THE RAY BOYS FACE EACH OTHER ON THE BASEBALL FIELD

I have been meaning to write this post for weeks now and have been so busy, I thought I would just post again when they played each other again but thats not for a few weeks so I thought I could go ahead and publish this one... As most of you know our boys played against each other in baseball a few weeks ago and it actually turned out very very good~Why is it as a parent when your kids have confrontations with each other you just assume the worst is gonna happen.. I just knew these two would smack talk in the week leading up to the game and then on the field and after the game and then of course for the weeks to follow.... But it did not happen that way :) Well, I take that back it did start at the beginning of the week and I stopped it immediately... and it did stop but Chuck was just as bad as they were toward Phillip as HIS team was playing against Phillips team, there is still some bitterness there toward him since he decided to play for our friend Coach Keith:) Keith laughs and says that is true loyalty towards him! Anyway we all got ready and took off to the game and of course they knew they could not say anything to each other or else they were gonna get it from Momma.. So lots of looks were going on and of course when we all got to the field and the boys took the field to warm up with their teams, their teammates did enough smack talk for both of them towards each other.. Of course everyone found it kind of comical but Not me..Ok so I made them pose for pictures before and they were cracking me up, they were not happy at all, we made them say good luck to each other and shake hands and we told them to hug and say they loved ea ck other..lol that did not happen.. They said I was pushing it..lol. Anyway they both played a great game.. Phillip pitched and Peyt got a couple of hits off of him and of course Peyt thought that was great and Phillip would just laugh.. It was really neat to see them playing together and I have to say we are very proud of them way they handled themselves.. It was very stressful for me and Chuck as their parents and of course as Peyts Coach and Phillips Dad.. He wanted Phillip to play the best he could but he also wanted his team to win.. It was so funny because when Peyt came up to bat while Phillip was pitching I was just so stressed and a little confused, I thought ok who do I yell for first what do I say... I was standing by Phillips dugout and I was yelling lets go Ray boys... Cmon brothers.. Keith steps out of the dugout and says Shannon, you need to say Good Hit Peyt, Good Pitch Phillip... Be fair Momma.. so needless to say Thanks Keith for keeping me in line:)The game ended with Phillip's team winning 12-7 but both teams played very well and our boys showed really good sportmanship manners:) I just knew at the end of the game with the teams shake hands and say good game, I just knew they were gonna break out and wrestle on the mound but they did not, they handled themselves very well and so did their Daddy:)lol...We are very proud of both of our boys and no matter who won the ballgame, they are both winners to us.. We will keep you posted on the next game when they face each other again.. Just pray that they keep their awesome qualities up~~~