August 22nd thru the 29th our Longhorns travel team competed in Cooperstown New York for Championship Week of the American Youth Invitational 2008 season. For Christopher this was his 2nd time this summer traveling there to compete. How many kids get to do that and miss a week of school? Let alone ever get to attend such a event. What a blessing.
This time around for me was a little different. I, along with our Head Coach were in charge of 14 kids in a camp setting for seven days. I laughed most of the time as the players ages 12-13 are just learning about themselves. Our sleeping quarters consisted of 8 bunk beds in a 25 x 30 room with no air conditioning. We bought portable fans from the local Walmart to use during the days but a few nights the lows reached in the mid 40's which caused all of us to find our blankets.
We placed 17th out of 98 teams. Not too bad. Chris ended up hitting seven home runs in nine games, one a Grand Slam walk off. I'm a proud dad!
