Take Me Out to the Ballgame.....Maybe

Mother with two of the players Randall Fant (Left) and Nathan Sorenson (Right)



About a month ago I told my 85 year old mother that if two of the high schools in Texarkana made it to the state baseball championship tournament "I" was seriously thinking about going....well she says that could be "OUR" vacation. I thought unless you have a frog in your pocket I didn't mention you going. Well it so happened that Pleasant Grove and Texas High both made it to the tournament so off we went to Austin, TX.... I took two of my close friends with me and it took all of us to keep track of her, (she wonders off like a little child). She has been an avid sports fan for Texas High since 1946. She was priviledged to see them win state in football in 2002 and was so excited about going on this trip. After THS won the semi-final game on Wednesday afternoon, I thought wow we may have a chance to win it all this year. We had 4 top college signees on this team. One of those 4 got drafted in the first round of the baseball draft two days before the tournament. On Thursday, Texas High won it's first state baseball championship and mother was there to witness it. Everyone, including her doctor just knew she would never survive the trip but when her Tigers won she had tears in her eyes and said well I've finally seen it and I'm ready to go be with Jones (my daddy who passed away in 2003. Pleasant Grove didn't fair as well as they got beat in the semi-final game of their division. I hated that because how awesome would it have been to have two state champions from the same town.

As I'm sitting watching LSU and Texas play the final game of the college world series it isn't looking good for Texas.... how I wish that Texas could win because she loves those Longhorns as much as she does her Tigers. But is I can only have one championship this year I'm glad it was the Tigers, they have never won before and TEXAS has several under their belt....

Father's Day

I've listened all day long to people wishing everyone Happy Father's Day. If you've lost your father it isn't a very happy day. I lost my daddy 5 1/2 years ago and I miss him as much today as I did the day he died. The love he had for his family was amazing and the type that I would wish for everyone. We weren't wealthy but we never did without or want for anything. He was there no matter what was going on in our lives. He raised 6 kids, his parents died when he was only 21 and he took his two younger brothers (7 and 11) and brought them up as his own. He gave us the love that only a Christian father could give. I'm thankful for that because the love he taught me about my Heavenly Father is what gets me through days like this. If you still have your daddy give him an extra hug and tell him how much you love him while you still can.

I've Only Just Begun

I've decided that if everyone in the world can blog surely I can figure it out. I can't even figure out how to download pictures on websites, so this should be an entirely new experience. This will probably be mainly about my world and the crazy things that go on around here. You might say I run a nursery and a nursing home, so there will be lots to talk about.