One stinking shot....My team lost the Kieb Golf Outing by one shot. If we would have made par on the first three par threes, we would have won by two strokes. But, I still had fun and help raise $1500 for the Kieb Scholarship.
The Kieb Outing is the golf trip to Michigan I do ever year. This year, I took K to play with Jared's son. They had a fun time playing together.
Friday night we had a small cookout. It was a beautiful night with friends. Everyone had a good time playing corn hole, ladder golf or just hanging out. All the kids played nicely together. Next year we are planning a big party for mine and T's b-day.
T started her new (old) job at Subway. She is returning to Subway after an 11 year absence. She is going to work part-time evenings for now. She is still hoping to get hired at a school this fall. If not, she will sub again this year.

The kids.

B blowing out her 'candles.

We went tubing for the first time of the year on June 24. We used papa's boat to tube, while the others were playing at boater's beach. We would use the pontoon boat to tube the following weekend.

Wow....I haven't posted in so long. I don't even know where to begin. We spent plenty of time at the camper. We spent plenty of time on the boat. The weather has not been 'summer' like yet. Well, we did have two 'hot' days towards the end of June.

B turned 11 on June 22. We spent the weekend at the camper. She wanted a friend to spend the weekend with us, but her friends could not stay on her birthday weekend. Her friend did spend the weekend with us the next weekend. They stayed in the tent and stayed there all night. She purchased a new bike with her birthday money.

Somewhere since my last post T was hired by Subway. She will be an Assistant Manager. They would have hired here as a store manager if she wanted, but she doesn't want to work 50 hours a weeks, and 3 out of four weekends a month. Actually, she started today. It has been 11 years since she left Subway. It is hard to believe it has been that long.

I will fast forward to this weekend. We went to the camper on July 1 and returned today. The weather was cool until yesterday. We did not go out on the lake to watch the fireworks. The fireworks were pretty good. We sat on the causeway and watched them. The campground was packed. It is fun when the place is busy.

My golf game has been improving each week. Last week I played my best all year. I shot a 41 and shot a 43 tonight.

Ok...hopefully I will not go 3 weeks to blog again.

These are all the great-grand children of my Grandma and Grandpa Carr, minus my son. He was at Boy Scout Day Camp.

These would be the grandchildren of Grandma and Grandpa Carr.

For the record, T took this picture of our friend Mike in his boat....'The Fish Eyed Fool" He is the one in the bright orange row boat.
T and I in front of our boat, 'The Grace Ann'

My cousin from Texas and his son enjoying a boat ride even though the weather was not that great.

My cousin's son waiting his turn at the helm of the boat.

K actually watching the ball into his glove and using two hands. He went on to throw the running out at first.

I am sorry it has been so long since my last post.

The last week of school flew by. This past year was my tenth year teaching at MHS.

I went to state track with my buddy Jerry. We have been going the last few years. The weather was sunny and not a cloud in the sky. It was bitter sweet going to the track meet. I found out the day before I would not be hired back as track coach in 2010. I was bummed out. But, things happen for a reason and now I will have more time with the family next spring.

We went hot tubbing with the Christy and Mike's on Sunday, June 7. As always it was fun. We played cornhole and the kids played in the bounce house.

June 8th, I turned in my grades and grade book. I was officially done with school.

June 9, Kent had a ball game. He team lost there last 6 games of the year. Kent's hitting has been down the last couple games, but when he does hits, it is doubles and triples. I think he leads the team with 3 triples.

June 10, my cousin from Texas spent the night at the camper. He brought his son and we had a good campfire. On Thursday, the weather was overcast, rainy, but we went out to boater's beach. We were the only ones there. It actually was kind of nice to have the place to ourselves. A teacher friend of mine and his two kids were camping as well, so they were on the boat as well,

Me, my cousin, his son, and K went to the Indians game on June 11. It was the seagull game. The Indians won the game in the bottom of the tenth inning.

We headed back to the camper for the rest of the weekend. The weather was better and we boated and swam. I love summer vacation.

I need to post some pictures. Hopefully, it wont be 2 weeks until I post again.

Another weekend and another weekend at the lake. It was a beautiful weekend, minus the 30 minutes of rain we had Friday night. Saturday our friends the Neckos came down and spent the night in a tent. We had a fun time on the boat, swimming, eating and fishing.

This is the final week of school. I will be heading to Columbus for state track this weekend and then I am free until the end of August.

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.

If it is Tuesday, then it must be track and it must be raining. Well, the rain stopped before the meet started. It was just us and Waterloo. The meet was over in just 2.5 hours. We got beat, but time are going down even in this bad weather. It will be cold again tomorrow for junior high track.
Golf yesterday was good. I hit the ball well, but putted really really bad. I could have cut 4 strokes off my score with any amount of decent putting. Anyways, it was good to play golf in 80 degree weather in April.

Today will be the fourth straight day of above 80 degree temperature. The sun is out and there is not a cloud in site.
Yesterday was busy. I had to go to Atwood and move the boat to my dad's dock. We took a small rise as well. The waves were not a big as Saturday, but still no like normal. We left Atwood and went to baseball practice. I got to see T for a brief minute as she was home getting B ready for marching practice, while K got his baseball stuff. After practice, K and I went to hear the Ohio State University Men's Glee Club sing in Fairlawn. G met us there. He took me to hear them years ago in Columbus. I still love listening to an all-male choir. The concert was great. A Mogadore grad is in the choir, so it is good to see a former student perform.
So, today I was kind of glad to be back at school. It is almost relaxing.

Til next time,

Bayou

I tried to center this picture, but the waves were making sure the picture would be out of wack. We were out on the lake on a very windy and choppy day. This boat flagged us down. Their motor quit working, so we towed them back to the marina. It was a slow go with the waves and heading directly into the wind. But, we did our good dead for the day. I am so glad my dad was on board to help out as well.
It was just me and J here at the house last night. T and B were spending the night at girl scout camp. J went to AT's house for an overnighter. The real bonus of the night was J staying in his own bed all night.

Our boat

T and I on the maiden voyage.
Papa and the kids.

Our family on our first boat ride.

We finally got the boat on the water today. We were able to take a nice evening time cruise. We are looking forward to many days cruising around Atwood Lake.

Ok, recapping the the week so far...

Tuesday was track at E. Canton. The weather was ok. I was windy and cold, but no rain! Our times are coming down and distances are going up.
Also on Tuesday, T's grandma went home. According to T, she is looking and feeling much better. She went back to her apartment. She will have a visiting nurse check on her.
Yesterday was junior high track. The weather was hit or miss. It would rain for 10 minutes, then be sunny for 20.
We are going to try to go on the boat tonight. T and B will be gone this weekend, so I want the whole family to be on the boat for the first ride. It will be a quick ride tonight. We will need to get B back home and in bed. She has OAT testing tomorrow.