Shark Day

Elliot made it to Shark Day. 

Shark Day is an annual competition held at the high school where the elementary schools in the area compete in various track and field events. 

For each school, only two students were selected for each event. They have to earn their spots by being the top two of their respective grade, gender, and event.

Elliot was representing her school for the fourth grade girls softball throw.

She was the first (and only) person in our family to make it to Shark Day.

World Baseball Classic

What is the World Baseball Classic?

The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is the premier international professional baseball tournament, sanctioned by the WBSC and held every few years (currently a 3-year cycle) to crown a world champion. Featuring 20 nations, it showcases top MLB and international talent competing for their countries, similar to the soccer World Cup.

Pool play and two of the quarterfinal games were hosted at Daikin Park. Before the brackets were determined, I had already bought tickets for the Friday night game (quarterfinal game 1) with the expectation that it would be the US vs (TBD). 

There was a mini-scare as the US had lost to Italy during pool play, meaning that were actually at risk of not advancing. But in the end, they did advance so we watched USA vs Canada.

ACL reconstruction surgery (again)

Another year, another ACL reconstruction surgery.

Year of the horse

Our traditional picture with grandma.