Potpourri

Various things from the past few days:

• Besides our family photo shoot, we had a fun day Saturday, first heading to Stoby's for breakfast, then stopping by the Rubles to see our friends the Disneys, who were in from Kentucky for the Razorback game. Phil started our Promise Keepers group at Wesley before circumstances allowed them to move to Kentucky to be closer to their kids and grandkids. While we weren't able, in good Christian tradition, to break bread with them, they did bring us a loaf of pecan cinnamon from Kentucky that I've quite enjoyed with my breakfast this week! It was very good to see Phil and Terry and perhaps the next time we head to Ohio, we'll swing by and see them on the way. And at least they enjoyed the Razorback game. Most Hog fans sure didn't!
  
  
• Softball last night was an interesting game. I actually forgot my glove (it was in the wrong car since the whole family went to the game instead of just me) so I started out on the bench. We had a perfect top of the first inning, then scored 5 in the bottom. We built a 12-2 lead, including a fence-clearing monster home run by Jason, before the other team started coming back.
  
  It was 14-5 when I came in to catch. Bobby was pitching a great game overall, so it might have been either he was tiring or, more likely, the backup catcher threw him off, but they climbed back to 14-8 before the end of the fifth. We batted in the bottom of the fifth, but a line-drive double play ended that inning with time on the clock, so we had to play the sixth.
  
  They kept coming, hitting balls in the right spots. We didn't give them too much with errors or misplays, but they got it to 14-13 with one out and runners on the corners. At least we were the home team, but it didn't look that good.
  
  The next batter, after a ball, took a pitch from Bobby that the umpire called a strike, making the count 2-2. However, he and his team seemed to think that was a ball as well, because he took the next pitch. It was a little outside in my mind, but he called it a strike and we had two outs. After a popup, we had a win.
  
  Since I came in late, I didn't get to bat, so my average still looks good!
  
  
• Sarah had her four month well baby visit this morning. She's 17 pounds 9 ounces, which puts her in the 97 percentile for weight. She's a chunk, no doubt about it! The good news is that her height (25 and a half inches) is in the 90 percentile area as well, and the doctor has told us they don't care as much about which percentiles they are in as long as the height and weight are pretty close to the same. The cereal has not helped, though, as she's starting to fuss at that and sleeping perhaps even worse at night. I was up much of the night with her, as she got started screaming and wouldn't stop until we took her into the den with the lights on. It took quite a while before she actually got back to sleep.
  
  
• Meron's going to the ear-nose-throat doctor today to have him look at her ears. She's been battling them for quite a while and they've recently gotten to hurting more. Hopefully he'll be able to clear that up for her.
  
  
• My parents are off on a trip with a church group to Niagara Falls. They actually took the same route that we take to Ohio, spending one night in a Columbus suburb. They should be back on Sunday and I'm sure they are having a great time.

I think that's about it for now. Hope you are having a good week!