Jakob Daniel and Everleigh Grace Hall

Kenya had a quick and intense kidney-related illness which rapidly worsened a week ago, and we lost our sweet, loving furball during the overnight hours.  We had given her medication to ease her pain, and she was cuddled in a fleece blanket at home when it happened.  That, and knowing she's reunited with Holden, are the straws of comfort we're grasping to as we say goodbye and mourn her passing.  There's so much more I want to write about what a wonderful companion she was, but right now I'm just too sad.  Here are the last pictures of her, taken two nights ago when things really took a turn for the worse.  We will love you forever, Kenya!

Browns River Little League has a rule that Jakob's age group and below can't use MLB names for their teams.  Because Jakob loves the Red Sox and he had two other classmates from his Spanish class on the team, he suggested (wisely and cleverly, might I add) that they call themselves the Rojo Calcetines.  That translates to...Red Sox.  :-)  They were a great team, probably the best of the four.  It was incredible to see the progress from last year to this year, and even from the start to the end of the season.  And, wow, they were passionate about it!

The baseball season is already in the books, but the pictures are still fun to look at.  Between the two practices per week and the 4 hours we would spend at JES on Saturdays between both games, it was a lot of baseball time.  But compared to last year, Everleigh did a fantastic job.  She was able to focus on the game much more, and there were very few times when Dan or I would have to be on the field to keep her in the game.  Way to go, E!