Pictures

Just some pictures tonight.

Hay

Gman Pitching

Another Gman

E at Tball

More Hay

Baseball and soccer

Both boys played today.  Gman at baseball and E at soccer.  Mom and Lynn got to see parts of both games.  They also went to the Reba concert at Rupp last night.    I really do not like both boys playing at the same time.  As much as I do not like soccer, I would really like to see E play and cheer him on.   Beth says he did ok today but I still want to see him.  

I have almost decided not to keep coaching Gman.  He really is playing ok but I can't get him to relax when I am coaching.   He made a play at second today that was very good.  He wanted to pitch but I did not trust myself to let him.  Hopefully Tuesday night when JD is back we can let Gman pitch.   William and Nichols both pitched well today.  3 big hits including one from Justin.  It is Justin's first time playing organized ball.  He is great to coach and he pays great attention to instructions.  Dang I do enjoy coaching the kids

Everyone have a great weekend.

Holiday weekend

Baseball game is done for the day.  Great morning for it and we had a lot of fun.  Gman caught the whole game and did well for his first time behind the plate in Mustang.  Made 1 throw out of a steal and 3rd and a tag out at home.  He has to get the bat off his shoulder and swing.  He has gotten really tentative since the select team.  Beth says kid pitch is going to give her an ulcer.

We are heading down to Western Kentucky this afternoon to see friend and family.  The boys can't wait to see Granny and Lynn.

Everyone have a great and safe Labor day.  Remember all the people who work for a living and those who brought employment rights to us all.

Week 2 at the new office is going well.  Larger office so it is much busier. This a is a good thing.  So for no tensions or issues.  Higher DQ but I know I get get it into line.  The whole staff, manager included, is working on it.  Just got to try new things to get the customers out of their bad habits.

Fall ball practice went well.  JD does a much better job on the field than I do but keeping the team parents informed and involved will be my job.  Got another dad helping coach.  Turns out to be a brother of a friend from Church.  Small world but it is really good to have extra help.

Es soccer game went well Saturday per Coach Beth. I am sorry I missed it.  Beth is feeling better.  She had to get a second shot in the her shoulders (one in each).  Very stiff but she says its better.  

And it starts again.

Our slow month without any sports or extra activities has come to an end.  E has started Upwards soccer for the fall.  Beth is coaching his team so it will be very interesting.  Gman has started back with the music program at the Boys and Girls club for another year.  Both will be on Tuesdays so it will make for an interesting day each week.  Fall baseball for Gman will start in a couple of weeks.  He is moving up to Mustang, kids pitching, for the fall league at SW.  It will get him ready for next summer I hope.

New office is working out ok.  Just 2 days in but the drive is cut by 2/3 and the tension level is so much lower.  I still am concerned about the company being bought out.  The future is very uncertain with the purchase.

We stopped our HBO and Stars from the cable company.  Opened a Netflix account and it is working out very well.  Beth let me buy a Blue Ray player for the bed room TV after the sales person told me that it had built in WiFi. We got the Wii disc for Netflix for the living room TV.  The family room is where my computer is so we did not need anything for that one.  It is a good set up  for everyone.  And its saves money.  The technology is very cool.

Oh one final idea.  If you live near an Apple Store go into it and go around to all the Ipads entering random web pages to their home screens.  Then go back a couple of days later and see it the bookmarks are still there. It gives the Apple Dumplings something to do by removing them.

Weekend

Welcome to the weekend everyone.  Beth is hoping to get the house cleaned up and I need to mow the yard.  The boys are up early and are playing Star Wars legos on  their computer.  Beth's Iphone is acting up.  It is getting so hot while charging the battery that it turns itself off.  So she wants to go to the new Apple Store  at the mall to see what they think about it.  My thought is that they will have to replace the battery.  I also think that means they will have to send it off to be worked on.  I am not an Apple fan because of things like not being able to work on the hardware yourself.  That does not mean I will not go into the store and mess around with stuff they have.

The Boys computer is now in the Alienware Case and the noise level is down a lot.  My new case is very nice. Now when do I start replacing parts inside again?   Beth's laptop is holding up nicely after almost 2 years.  It just shows you that you do not have to upgrade but it is fun to do.

One political point in this post.  Remind your House and Senate members it is not their job to interpret the Constitution.  It is the Supreme Courts job.  So if Congress wants to revisit the words of an Amendment then they have to repeal it not just change how we read it or change the words.  The moment they started repealing any amendments is the point when they start taking away our Rights.  The party wanting to do this is the Republican Party.  When they tell you they want to protect your Rights remind them that actions speak louder than words.

Sorry I  have not posted this week because of the vacation  and school starting.  We did a lot of day trips with the boys and had a great time.

We took the boys to Frankfort and toured both the New Capital and the Old Capital .  Both tours where very cool and the boys enjoyed them.  We got to share the New Capital tour with some very nice people from California.  I found myself becoming more like Granddad while talking with them. My favorite part of the Old Capital tour was the stair case.  Hard to believe it had no reinforcement other than gravity.

We also went to My Old Kentucky Home and the Patton Museum at Fort Knox on one day.  I remember going to both of these as kid with Granddad and Mama Jo.  They both seemed a lot bigger in my memory.  Again my grandfather came out.  I talked to a nice older couple down from Ohio at Bardstown.  They were traveling up and down US 127 for the yard sale and had taken a little time to come see the house.  Gman got to tell them about being born in Ohio.   Another couple where in form Arizona to visit their daughter here in Lexington.  I got to tell my Winslow AZ story again.

Going to the Patton Museum was also very different than I remember it.  The tanks are still there but it just seemed much smaller.  Beth really liked the section on Patton himself.  She asked a good question about why is he a junior when he is named after his grandfather and not his father.  I have no idea other than that is just how his family did it.  Magen at the gift shop was very helpful getting us to them without dealing with the base.

The last day of travel took us the Louisville.  We went to the Slugger Museum  and the Frazier Museum downtown.    The plant tour was ok but not all that cool.  We all got to hold bats from Hall of Fame members.  The Frazier was beyond cool.  Military history of both the US, Great Britain and then throw in Pirates.  Gman and E both loved it.  I want to go back and spend more time going through it.   If you get a chance go downtown Louisville and visit some of the great museums.  And eat at  Luigi's Pizzeria when you go.  Its on the same side of the street as the Slugger Museum.

I know this is a long post and so I will cut it off now.  Beth took pictures and when I can I will add them to the slide show.