It's the end of May and school, baseball and soccer are all in their last couple weeks. I spent the day in Baltimore for the second of four board meetings and I'm looking forward to another weekend of very little scheduled activity. The year is flying by quickly.
The Red Cross was in the building today to take blood. I hate needles but it gets easier every time.
Put some new flags out in the cemetery for the veterans today. The long, relaxing weekend is coming to an end.
Two days at the pool and we are all a little red but pretty relaxed. Had a nice dinner with Nicole's friend Jessica in old town tonight but have mostly stayed very close to home.
First day of pool season. I think we will be spending most of our weekend here.
The boys got their last game until next week in last night under a threatening sky. The game was looking like it would need to be postponed but we got it in, just before dark. Sam is still on a hitting tear with 1st and 4th inning triples, as well as a couple stolen runs after a couple pitches got past the catcher. He's 800 for the last two games with a HR, double, and the two triples. I love that he is listening to the coach and swinging the bat much better than earlier in the season. Dylan is swinging better as well but not connecting with that many. He is however walking a bunch. He seems to have a pretty good eye and doesn't swing at things over his head which is a flaw many kids have. He almost always scores when he's on base because of his speed so that's a good thing.
The Iron Birds won again last night and are in first place (6-2-2) going into the much needed Memorial Day Weekend break. The break is much needed for Nicole and my nerves since the boys would probably play everyday if they could. It's a little more nerve racking for the parents in the stands but we have some really good and positive parents on our team. No "take it too seriously" kind of folk but let's face it, we are all tied up inside wanting them to do well.
No big plans for the long weekend, just hitting the pool and finding things to do close by. Should be relaxing.
I don't post many pictures of myself, mostly because the other people in my family are more interesting. Anyway, I was playing with some photo's taken in Photo Booth for possible inclusion on social network sites and decided to post this one. I look better in black and white so here I am in my late 40's.
Dylan hooked me up with a baseball bracelet he made in school last week. I'm not a big bracelet guy but I can make an exception for this one.
Sam and Dylan got game balls today in a 10-8 loss to the River Dogs. Sam hit a bomb home run to deep left center to give the team a spark in the bottom of the 6th and Dylan played some great center field, hitting his cutoff man to catch the runner at second. Sam also had a single and a double, a 3-0 batting performance. The Iron Birds won last night and re still in first place in the league. They need to stay tough as we head down the stretch.
Rain forced a cancellation of hitting practice so we went out for dinner again. I've been configuring her new mac book pro that I gave her this evening. Nice little laptop.
Dylan had been struggling at the plate this year and was developing a bad habit of going to the plate hoping to get a walk. He wouldn't swing at anything. I think he finally got past that with a nice hit to advance a runner to third, who then scored and he had a walk.
Our 9am game today was another one for he never say die Iron Birds. Down 4 in the bottom of he 5th and Sam smacks a deep ball into left center for a grand slam home run. His second HR of the year. Unfortunately, they couldn't get the winning run home in the sixth but a tie is better than a loss. All the moms got flowers after the game. A good move by the coach.
Good to see that Minnesota is vested in keeping the Vikings around. I know it's a lot of money but it is a good business decision to keep Minnesota involved in the biggest money making league on the planet.
May is all about one game after another but it because of the weather, it's hasn't been that bad yet. Of course the postponed baseball game on Saturday needs to be played at some time and we may get another postponement tonight based on the weather report. The boys are enjoying soccer but at 0-3-1 they are less than thrilled about the record but the two of them have all the teams goals (Sam has 4, Dylan 1). They are still undefeated in baseball but the four teams in the league are all fairly good so that won't last if they can't get their hitting in gear. The schedule is just one game after another for the next four weeks then it's summer vacation time and a lot of travel.
Got haircuts last weekend and went to a party at the Wards house. Adien has been in one for the kids classes every year since kindergarten. The boys love a good party where they get to stay up late and run around with friends. We also looked at new Mama cars and got the kids some fancy indoor soccer shoes and yet another soccer jersey. Indoor soccer shoes seem to be all the rage in elementary school.
