Time has flown by since my last post.

First, the track team ended its season last week at the district track meet. We did not have anyone advance. We didn't think anyone would advance, but it would have been nice to sneak one into this week's regional meet.

Second. Kent's team played a good solid game last Thursday. They won by 3 runs. Kent played well in the field as well as at bat. He is getting better each week. They lost last night, and I was not there, but I heard he did well again.

Third. We finally made it to the camper. The weekend was beautiful, except for the 30 minutes of rain on Sunday. Saturday, Christy and her family come down to pick up Taylor. Taylor went camping with her grandparents and uncle. So, I gave boat rides to anyone that wanted one. Sunday, the Tolins came down, so more boat rides, swimming and fishing. Plus, good food was prepared by Jeff. Monday, T and B headed to Canton for the parade. My mom came down as well. We tried to cook off the boat, but it was too windy. So, we ended up cooking at our dock. All in all, it was a great weekend. We are looking forward to this weekend already.

Update time.

Friday. K's team won a thriller 18-17. K batted really well, but fielded, not so well. EE scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th for the win.
Saturday. Today was the PTC finals. We did not fair well as a team. I am really embarrassed by some of the times we turned in. A couple of guys did step up and ran their best times of the year. Afterwards, I meet T and the family at Christy and Mike's. We had an awesome dinner of chicken and ribs. We went for a walk in the local park, then it was in to the hot tub for the kids. We let them 'swim' for about 30 minutes or so. Then, it was time for 'adult' swim! We ended up drinking and hot tubbing for 3 hours. I am sure that was way too long to do either, but it was fun. We are planning do have another party next month.
Sunday. We went over to my sister's for a dinner with Aunt Helen. She was in town to visit family. We had a fun time with everyone.
Today. K's team lost 21-11. They looked bad in the field and at bat. K had his best total game of the year. 4-4 at bat and made 2 good plays in the field.

We moved the dock from one side of Atwood to the other side last night. Dad and I have a pretty good system and we work well together to install and remove the dock. I thought the most eventful part of the evening was when dad cut his hand on a metal pole, but I was wrong. After we installed the dock at the new location, we wanted to go for a boat ride. Teresa was being nice and offered to put the boat sticker on the back pontoon. I was making sure all the kids had their life jacket on, I heard 'Oh sh*t !' followed by a big splash sound. As she was leaning down to apply the sticker to the pontoon, she grab the back sun deck for support. The sun deck is in three sections and all three sections open out towards the back of the boat. So, as she grab the sun deck, it started to open and she lost her balance and fell in. She went in with her cell phone in her pocket and her watch on. She was wear a nice big sweatshirt and jeans. She looked like a drowned rat. I did not take any pictures, or let B's friend take one on her cell phone. Oh, the water was a chilly 58 degrees. I can laugh about it now, but at the time, I just wanted her out of the water. Thankfully, we always bring down a change of clothes just in case. Well, last night, was just in case.

Prom 2009

Happy Mother's Day to my mom. The kids made gifts for T this year. K found flamingo socks at the zoo and gave them to her as well. We had lunch to T's parents. They watched the kids for us, while we attended prom last night. Then we had cake here for K's birthday. My mom and dad came over, but no one else.


The school year is slowly winding down. There is only a few more weeks left. I am ready for the school year to be over. Actually, I am ready for track season to be over. It has been a tough season. It is just time for it too be over.

A couple of pics from the Akron Zoo.

Update from the last week.

Monday. It was golf night. I did better than last week. But, still not were I think I should be. I will miss the next 3 weeks of golf due to K's baseball games.

Tuesday. We ran against Woodridge and Streetsboro. We lost both meets. It is frustrating when kids back out of events they should run, because they know they will lose. But, isn't about improving your times? Doing better than last week? I was in a bad mood Tuesday night.

Thursday. We ran at Dalton. It is the fun meet of the year. Of course the fresh 1/2 BBQ chicken was great. The guys seems to run with more of a propose than on Tuesday.

I also chaperoned K's field trip to the Akron Zoo. We had a fun time together. You only need about two hours to see the whole thing. The jellyfish were the best. I managed to great some great pictures.

Friday. I was back in school after my personal day. K had his second baseball game tonight. His team won 7-5. He played good in the field and went 2-4 at the plate. He helped turn a double play. He caught a line drive and threw to first for the double play. He was awarded the game ball. Oh, by the way, it is his 8th birthday today. I still remember being at the hospital that day. He was not an easy delivery. But, in the end, he was delivered c section and he is a healthy 8 year old.

The newest resident at our house. I found her while doing yard work this weekend. I am surprised the nest survived the rain on Friday.
The 2009 Wildcat Invitational went well Friday night. The rains held off until later in the night. Here is a link for the results http://baumspage.com/track/mogadore/res09.htm
The track team has 2 meets this week. Tuesday at Mogadore and Thursday at Dalton. Thursday is our fun meet of the year.
Saturday was the first parade for B. Also, it was T's first parade as marching mom. It was a beautiful weather, not to hot and not to cold. After the parade, we went to the lake for a boat ride. We took one of B's friend with us. It was a much better day on the lake. We might not make it down there again for a week or so due to our schedules. We ended the night next door sitting around their fire. We stayed up til almost midnight.
Today was a work day around the house. I replaced the garbage disposal. It ended up being easier than I thought. Then, I went out and mowed the grass. Jason from next door trimmed both sides of the fence line. T and I did some cleaning/straighten of the shed. We are thinking about having a garage sale. We have so much stuff we need to get rid of in both the shed and garage. We made pie irons for dinner and followed it up with s'mores. I can't complain about the weekend.