The Umpire Strikes out

I as trying to be clever with my title to this post. Like the Empire Strikes back as in Star Wars, but I changed it up to the Umpire Strike Back. Get it? Anywhoo...

Another season of umpiring the younger boys for Caleb is in full swing. He umpired 9 games last week and two this week. He is going out of town tomorrow for school and so between that and his own baseball practices and games, he was only able to do the two this week. Mitch and I have gone and watched him a few times and he is really good at it. He is loud and really takes his job seriously when he is out there. He is learning more about the game of baseball and more importantly learning and growing within himself. Caleb has wanted a pair of these headphones for the longest time. They are called BEATS by Dr. Dre. Supposedly they are the best headphones out there and he is also saving to buy a turntable and sound board to go with it. He wants to learn how to mix music and make Dubstep sounds. I love that he stays true to himself and is working towards something that interests him. . Really proud of that kid. I took a picture of him last night with Mitch after his games. Caleb was even barefoot standing next to his "old man". Ha! Caleb will be passing Mitch up pretty soon. Gosh, it makes me sad to think about him being bigger than his own dad. But it will happen. He already wears his pants. The ones he has on in this picture were Mitch's. Caleb needed a pair of gray slacks last week and with just a few minutes until his games started I told him to try on Mitch's. What do ya know, they fit. Sheesh. Quit growing son.  I cant help but see nothing but handsome men in this pic.

After I picked Caleb up, I made a comment about how big his chest looks in the chest armor. He made a funny face and said "I am going to wear this to school tomorrow and say Hey ladies, what's up?" I died laughing. Here is the face he made...