Brielles first game and club house

Brielle had her first game of softball today. She did not win but played very well and was satisfied with her teams performance. The other team had played two times before so had a little more experience. It was an incredible day for a game, our warmest yet this year. As I type this at 10:00 pm it is still 67 degrees out. The high today was supposed to be around eighty but I never did check it. Thanks to Mom and Ken for coming to the game and for a great lunch after.

Brielle is the fourth one in from the left in the back row(I am including the coach in that count). I am pretty sure she is the tallest on her team and according to her the second fastest. Brielle did a very good job batting but she likes to stretch for the high pitches. We are very proud of how she played and her positive attitude.

When we got home Brielle took a nap, I think she was worn out from all the nervous excitement of her first game, and then we got to work on her "club house". Brielle and a couple of her friends decided one day that they were going to convert one of the coops into a club house. I helped to convince her to use the old turkey coop. She did a considerable amount of cleaning and then we both painted the inside white. We have an old rug that will go in tomorrow and I haven't told her but I plan on making some stools and a table too. I had always planned on making a tree house, maybe this will do instead.

The painted tree is a mixture of latex paint and drywall mud. it is supposed to keep apple borers away from the tree. I lost one tree to them and had another rot near ground level. I'm not sure what was up with that one.