Sunday, April 17, 2016

April 17 – “Softball, surfing, and the sky is falling”

Cailyn’s softball tournament continued yesterday with the infusion of teams from Lake Jackson and Angleton.  Boy, those youngsters from the country are sure well-fed farm girls.  Their entire teams were bigger than Cailyn.  Come to find out, they sent all-star teams of seven and eight-year-olds to play against our four through seven-year-olds.  Our gals acquitted themselves well, but were simply overmatched.  Cailyn did have an RBI against the Lake Jackson team to go along with her game-winning triple against another Galveston team.  The final outcome looked like it would be the Angleton team winning it all with Lake Jackson in second.  Great experience for our girls, though. 

The rest of our afternoon was spent at my little brother’s house on Tiki Island.  He and his wife have sold it, so they had a going-away party.  Kind of sad.  Remember, we stayed there for a while after Hurricane Ike.  They were also giving away some of the items they have collected over the years they have owned the property.  We picked up a surfboard for Cailyn and delivered it to her house.  Then we had to return into Texas to babysit Kel’s kids.  He and Christina were going to the Art Walk in Galveston.  Seems the assistant coach of Micah’s baseball team is in a band, and they were to play.  Unfortunately the band’s lead singer got sick so they had to cancel the gig.  Hopefully Kel and Christina still had a good time. 

Back at the house, I drew Noa duty when it came to bedtime.  I read a few books and stayed with her until she went to sleep.  Then I had to make my way out of her bed.  Noisy creation, that bed.  But she must have been pretty tired, because she never moved in spite of the squeaking.  The boys watched part of a movie.  Something about Chicken Little, I think.  The sky is falling and all.  They didn’t get to finish it, though.  Bedtime struck.  Once they were off to bed I found the Astros game on the radio.  They didn’t have ROOT TV on their television.  Another loss for the Astros.  They will come around.  Gotta have faith.

    
Mark 6:50 says, “Immediately he spoke to them and said, ‘Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid.’”


Father, thank you that our faith in you results in something far greater than an American League pennant.  Amen.

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