Sean's First Communion

I wish I had taken more pictures....we had 34 for lunch and the deck looked so nice but I was too busy drinking beer and eating fried chicken to remember the camera.

Many of you know Sr Carine, who makes up one-half of Sean's Godmother-dynamic-duo (we missed you, Katie!), who almost cried as much as I did during the Mass.

Sean told Fr Jim after Mass "This was the first time I was ever excited about coming to church!!" Nice. Real nice.

It's back! Cubs 10 Cards 3

A Lower Level of Baseball

Tommie Carroll called and asked if I would go the Hi School game on Thursday as Chase (Jim's boy) was going to pitch. I met Tom at the game and these are a few of my thoughts. The baseball stadium had a complete makeover and is now equivilent to most Minor League parks as it is beautiful.According to Tom, Chase only throws 80 mph at best and must get his curve over to be effective. We won the game 6 to 4 and are undefeated and 16 and 0 but Chase was not to good as every count went to 3 and 2 and he hit 4 batters (one with the bases loaded). The Opal clan was there including Grandpa and Gma from Arkansas and Rod wanted to be remembered to all. Tom told me that Brad said they are looking at his son, Dane, and that Brad says unless they offer at least a million the boy will take the full acholarship at Mizzou. Dane walked three times and flew out the other. In the top of the sixth, Ofallon loaded the bases with two outs and our pitcher had a 2 ball no strike count on the batter when they called xin Dane to pitch. He retired that kid and all three in the seventh. He throws hard but his best spot is centerfield. Something I thought was rather humerous is that most of the players have a song that is played over the loud speaker prior to their batting. Tom could not stop saying how wonderful the Nilsson kids were and all the help they had provided during his ordeal with his mother. Incidentall, Tom had to leave after 6 innings as Maria had a hair appointmnet and his instructions were to be home at a certain time. Love to All Dad

You Knew This Was Coming!!!

Saturday Afternoon WW2 Battle Re-Enactment

Scott's parents are in town for Sean's First Communion tomorrow so this morning we took them to "World War 2 Weekend" at Jefferson Barracks park. Seeing the three Smith boys describing the weapons and vehicles was a real hoot....they were so excited, I thought to myself "Well, if I had three girls, I would see this same level of excitement if I took them to the new Zac Effron movie. Or maybe Claire's for new earrings."

Instead, we choose weapons. (And history). It was long, hot and LOUD and after the battle we got to go out into the field and pick up shell casings.

In one of the photos, you can see the little boy of one of the re-enactors in the belly of a tank. Sean said "Look at that kid. He is living the dream."

There were loads of veterans there, and I saw several people approach one of them and say "Thank you, Sir. Without men like you, the world would be a very different place today."

I'm really hormonally imbalanced today so of course this made me cry like a baby.

Cards winning, wondering if Ty will post a double shot of the dead bear or if he has something even better planned......? The world awaits......

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Thursday Afternoon

So long, Mets! Thanks for the visit!