20170924 + Hot Sports

20170924 + Up in the am and we all headed to church. After church we came home and headed into the office to get some things done, L&G headed out to his double header. D headed to Grove City to play wiffle ball with some of his buddies from summer ball and J&I eventually headed out to his soccer game. It was a HOT ONE and we roasted at the events. D had a blast, J’s team lost and G had a loss and a tie. J&I met L&G for dinner at Moe’s. All back hoke and LD&I ran over to the Wright’s to learn more about how to conduct and Eagle Court of Honor while J&G stayed home and got cleaned up. Home and got everyone ready for bed and another busy week.

20170923 - Delivery Man

20170923 - Up in the am and L headed to IN with Tiff to buy stuff. D was at his buddy's all night. G&I dropped J off at his soccer practice and headed to Staples to get stuff for work and PetSmart to get food for Lilly. We picked J up after his practice and headed home. Home and G barely carried the HUGE bag of dog food into the garage. J got changed and his buddy Conor came over to get him and they went to a skate park in Canal Winchester. G&I were watching the OSU game and were hungry so ordered some food to be delivered. We then cut out a new leg for the little picnic table and our food arrived delivered by D! We had a nice meal on the back porch watching the game. G called a bunch of buddies, but they were busy so no play dated for G. I headed in to the office to pay bills. J home and back out to his buddy Conor's. L home and doing laundry. Out of the office and to the back porch to watch some more football update the blog and work on college financial aid stuff. Tom stopped over to get some baseball scoring sheets and D&G headed back to the fields early to do some fielding.

D home to work on the mower. The McClains parked at our place and we walked back for G’s game, he was playing Brady tonight. G had a good game, pitched well, but they still lost. Home and D got the mower put back together and said it worked! Everyone came back to our place to hang out for a bit before calling it a night. J had Conor spend the night. All to bed in good time.

20170922 - Lion Again

20170922 - Up in the am and in tto work. I had my head down working on an application for planning all day. Got it done and the customer loves it. Headed out to meet L at G's game in Lewis Center. D went to a HS football game with his friends and is spending the night with one of them. J was with the CC team running 7 miles tonight. I got to G's game and everyone told me what I missed: 2 doubles and a steal at home. This is G's first game as a Gahanna Lion for the 2018 season. G's team won and L arranged for us to go to the McClain's for pizza. Home and consolidated into one car and headed over with a stop at the gas station to fill up and get marshmallows. To the McClain's, Tom there too, and we ate and hung out.  Home and J&G off to bed, I was up late cleaning out OneNote and watching Supernatural on Netflix.

20170921 + NOTHING!

20170921 + Up in the am and in to work. I passed G at the corner doing his safety patrol duties on the way. Had a couple call this morning that went pretty good. D worked this afternoon. Home and we had nothing to do! AMEN Hung out at home and relaxed.

20170920 - D Hits a Tripple

20170920 - Up slowly in the am and in to work. We had a customer onsite today and my morning was very busy. L&D took a trip to Wright State for a college visit today. I got done working and headed home. I stopped to pick up my new glasses frames on the way.  Had a quick beerr and headed back to G's game. It was a train wreck from the get-go so watched only enough to turn my stomach and headed to D's game. D's team was losing to a younger team when I got there. They pulled together, D hit a triple and cleared the bases to give his team the lead. They held the lead the rest of the game and we headed home. 

20170919 - Leaf that Car Alone

20170919 - Up in the am and off to work. I took a pine cone with me to throw at G on the way past him at his safety patrol station at the corner. Got to work and it is going to be a crazy busy day. L&G went to a 'Fund Run' with J's CC team. D worked this afternoon. Finished up the day and headed home. LDJ&G + DGF7 were there. L made a nice steak dinner and we all sat down at the table for dinner. After dinner G&I headed to the McClain's to help with hang some TVs and look at the new construction in Lisa's room. Bill, Tom and I got the TVs hung and it was a hoot. Home and up late renaming pics watching TV.

20170918 - Triple Bday

20170918 - Up in the am and  in to work, definitely a Monday. Ran to Scout store at lunch to get awards. Back and finished off the day with many calls and shipping stuff and an escalation to top off the day. Home, ran back to see a bit of G's baseball game, he was doin great and the team looked pretty good. Back to the house, no J, was supposed to run him to Scouts so I left and headed to the Athletic Boosters meeting at the HS. L called later, she had found J, delivered him to Scouts and reported that G's team WON! After boosters I ran to Scouts to deliver the awards I got earlier in the day. Headed home as D was there and would bring J home. Talked to G a bit before grabbing Doc and heading to Bible Bangers. It was only 3 of us tonight so we ate, caught up a bit and headed home not too late. Home and L told me about her day and the triplets in her class that had a bday party today.

20170917 + Repairs, Game & Match

20170917 + Up late, G going to a Reds game with his buddies today. D reluctantly repaired the mower and mowed the backyard before heading out with DGF7. L doing things around the house until J got done mowing the front and then took him and Conor to the Westerville skate park for a bit. I got $ put in the computer, things lined up for next week and parts ordered for the mower. L&J home for a quick change and the 3 of us headed to Powell for J's soccer game. J played almost the whole game and did really good on the ball a lot today. They lost 3-2 and we headed home. I dropped L&J off and headed to the McClains to help Bill mmae a couple of trips getting stuff out of the old house and returning the van. I swung through Arby's on the way home to get dinner for L&I that J helped eat. I ran up and saw G for a couple of minute and he told me all about his day. We ate and got the big boys to bed.

20170916 - Artful Bfast & Flight Home

20170916 - Up and D&I got ready and packed and headed out. We walked for about a mile past some interesting places and art to get to the Butcher Block Cafe for a HUGE bfast topped off with butter covered cinnamon rolls. We walked up over a rail yard to get to the train that took us to the airport. We got through security and whittled around for our flight. In the air and home by 7pm. We got unpacked a bit, DGF7 showed up, we told all about the trip while we watched the rest of the Buckeye game and then everyone headed to see the McClain's new house. I got the tour while L helped unpack some more; LJ&G have been helping them move Fri and all day Sat. We headed home, boys cleaned up and we watched college football until late.

20170915 - D Meets the Rockies

20170915 - Up at 4 with 3 hrs sleep in me. Got D up and we headed to the airport. We got to the gate easy and on the plane. After being seated for a while we were asked to get off the plane until they brought a life jacket for the cockpit, its FAA required, even if you're not flying over water... Finally on the plane and in the air. I slept most of the trip. We got off the plane about 8am and headed to the terminal where we met up with Eric. We got some bagels and headed out. Eric took us through Boulder and up Flagstaff Mountain. We climbed some things and looked down on the flat East half of Colorado and over the mountainous West. D climbed way out on some rocks for an awesome view.

Down the mountain and we swung by Eric's house to meet his dogs and then headed into Denver. Eric took us to get our tickets for the stadium tour, then to our Airbnb place to drop off outlets bags and back to the stadium for the tour. The tour was awesome, we got to go down on the field (where I got a handful of dirt for D), the press boxes some other cool places. After the tour we walked to Union Station and checked out the terminal. A short bus ride to downtown to eat at the 5280 Burger Bar for a good Linner. We then walked to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Co. to load up on sweets.

Back on the bus and to the stadium. We went to the team store and D got a hat and shirt to wear to the game. We got in early and D tried to catch some of the balls from batting practice but it was too crowded. We got to our seats and watched the opening ceremonies where they introduced the 2007 Rockies that went to the World Series. The game started and it was awesome. 

In the 3rd inning the ushers came down and sang 'Happy Bday' to D. We headed up above the purple seats to watch a bit of the game from a mile up. We got some hot dogs on the way back to our seats and hung out there for the rest of the game. It was a great game and the Rockies won. We walked the 1.8 miles to our Airbnb, got cleaned up and crashed. What an awesome day with my man D!

20170914 + He's Only 10?

20170914 + Up and in to work, getting the weekly reporting done. Headed home a bit early to pick up G and head to Big League Baseball in Worthington for an evaluation. He did good, guy had couple tips for him on things, other coaches stopped to watch the liked it asked the guy evaling him how old he was they thought 12: about crapped their pants when he told them he was 10. Eval done, headed home, stopped for gas. Home and realized we were supposed to go to G's practice in Westerville after the eval so back in the car and to practice. L headed out to a college financial planning session at the high school, D with DGF7, J with the Xbox. All home and G had a couple bowls of potato soup before getting cleaned up and joining the fam to watch the Cleveland Indians win their 22nd game in a row. All to bed. Up late responding to work emails.

20170913 - Baywatch

20170913 - Up in the am and into work. Normal crazy day. Everything rained out tonight so headed to pick up some auction items in Reynoldsburg on way home. L made dinner, D worked today and went to DGF7's for dinner, J&G did homework and battled over the Xbox. All home and to the basement to watch the new Baywatch movie.