Sponsors:  Gina Grimsley, REALTOR 712-490-4374

&  Susan Grau, REALTOR 712-253-0725

SYA alerts – Text MYSYA to 84483 to receive alerts from Siouxland Youth Althletics.  Also check out www.mysya.org.  They will also soon be on Facebook!

The tournament will be the week of July 9th.  We will not know till that week how the brackets will be set-up.  Be prepared, we may have to play 2 games on one night.  It’s a double elimination tournament with trophey’s awarded at the end for 1st and 2nd places.

There’s a note in my packet that asks me to tell parents NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGE is allowed into the park.  The only things allowed are sippy/squeezy style bottles.  We can bring the traditional style water cooler filled with water that must be kept in the dugout.  I will provide the traditional style water cooler filled with water each game. 

The person in charge of treats will be asked to have treats in their car.  After the game, the team will head towards the main parking lot (if you come in by the 4 way stop) and meet together to talk about how the game went, talk about the next practice / game and then to get the treats.

No PETS allowed in the park.

Reminder that each girl needs to wear black shorts for games and have their own glove and batting helmet.  Optional items they may have are batting gloves, bat, black visors, long single line black striped socks, etc. 

I do require the girls to be at the field 20 minutes before the game starts.  If they are late, someone who is on time may start in field in their place.  So, I suggest being there 30 minutes early so none of us are late.

Each team may have one coach and up to three assistant coaches in the dugout for a game.  I will always be at 3rd base.  I would like to have a parent that has helped out at practice covering 1st base.  And then I need at least one more parent in the dougout helping the girls line up, getting them water, making sure the girls are cheering for the other players,etc.  Also, I need a parent to volunteer to keep the scorebook for me each game.  You are not required to sit in the dugout for this role.

A couple of important rule changes to note:

• No inning shall start after one hour and five minutes of play. 
• Each half inning will be limited to three (3) outs or five (5) runs, whichever comes first.
• Coaches will bat their roster.
• A walk will be awarded after six balls if the pitch uses a windmill motion or after four balls if the pitcher uses a slingshot motion.  The pitcher may not change the style of delivery until the batter has completed the turn at bat. A pitcher can not walk a run in… If the bases are loaded, the coach will pitch from within the pitching circle (maximum of five (5) pitches). If the ball is hit into fair territory play will resume as normal. If after five (5) pitches by the coach the ball has not been hit into fair territory the next batter in the batting order is brought up and play will resume as normal. No out is recorded.
• The batter/runner may not run on a dropped third strike.
• First base will be awarded only if the batter is hit while the ball is in the air.  If the ball hits the ground first it will be called a ball and no base will be Awarded

• There is no infield fly rule in the 3^rd, 4^th, grade division.

    

Today Scgo meeting did a cool thing where they broke us up into 4 groups and had the 4 committee chairs come to each group for 5 minutes with one question in mind. Great efficient brainstorming session. Loved it! Kudos to the board for that one!

Things that make you go hmmmmmm. How do you get a person that lies so much that they cant tell the truth from a lie to quit lying? Let me know if you have an answer. I’m hitting up google to see what he comes up with that one.

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http://www.nylen.com/flood/20110610/

Not everyone may agree with our views – - but you do have to agree that this is funny.

A month ago today we were given the go ahead to work on the acquisition of CENTURY 21 Davenport & Associates.  We worked all day and through the evenings trying to get everything ready for the Feb 1st date.  It brought back a lot of the fun times of when I did the First Star / US Bank merger and had all the prep work prior to the date of the conversion.   Except, I never pulled an all nighter at the bank.  Now that I look back at it, I was really going insane at about 3:00 am.  It’s a good thing no one was around.

I really need to thank (and keep thanking) my family and especially Jason for all the extra kid runs and nights home without mom around while I was working this past month.  But, it definately made the kids & Jason a lot closer.  Also, my mom was awesome in volunteering to come up for a few days and stay with the kids.  Jason also had some hective deadlines at that same time so it worked perfectly!

Now, onto some more fun times now that the excitement of the announcement is over… it’s time to work hard so I can leave work at 5:00…. and not worry about getting back to work till after the kids go to bed.

I heard this song this morning on the radio and thought of both of you…..best wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! (Your card was SOOOOOOO adorable!) Ours are a little delayed!

Okay….I’m not able to upload it at work….google it. It’s Steven Curtis Chapman’s All I Want. I’ve listed the lyrics below….but put the music in and it’s very, very powerful.

Well I don’t know if you remember me or not
I’m one of the kids they brought in from the home
I was the red-haired boy in an old green flannel shirt
You may not have seen me” I was standing off alone
I didn’t come and talk to you, ’cause that’s never worked before
And you’ll prob’ly never see this letter anyway
But just in case there’s something you can do to help me out
I’ll ask you one more time

All I really want for Christmas
Is someone to tuck me in
A shoulder to cry on if I lose
Shoulders to ride on if I win
There’s so much I could ask for
But there’s just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas is a family

Well I guess I should go ahead and tell you now
If it’s really true about that list you have
Somehow I always seem to end up in a fight
But I’m really trying hard not to be bad
But maybe if I had a brother or a dad to wrestle with
Well, maybe they could teach me how to get along
And from everything I’ve heard
Sounds like the greatest gift on earth would be a mom

All I really want for Christmas
Is someone to tuck me in
A shoulder to cry on if I lose
Shoulders to ride on if I win
There’s so much I could ask for
But there’s just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas
Is someone who’ll be there
To sing me “Happy Birthday”
For the next 100 years
And it’s OK if they’re not perfect
Well, even if they’re a little broken, that’s alright
‘Cause so am I

Well, I guess I should go
It’s almost time for bed
And maybe next time I write you
I’ll be at home

‘Cause all I really want for Christmas
Is someone to tuck me in
Tell me I’ll never be alone
Someone whose love will never end
Of all that I could ask for
Well, there’s just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas
All I really want for Christmas is a family

Just a family

That’s all I really need.

All my best for a wonderful holiday!

Tina