Andy's Last Home Baseball Game

It was Senior night at the ball field last Tuesday night. Lynne and I got to be announced with #1 son at home plate. This was Andy's last regular season home game.
This is all the seniors on the team, their parents, and the coaches.


We played the Itasca Wampus Cats that night and won the game.

Yellow Iris

This is one of the Irises that I found in someones trash last year. It's bright yellow. It's growing behind the house right now in the plant nursery.

No Intelligence Allowed

This is the opening weekend for the movie "Expelled- No Intelligence Allowed". It's about how the "scientific" community prevents intelligent design from being taught in schools. It's hosted by Ben Stein. For the past two days there has been an excellent interview with Ben Stein on Dr. Lands radio show. Click here to listen to both days. If it's playing near you go and see it!

Auburn Cemetery Work Day

We had a very busy weekend. You can see our Friday in the 2 posts below. My Saturday morning started with the mens breakfast at the new Church. After that I went to the RA racer event in the old Church parking lot. You can see both of those events at the FBC Maypearl picture blog.
The next stop for me on Saturday was the Auburn Cemetery work day.My nephew David was there. I don't know what he's doing here, but it looks like he is singing into a water bottle.

Swellen and Lizzy were there too.

Don't believe half of what either of these men tell you.

GranPa is President of the association, so he led the meeting.
There was a pretty good crowd of people there that day. There were also about 5 dogs that came to visit. There were several flowers blooming that day but most of the irises had already finished.



The drive to the cemetery is pretty this time of year. If you're in the area next year, stop by and visit.

Friday Night Baseball

Dublin drove in for a game on Friday night. That's a pretty long drive for them.

Here is Andy in the pre game warm-up.

Time for the National Anthem.

Andy at Bat. The entire team had trouble getting the ball out of the infield that night. Our bats finally woke up in the 5th inning. We won 4-14.

UMHB Visit

Andy received a scholarship from UMHB but he had to attend the Awards Chapel service to get it. So we loaded up the car and headed for Belton Friday morning.
I didn't take any pictures inside but here is the Chapel on campus. All the kids who got the scholarship met outside after the service to have their picture made together.
Andy had lots of family there with him. They are all listed below.

Mimi and Papa.

Mom and Dad (of course).

GranMa and GranPa.

Aunt Sue, Uncle Alan, David, and Elizabeth. After we all went and ate BBQ at a local establishment. A fun day and another step toward getting Andy to college.

Monday Night Ballgame

We played the Hico Tigers Monday night at the ballfield in Maypearl. These are the two teams fighting for second place in district.
Our boys stood to watch Hico do their infield drills. It's a good time to check out the competition.
Two of the other fields were also busy that night. One had t-ball practice and the other had coach pitch practice. Several of the families came and watched our game after their practice was over. The girls softball game was in Hico so the crowd was a little smaller than usual.
Here is Andy at one of his at bats. The ball just left the pitcher and Andy appears to be attempting a bunt.
Here he is later about to take a swing at the ball. He did get a double later in the game.
After the game the coach told them they did good and to keep up the good work. Our boys won the game 0-1. We beat Hico twice so we are in second place behind Grandview.

I Wanna Go

I was on my way to a baseball game so I couldn't take her with me. Maybe next time we go to town she can go.