20170912 - BLASTED

20170912 - Up in the am and into work. Going after actions hard today, was alone on the call. Finished up the day and headed to J's CC meet and met L&G there. I chatted with Coach Brain for a bit about J and his shenanigans. We watched the start of J's race and cheered him on. G,Conor and I waited on the other side of the course where there were no spectators and the boys had to run between some trees and the parked cars, one of them mine, with about 3 feet between them. As J came running through Conor gave the sign, I BLASTED the horn and G jumped out from behind the car and we screamed 'GO JACK!'  It scared the bejesus out of him! hahahahah  J finished with a great time of 12:44. G&I on to D's baseball game, with a stop at Cane's and waited forever to get our food. We got to D's game and it started pouring and we walked up just as the game was called. Back to the house, DGF7 joined us for dinner and then we split off, J&G got haircuts and I headed out to a quick Scout Board of review.

20170911 + Small Big Shoulders

20170911 + Up in the an and in to work. Got a bunch done in the front office this morning. Headed out on time to get to G's baseball game. Got home and L was working in the yard, D was at DGF7's, J was doing homework and G showed up on his bike at 5:20 yelling 'I HAVE A GAME NOW!' 😲 G rushed to get change and make it back to his game. L&I headed back to the game and sat with the McClains. The game was absolutely miserable and G was melting down. Very upsetting to him, he has never played on a team that is so horrible and he can't hold his emotions back as he is trying to carry a team of kids mostly older and bigger than him. They lost horribly and we walked home, got something to eat and slowed down for the night. I got Doc and we headed to a short Bible Bangers meeting. Home and renamed pics and videos.

20170910 - Cardboard Cars

20170910 - Up in the am and L&G to G's double headers this morning. D&I to his game in the am and J still at his buddy's. L&I kept tabs on the game through texts. D had a good game but they lost, G had ok games but lost both, Gma&paW came to his games. After D's game I ran some donations to Goodwill and J and Conor were home when I got there making cardboard cars to fit over their bike: their ultimate goal is to go through the Wendy's drive through with them :-)

D went running around with DGF7, L&G came home and we got some things done around the house and chilled out a bit until the next round of activity. I woke G up from his nap on the back porch and headed to his baseball practice, D went along to help. L ran J to his soccer game and Gma&paW & I headed there shortly after. J had a good game, played almost the entire game, but they lost 2-1. After the game J went with Gma&paW to Dick's to get new shoes. Somehow DG&DGF7 met them there... I called D back to the house to get some ebay things shipped he had not shipped yet. Had a call with J's CC coach about him being a captain and what was expected. Gma&paW back with J&G and Panda Express for a dinner on the patio. G to a spill on the back steps, but other than that it was s nice dinner. Everyone headed home and we finished off the weekend.

20170909 - BIG WIN!

20170909 - Up in the am and L was giving Lilly a hair cut, D was in Pickerington taking the ACT. J&I headed out to his soccer practice.  Home and I got G out in the backyard working on his swing. Back out to get J from practice and we picked up some lunch. D home from his test with DGF7 and we all headed back to G's game. Somehow they kept up with the other team today and then G went in to pitch, he shut them down. G's team got the lead and the coach was going to pull G from pitching. I suggested he ask his coach if he could finish the game off as pitcher, he did, she looked at me and said, leave him in ad get the W. G did an awesome job pitching and the WON their first game! I went to the dugout and told the boys to go to Dairy Queen, I'm buying. We headed to DQ and had a nice treat. Home for just a minute before we all headed over to the McClain's to watch a miserable showing of the OSU Buckeyes. Home defeated and to bed.

20170908 + Last 24 Seconds

20170908 + Up in the am and in to work. Had a very busy day knocking things out. Headed home a bit early to go run home get L and head to the College planning place and chat with them for a bit. Home and got J&G and we headed to the football game. We had Bob Dogs and junk food for dinner as we watched the game. D and DGF7 were there in their Hawaiian gear down in the student section. It was a great game and we were wining until a HUGE pass was caught with only 24 seconds left in the game putting us behind :-o we got one more chance, but 24 seconds wasn't enough and we lost in the final seconds of the game. We headed home and off to bed.

20170907 + Trouble Tournament

20170907 + Up in the am and in to work.  At the desk getting a lot done. L had her first day of kids with no parents, D worked today for a bit, J had CC practice. I got home and D&I tried to work on some of his ACT Prep. J went back tot he school to meet some friends and G&I had a Trouble tournament. As the night wound down all boys headed to bed. I stayed up way to late doing work stuff.

20170906 - Rough

20170906 - UP in the am and in to work. At the desk all day.  D had a baseball meeting as school today. I Headed home, Jack had CC practice after school.  L picked up J from practice, fed him fast, took him to Soccer practice and on to D's game. D did good. L said one of the umps was off duty and was there just to watch. He was talking about the players and talked highest of D, saying he's a really good player, can hit, knows how to the play the field and is a good catcher, the only problem with him is his mouth :-o So we had a little talk o D about that (again). I got home, got Doc and went back to G's game. G was pitching when we walked up and was doing ok. He went 1 for 3 at bat, the giddy-up in his swing is killing him. His team lost 21-7 but it is good to see all our friends back at those fields. G&I headed home and L&J were there when we arrived. I had to call and remind D of the ACT studying he should be doing to get him home. D home and we ran to Home Depot to get a new toilet seat then on to get gas. I took him along so he could call the coach I had set up for him. D called, left a message and the coach called him back shortly after. D spoke with him for a bit and secured himself a spot for the Summer 2018 season on the 18U Ohio Elite team. Home, toilet seat replaced, J&G to bed, L&I trying to drill the importance of studying for the ACT into D's head after discovering over the last 11 weeks he's only done 4 weeks of the prep testing we've been paying for. Guess we won't have to pay for college... Up very late working.

20170905 - Camo Dog

20170905 - Up in the am and in to work.  Crazy fast day.  I picked up auction stuff on way home. L made a nice dinner for all of us and DGF7 joined us. L told of her 1st day with students, said her legs hurt from kneeling and getting up and down all day long. J told reported he ran a 13:20 in his CC meet this afternoon. After dinner Tom and Bill stopped over with their boys so G vanished, D went to DGF7s and Lilly decided to run through the burs We hung out on the back porch and talked baseball for next year until late. Up late doing baseball stuff.

20170904 + Ls Home!

20170904 + Up in the am and at the desk,  D&I went through some college emails we had been receiving to try and figure out what is going on. J was in the basement playing the xbox and G had just gotten up when L got home! Things weren't in too bad of shape for her return. Each of the boys got a turn with her telling her of all the things we did over the last couple of days and showing her all the chores we got we got done. D&J ran and picked up DGF7 and J's buddy Conor. When they got back we all piled into the white car and headed to the Johnstown Swapper's Day

20170903 - More Fixin

20170903 - Up in the am with no real plan. I locked in to the desk to get some things done. D&G built a scoreboard for the diamond in the backyard and J took a scooter ride with some buddies. Out of the office and in house work mode, DJ&I ran to pick my car up from getting an oil change. D ran to get some gas and then home to mow. J&I continued on to Home Depot to get some supplies and a the video store to pick up a movie for later tonight. Home and D was done mowing and went to DGF7's. JG&I then got out the painting supplies and painted the soffit on the back porch. We then cleaned up a little bit and headed to a new place for the boys, Tee Jaye's Country Place. G got a steak and J&I got open face roast beef sandwiches. We were the only people in the place and the boys thought it was great. Home and we had more to do: J climbed into the attic to check the vent fan, replace his flourescent lights and then into the crawl space to install a new inline fan to boost the AC going into his room. In the meantime G took down the ceiling fan in his room and installed another one. We got our tools and supplies cleaned up and then headed down, J to the garage to work on his scooter and G to the basement to rip apart the fan he just took down. J joined us and we watched 'Going in Style'.

20170902 - Lean 2

20170902 - Up in the am, D home from his buddy's. D&G dismantled the raised bed behind the shed while J&I ran to Lowe's to meet Tom and get our supplies. We hit McDonald's on the way home and then got home and gave Doc one even though he opted out of helping with our construction project. J&G working out back while D&I took his car to get an oil change. Then home and to the back yard, in the rain we got busy. G&I assembled the lean to roof framing while D&J finalized preparations behind the shed. We all then carried the roof to the back and got busy setting pole, leveling things up and finally getting the metal sheeting installed. PRESTO! Lean to DONE!

We all got cleaned up  DGF7 came and picked D up, he still ran and traded out the cars for me. J&G rode their scooter and bike to pick up some dinner for us. We retreated to the basement and watched King Arthur.

20170901 - Flying Mongolian

20170901 - Up in the am and in to work. L heading to Florida with her friends this afternoon, I got the boys all to myself, well almost. Home and DGF7 over to paint D's face and they headed to their HS football game in Westerville. JG&I headed to the Mongolian BBQ, a new experience for them that they loved and then we walked around Easton in the shops until it was time for our movie 'Atomic Blond'. It was a good movie but maybe a bit late for J&G as they were about to fall asleep during it. D down the night a friends, home, all boys to bed. L made it safe to Fort Myers FL.