Blue’s team lost by one run yesterday in his championship game. They played the Yankee’s.  You remember.  The team with the coaches with man goatees that take things to serious?  

Anyway, Blue’s team did great.  They were loosing most of the game but came back to tie it up at the top of the last inning.  Blue got on base all three times he was up and was somehow dirtier than every other kid.  He got a pretty cool trophy and loves carrying it around and putting it places so he can look at it.

Now, I played little league growing up and there were always one or two coaches that seemed to take things a little too far.  The way this league works is that the coach pitches five pitches to the kids and if they miss those then they are allowed to hit off the tee.  Let’s just say that if it were any other league the Yankee’s coach would have been a great pitcher.  He “struck out” every one of his kids allowing every batter to hit off the tee.  Clever strategy I suppose.  Either way we had a great time and the boys had fun.

We found out yesterday that there is a County Tournament for the cities best teams starting today that Blue’s team is in so it’s cool the season doesn’t have to end quite yet.  I can’t say enough good things about Blue’s coaches.  They have done a great job.  I have no idea how they are able to organize twelve 5 year olds, but somehow they do it and do it well.  I will have some pictures posted here as soon as I can.

• Today we are visiting a new church, not because we want to leave our church but, because we were invited to a friends church.  
• Today is Blue’s last baseball game.  It’s the Championship game against the Yankee’s with the freak coach.  Last time Blue’s team played them he got mad and threw his glove.  They are five and six year olds.
• I’ve noticed some new links here, and I am bad about adding people.  If you link to me and I don’t link to you, let me know and I will change that.
• We watched the movie August Rush last night.  I liked it.  Anyone else seen it?
• This made me laugh last night.
• Both Kristin and I explicitly remember her locking the front door last night before bed.  This morning it was open when we woke up.  If you are coming in out house to watch us sleep, stop it.  It’s creepy

So, this is Stats Suck Sunday.  Welcome to it.  This is the place to come with little expectation of anything for the day.  This is also a place where you can link to the most random things you want.  Wanted to blog about a picture of your goldfish?  Today’s the day.  I know most of this makes no sense but it doesn’t need to.  Happy Sunday.  What random things are you blogging today?

Well, I just sat down from an entire day of having awesome meetings, dinner with the family, watching my far more mechanical neighbor fix my lawn mower (again) and returning a few phone calls. It’s been a busy but amazing day as far as the meetings went. I couldn’t have asked for better results at any of them.

It was cool to finally hang out with Randy and get to know him a little better.  Super nice, super smart guy, and I can see us working and hanging out together in the future.  Good productive stuff today.

I feel like I am the only guy in the world who didn’t blog about American Idol’s brilliant marketing plan to get Christians to openly fall in love with their show.  So here it is everyone.  American Idol contestants sang “Shout To The Lord” the other day.  Makes me wish I wrote it.

In other news, our friend Tracy is in town from North Carolina, though we haven’t seen her yet.  She is staying with us for the weekend so I better make sure I bleach my teeth tonight before she gets here.  

Tomorrow Blue has his first baseball game, and since his ankle isn’t broken anymore (because he’s a freak) he gets to play.  I’ll be the geeky dad running around like an idiot with the camera.

Have a great weekend.

Yesterday we took Blue up to a doctor in Nashville to get a hard cast for his ankle. We were stuck in traffic for a while so we were a little late, but got there and signed in. After about ten minutes in the waiting room we were asked to come back to see the doctor. A few pulls and twists, and a use of some sort of tuning fork thing, the doctor wanted to x-ray both feet together.

I took Blue in and laid him on the table. He sat as still as he could while the x-rays were being taken, and then we went back to the room. After about ten minutes, the doctor came in and explained that Blue’s ankle was no longer broken. He couldn’t find anything wrong and there was no need for a cast or even the brace that Blue had been wearing. The doctor asked if we brought his other shoe because there was no reason he couldn’t wear it home. He also said he didn’t see a problem with Blue playing baseball this weekend. No pain, no break in the x-ray, everything seemed normal.

Huh. I remember hearing about quick healing in an X-Men movie. We are talking about installing the unbreakable metal claws later this month.

Last night was the first night of Blue’s baseball practice. We got the glove, the shoes, the bat, and made our way to the field to meet his team. Blue did great. He gave appropriate high-fives, rolled around in as much dirt as possible, and even hit a “home run”. His team is the Angels, despite his vote for the team to be called the “Mighty Warriors”.

I haven’t had much time to get excited about Blue’s first baseball season, but after going to his first practice yesterday, I am totally excited about the season and watching him play. We have already practiced this morning in the living room and we are getting ready to head outside for a little more practice. I played baseball from the time I was seven until I graduated high school, so it’s fun to start that that all over again.