Troop 61

JD earned his showman badge this weekend with the help of troop 61.

 One of the adult leaders is a magician.  JD got to help with the floating table trick.

It was all pretty amazing!  JD is one step closer to earning his arrow of light award and crossing over to boy scouts.

Fall Ball

In Texas they say there are only two sports --- football and spring football.  That my be true in another household but in our family the two sports are baseball and fall baseball.  We started another season this weekend playing with the Bees.  It's fun to make new friends and eat some popcorn at the ball park.

Express Night

It is the last weekend of Express baseball.  We were enjoying our night at the ballpark when . . .

 . . . JD caught this ball.  He took his glove to the game and waved at the first baseman who tossed it to him.

 After the game he went down to the field hoping to collect an autograph or two.

 Here is the end result.  Lots of signatures and a very very happy little boy!

Are You Ready For Some Football??!!

 It is Friday night lights time again.  JD and I enjoyed a little football and the half time show before we had to go to the airport to pick up Uncle Keith

 JD enjoyed his visit with his favorite Uncle.  We treated Keith to a Round Rock Express game.  It's hard to find something that Uncle Keith hasn't done before --- this was it. 

We'll look forward to another visit at Thanksgiving time.

It's Almost Time

Almost time for school --- We met JD's new teacher on Friday.

 She seems nice and we are happy for a new school year and a new start.

JD had his choice of several things to do on his last weekend before school starts -- he picked fishing.  He and dad caught more fish than ever including this giant.  JD cooked them himself.  They were delicious!

Elvis Night

He may have looked a little like Elvis but when he sang - oh my -- he sounded like @#$%*^@(#

 We had fun at the Dell Diamond despite the bad singing impersonator.

Even Spike was dressed like Elvis for the evening.

Highlights of a Road Trip

Our family seems to have the tradition of taking a short road trip to finish up the last week or so of summer.  This year was no exception.

 Our first vacation stop was Medieval Times.  We visited with the falcon before the show started

 We got hooked on this game at Great Wolf Lodge a couple years ago when we were with the Ridings.  We finished the first game, Magiquest with the cousins that year.  Here we are finishing up Shadow Quest.  It took us part of two trips to finally beat the monster at the end of the game but we did it!

 On to compass quest!  We didn't get very far in this game as our time at the resort came to an end too quickly. 

 JD saw some one's youtube video of Ripley's Believe it or Not and insisted that we stop at this place.  This is the gorilla made from car parts out front. 

It seems all our vacations have to include baseball now!  Here we are at Globe Life Park - home of the Texas Rangers.  Nirvana to little boys everywhere.