Saturday, August 27, 2005
Vacation Days
Back in April, Mom and Dad came up and we did the Seattle toursity things and the Victoria Butchart Garden thing. Check out the photos here. Or you can click on the picture...
Family Camp
Last weekend, we had our church family camp at Mt. Baker Baptist Camp. Check out the photos on flickr.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
The Results
I can''t believe it's been a week and I have left you all hanging on how we did in the championship softball game. We won. We are the Division 3B Bellingham softball champions! (There are 4 divisions, each with an A & B...) Yes! I have been trying to look in the paper for the publishing of the results, but I guess it's not that important to other people.
The game was incredible, though! We were down 9-2 at one point and we slowly brought it back and kept hitting and scoring and finally it was the bottom of the seventh inning, we were home team and up to bat and the bases were loaded and we were tied. Two outs, I get up to bat with the bases loaded and... I fly out to right field trying to poke it the other way. So I choked. Anyway, we go to extra innings and the rules state that the teams start with a man on second with nobody out. They want to speed up the game by then, I guess. So - the other team scores that one run, but can't get anymore, so we are down by one run; we need two to win. I start out on second and our lead off hitter was up. He can jack it when he wants to - and he is super fast. Well, he it a shot out to right center field all the way to the fence. I didn't know if it would be caught, so I had to wait up and tag up to get to third. The outfielder did not get to it in time and missed the ball. I rounded third and scored, tying the game. Usually in softball that shot would have been a triple for our lead off hitter, but remember he is super fast. He rounded third and was approaching the plate just as the ball got to the pitcher covering home plate. The pitcher bobbled the ball, the runner slid into home, and we won the game.
It was the best win all season!
The game was incredible, though! We were down 9-2 at one point and we slowly brought it back and kept hitting and scoring and finally it was the bottom of the seventh inning, we were home team and up to bat and the bases were loaded and we were tied. Two outs, I get up to bat with the bases loaded and... I fly out to right field trying to poke it the other way. So I choked. Anyway, we go to extra innings and the rules state that the teams start with a man on second with nobody out. They want to speed up the game by then, I guess. So - the other team scores that one run, but can't get anymore, so we are down by one run; we need two to win. I start out on second and our lead off hitter was up. He can jack it when he wants to - and he is super fast. Well, he it a shot out to right center field all the way to the fence. I didn't know if it would be caught, so I had to wait up and tag up to get to third. The outfielder did not get to it in time and missed the ball. I rounded third and scored, tying the game. Usually in softball that shot would have been a triple for our lead off hitter, but remember he is super fast. He rounded third and was approaching the plate just as the ball got to the pitcher covering home plate. The pitcher bobbled the ball, the runner slid into home, and we won the game.
It was the best win all season!
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Championship Softball Game
On Monday night, our church softball team played in our league tournament. It was set up where we played a game at 6:15 and if you won that you played again later and if you won that you played again later still. And if you won that game, then you play tonight for the championship. Well, we won all three games Monday night and are in the championship tonight. Four hours of softball Monday night! Bethany was ready to go home...
Our team plays in the city league as a kind of outreach for the church. Hopefully, people see our attitudes and language in a positive light and can see something different in us. I am the pitcher for the team, so I am kind of nervous... Wish us luck!
Our team plays in the city league as a kind of outreach for the church. Hopefully, people see our attitudes and language in a positive light and can see something different in us. I am the pitcher for the team, so I am kind of nervous... Wish us luck!
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Random Things...
Well, my replacement phone came in after a big ordeal with Cingular. Apparently they don't have replacement phones for my Nokia 6230 that I used to have. Instead, they sent me a Motorola V551. It is bigger and bulkier than the 6230, which may fit my hand better, but I was pretty disappointed in the fact that Cingular couldn't send me what I wanted. Blast!
My brother started his new job this week - he handles finances for a really rich guy. My sister started school this week with the kids coming back - I wish I could watch her in action sometime. I bet she is really good. Bethany has two more weeks before kids come back to school here. She is enjoying it!
We are going flying with some church friends of ours who have a plane, so we are just going to fly to lunch tomorrow somewhere.
My brother started his new job this week - he handles finances for a really rich guy. My sister started school this week with the kids coming back - I wish I could watch her in action sometime. I bet she is really good. Bethany has two more weeks before kids come back to school here. She is enjoying it!
We are going flying with some church friends of ours who have a plane, so we are just going to fly to lunch tomorrow somewhere.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Back from the Peninsula
I will post more later about the trip, but in the meantime, check out some of the photos that we took!
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