Spring Break with the GRANDS ⚾️❣️
One thing we always try to do each year is spend Spring Break with our Grands and their parents ❣️
Most years we head to Palm Springs with our 5th wheel and get the parents a hotel room nearby while the Grands stay with us. Those are some of our sweetest memories…little pajamas running through the RV, late night snacks, golf cart rides, sunshine, swimming pools, and endless stories before bedtime 💝
But this year we decided to change things up a little 😉⚾️❣️
Because of our Grand Cruzie’s great love for baseball, we packed everyone up and headed to Phoenix, Arizona for Spring Training ⚾️☀️❣️
And honestly…there may not be anyone in our family who currently loves baseball more than Mister Cruzie ⚾️❣️
Have you ever watched a child fall completely in love with something?
That is Cruzie and baseball.
He is only 9 years old and already pitches curveballs, which I am told is pretty unusual for someone his age ⚾️❣️ He practices almost every day after school for about two hours and on weekends too. But the cutest part is not even how talented he is…
It is how much he truly LOVES the game 💝
He knows current players, old players, statistics, teams, and random baseball trivia that leaves all of us laughing in amazement 😂⚾️❣️
His favorite teams are the Mariners, the Padres, and of course…the Dodgers 😉⚾️❣️
Next weekend he even gets to go to a Mariners game, and I think he may already be counting down the hours 🤩❣️
One of my favorite things is watching him pitch.
His teammates all cheer him on from the field when he is on the mound and he very consistently pitches “3 up and 3 out.” It is honestly amazing to watch such confidence and focus in someone so little ⚾️❣️
But even more than that…
I love all his little baseball rituals 😂❣️
He digs his toe into the dirt… licks his fingers… adjusts his hat… winds up dramatically… and swings his leg at the very end of the pitch like he is already pitching in the major leagues 🤩⚾️❣️
At least he doesn’t take after his Dad 😂
When Marshall played T-Ball as a little boy he would get so bored in the outfield that he would literally SIT DOWN and eat grass 🌱😂❣️
Now before you judge him too harshly…
I may have taught both my kids how to slowly pull the grass out and only eat the tender white part by sliding it through your teeth 😳😂❣️
And honestly…grass whistles were always pretty entertaining too 👍😉⚾️❣️
Watching Cruzie love baseball so deeply also makes me think of my Mom, Great Grandma Gini 💝
She and her Dad both absolutely loved baseball ⚾️
Sometimes while watching Cruzie on the pitcher’s mound I catch myself wishing they were still here to see this sweet little Grand who inherited that same love for the game ❣️
There is just something beautiful about seeing pieces of the generations before us living on inside the generations after us 💝⚾️
GiGi Will L💝VE You Forever &
LIKE You for Always, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

