Father's Day plans

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Isaac has about 4 games left of his freshman baseball season.  He has worked so hard.  They have lost and lost and lost games.  Folks, they lose all their games.  They one one game so far.  They are young.  They make mistakes.  Not even all of them love baseball.  My kid does.  I drove him to the bus this week and he said that he wished there was about 2 1/2 more months of baseball this summer, not 2 more weeks.  He loves this game.  He loves playing.  He doesn't even need to win.  He just loves to play.

Isaac chose to go to a high school that has a reputation for winning everything....except the sports Isaac plays, namely soccer and baseball.  Lots of other schools in our area hate his school because they win so much.....but those haters....they don't see my kid put on his baseball jersey and hat with pride every game, and go to practices and work hard and make improvements....and go to games and still lose and have fun anyway and at the end of the day.....love the game....of baseball.

Jeremiah also loves baseball.  He has had a great season this year as a 7th grader.  Sometimes he plays with the 8th grade team and sometimes with 7th grade and these boys are good.  If they all continue to play and love baseball....they will be great someday.

Sunday, Roger decided to take the boys to a game at the college world series in Omaha, Ne.  We rearranged lots of stuff so that they could go, and Roger's fathers Day gift, in part, is to go with our teen boys on Sunday and watch a game.  They are pretty exited and I am excited for them.  Baseball....and a day of dad with teen boys....is a good Father's Day.  The rest of us will figure out something to do and be happy for them.

Before Roger gets to go spend a day in Omaha watching baseball he has to get up really early tomorrow, as does Isaac.  They will leave at 6am and drive out of town to go buy wood to prepare to rebuild our fence.  My poor dogs cannot go in the backyard right now because of the 50 feet of open space that the broken tree left.  Isaac has to work at noon and Jeremiah is leaving for a day at the lake with a friend...but I will be here to do what I can to help my husband with the fence....and then on Sunday it is Happy Father's Day for the Kredits!

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