Take Me Out to the Ball Game...

For Kip's birthday, Lon had given him 4 tickets to an O's game. His friend Suzanne had never been to a pro baseball game, and she quickly got into the spirit of things! The Red Sox started the game with a 2-run homer, which deflated us. We came back with a run. Boston got two more quickly, and we were sad. But all it takes is a couple of home runs, and a grand slam by a rookie, and suddenly it was 8-4 in our favor, and then 11-4, and we were so excited! Boston scored another run late in the game, but it was too little, too late. Baltimore broke its losing streak, and we were witnesses. YAY!

Back to School

School started for Kip September 4th. He has a very good attitude this year. On a 1st day survey, his Science teacher asked, "What does school mean to you?" and Kip's answer was "Discovery". I like that. I told him if he did well the first marking period, he could have his choice of guitar lessons or tennis lessons. Let's see if that motivates him enough.

Labor Day

Charlie & Ruth invited us to their place on the South Fork of the Potomac in WV for Labor Day weekend. We swam in the river and fished. At night we hung out at the campfire and ate s'mores. Charlie made a delicious concoction of bananas, chocolate chips, and marshmallows, wrapped in foil and baked. Yummy! Blizzard swam for the first time. He didn't want to, but Kip and I had swum across the river. After howling and whining for a couple minutes, Blizzard jumped in and came up paddling. Very funny to watch!