July 21, 2009Benton is really enjoying baseball this season, and he’s developed into one of the most consistent and accurate pitchers on his team. Unfortunately, he’s not one of the most powerful pitchers at the same time. Last season, he singlehandedly “invented” the off-speed pitch — realizing that a slow ball can be as hard to hit […]
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July 20, 2009Bob has a small pond with plenty of fish on the farm, which makes for good fishing for youngsters.
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July 19, 2009Another couple of pictures from our trip to the farm last weekend.
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July 15, 2009Carson opted for a bit of flair with his latest haircut — provided by Julie over our weekend in West Virginia.
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July 12, 2009We headed to West Virginia this past weekend, which, as usual, should trigger a handful of blog posts. Benton is a fan of Dutch oven cooking, so we spent 30 seconds while we were planning the food for the trip trying to think what a good coal-fired dish would be. We pretty quickly got to: […]
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April 17, 2009No kids here — just an assortment of nature photos I took over the weekend.
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April 16, 2009Benton just got a new bike for his birthday from J and Boppa. He hatched the idea of taking it to the farm for Easter weekend. This was a horrible idea — it’s too hilly, would be muddy, and just generally wouldn’t be fun. I was wrong. We took both Benton’s and Carson’s bikes. It […]
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April 15, 2009Two cakes and five grandkids singing you happy birthday ain’t bad.
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April 14, 2009When she saw the first post I put up recapping last weekend, Julie commented that she was impressed that I managed to not lead with Alana. I decided to really show her a thing or two by holding off for many posts on that front. I made it to the third post before I cracked. […]
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April 13, 2009It’s spring, and it’s been a wet spring, so the river at the farm was deeper and faster than normal — the various gravel bars that are generally above water or at least wadable were well submerged. So, Brett hauled out the inflatable raft. Eldest grandkid first — Tyler demonstrated how it’s done: Next, it […]
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