At the party, the kids each decorated there own fish bowl, we played duck duck FISH, we had relays with water fish, we swam in the pool like fish, the kids decorated cupcakes with frosting and candy fish, and at the very end, all the kids were able to catch there very own gold fish to take home with them. The party was a HUGE SPLASH!










The kids were all super excited and the fish were all super scared. It turned out to be a really fun birthday party and Sadie told me she loved having her friends and cousins over and loved everything about her party. That night when I put her to bed, she told she was not going to have anymore birthdays. I asked why? She said she wanted to be my little girl for ever and wanted to stay 5 for the rest of her life! I wish I could bottle her up and keep her young for ever, this age is such a cute and innocent age.

WE LOVE YOU PRINCESS, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OUR LITTLE GIRL NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE!

Enjoying the GREAT OUTDOORS!

So we went out to enjoy a little summer rider on the ranger. We were having a wonderful time enjoying the great outdoors. Little did we know that we would get to experience a little bit more of winter. Kade just bought himself a new BB gun with his hard earned cash so he was dying to go shoot at a few tin cans and a big chill cup in the mountains. We were down low and we were enjoying the beautiful weather, eating a yummy picnic and looking at all the flowers in bloom, little did we know a few hundred feet up the road, spring hadn't even sprung. We got to the summit and all the trees were still in bud form, no flowers in site and there were snow drifts across much of the road. It was a lot cooler up top also, I guess you never know what kind of weather you are going to run into living in this beautiful state of UTAH!







We still were able to enjoy our outdoor adventure and also learned a few lessons along the way.
1st Lesson- You always have to be prepared for any type of weather.
2nd Lesson- Scott Sampson cannot bust through ALL snowdrifts in his way.
3rd Lesson-Scott was able to teach us ALL how to get unstuck from the SNOWDRIFT his family told him 100 times not to go through.

It was a wonderful and memorable ride for sure!