The Bomb!

As most you know, our family LOVES baseball. Playing or watching is doesn't really matter, as long as there is a bat, ball, glove and field involved, we are loving it!

The Spring little league baseball season has begun. Colin and Carson are playing on the Indians and Dylan is on the White Sox.

Dylan has had several hits and good plays in the field. In fact, he has won the game ball in two of the five games he's played. He is a stud.

Carson has played well in the field and his bat is coming around. He's had some good hits and RBIs. He bats lefty and several pitchers have a hard time pitching to him so as he squares to bunt, the pitch is wild and the runners advance. He is a stud.

Now the reason for the post.

Last Thursday Colin was batting clean-up (4th) and he produced. His first at bat he had a two RBI double, and the second at bat he hit a bomb! The ball was hit so hard, we knew it was out as soon as it left the bat. This is a first for Colin and was a three run home run. The only disappointment of the night for him was that Jason was in Maryland and Melissa, Dylan and Levi were at Pack Meeting and didn't see the hit. It was a sweet, and late, phone call to Jason so Colin and his coach could tell him about it. Like is brothers, he is a stud.

Track Meet

The 5th grade classes at several schools in Las Vegas had a "city-wide" track meet.

Carson participated in the meet and scored. He earned 5th place ribbons for the 400-meter relay and the softball throw, and 2nd place ribbons for the long jump and 200-meter relay.

While doing the softball throw, he threw was 190 feet, and long jumped 8'6".

Way to go Carson, you are the bomb!

How to get an annoying cell phone talker to hang up

Jason writes:

I was sitting in an Alaskan Airlines plane at the gate in Seattle on Thursday, heading home, when the flight attendant made the standard announcement to turn off all portable devices, including cell phones.

About two minutes later, she reminded us about turning off our cell phones and that we couldn't leave the gate until cell phones were off.

About two more minutes later, she made the cell phone announcement again. Turns out there was a guy a couple rows behind me who was ignoring the announcements and continuing to chat away on his phone.

The fourth announcement was different. The flight attendant came on the intercom, looked the offender in the eye, and said very cheerfully: "Sir, we know that phone call is very important to you. If you'll let us know how long you need, we'll talk to the tower and get this flight delayed so you may continue."

The guy sheepishly hung up his phone as everyone else clapped. We landed on time in Las Vegas.