As a senior, this is Sophia’s final year playing volleyball for Christian Brothers High School.

Today I learned Carson has never been a part of Little League. Instead it’s the Cal Ripken League. Sunday was a double-header at River Park.

I like it when school starts. This year, Avery/9th and Sophia/12th are at Christian Brothers. Carson is in 5th at St Ignatius. Once a week, I get to pick Carson up. This week, we played a new game for us. I can be competitive with this game. If it’s a memory game, he slaughters me.

Sophia and Lily played in a beach volleyball tournament at Sierra College on Sunday.

Carson wanted to play a few games before we went to lunch at Zócalo. I held my own with Spot It – each person flips over a card, the first person to name the same item on both cards wins both cards – Carson won but only by a few. He tried to find the Frozen memory game but couldn’t find it – thank you to whoever passed that game on to its next owners!

After lunch, the dentist.

I think this is the final final Little League playoff game for River Park and Carson – the Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament. Teams came from as far away as Arizona and Hawaii.

Tuesday evening in Galt. River Park v Galt. Carson came in to pitch in the 4th inning, 9 pitches, 3 outs. Galt wouldn’t score another run, but they were ahead nevertheless. River Park needed to score!

In the 5th inning, River Park was still down by two runs. Carson was at bat, the count was 3-2, he miss-hit the next pitch, it was more like a bunt. He took off running. The catcher overthrew first base, the ball rolled all the way to the outfield fence. Carson scored a home run!

Unfortunately, River Park lost. 8-9. Exciting game!

The next level of playoffs. Carson’s River park team played the other River Park team in Galt. To say the score was lopsided was an understatement. 18-0 at the end of 3 innings. The game was called. A couple of players – Carson and Mason – came in only for inning 3.

Meanwhile, in Fresno, Avery’s Omni volleyball team won the weekend tournament.

Saturday and Sunday. Carson played in Elk Grove. A lead-up tournament to get ready for the real tournament next weekend.