Grandmother Turns 90 This Year
April 30, 2008
Just found out today that there is a series of birthday parties planned for my Grandmother who turns 90 this August. Sounds like a great idea to celebrate this wonderful event. Now I just need to figure out how to work out the details of getting there since she lives on the opposite side of the Country.
I have to decide if just I go or if I take the whole family. I would love for the whole family to go, but with airfares these days, that gets pricey. I did some initial research and found the cheapest tickets to be about $325 a piece, which comes to about $1300 for the four of us. Or, I have enough mileage on American Airlines right now to get two free tickets. However, purchasing American tickets seems to run about $450 apiece. So two freebies and two purchased would run about $900.
It would probably be a pretty quick in and out trip for two nights. But still, a lot of the extended family that I haven’t seen in many years is likely to be there. Most of them, our kids have never met or certainly wouldn’t remember them if they had. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity for the family to go celebrate Grandmother’s big 90. Our kids do know their Great Grandmother and would really like to go.
If the four of us go, we probably need a hotel room where if just I went, I could probably shack up at my mothers place. We might even need a car for the four of us. Well, we have a bit of time to continue to research airfares and options. I suspect, worst case, that just myself will attend the festivities.
Sean’s Baseball Season In Full Swing
April 23, 2008
If its Spring time and we seem busy than usual, it must be baseball season. And it is in full swing. Sean wanted to play with some older and more capable kids this year so he is now playing in a neighboring city instead of Sonoita. When I say neighboring, keep in mind we live in very rural America. The city is 30 minutes away.
The busy schedule has him with practices on Monday evening. He then has games on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and on Saturday afternoon. This schedule keeps us hopping pretty good. The Tuesday and Thursday games are usually somewhat “local” and anywhere from 30 – 45 minutes from home. The Saturday games are as far as 90 minutes away.
So far this season, Sean’s team is off to a nice 3 – 1 start. After losing their opening game, they have run off three straight victories and are starting to come together as a team. The pitchers are finding starting to get their rhythm and the bats are starting to loosen up. With a planned 18 games this season, we still have quite a ways to go. The regular season is then followed by the playoffs and state tournament competition.
Once again, Sean is playing catcher this year. He is having a hot and cold season at the plate. He is hitting nicely, with a nice amount of doubles and triples. However, he also has some strikeouts against him as he is still learning to protect the plate with 2 strikes. He has taken too many called third strikes to suit me.
So if you are looking for us for the next couple months, we are likely at the ballpark. And just think, when baseball season ends, we get a short break before football season begins. Oh, and Savannah is still taking her dance classes five nights a week.
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