Against C’s better judgement, I took all three little men out of the country to go fishing and wilderness camping.  Things worked out pretty well.  G and B caught the biggest walleyes of the week, twenty inches a piece.

Ten is the number of reverends who would’ve had to faint before we would’ve had to halt Uncle Chuck’s wedding. Said another way, a minimum of eight percent of the attendees would have passed out before Uncle Chuck had to pause the proceedings and wait for one of them to revive.  If we assume that the couple were not going to pass out because they were too fired up, then we would mathematically expect 88 percent of the attendees to have passed out before a halt was necessary.  Thankfully, no one fainted and this situation is hypothetical.

We had a chance to visit the Green Bay Packers’ training camp this week.  The evening yielded these photographs.

The family had the chance to visit the Airventure Convention yesterday.  Here are two highlights.

Finally, C agreed to go flying with me as Pilot in Command (PIC).  I think she just wanted to get it out of the way.  M and K also went along and it was M’s first ride in a small plane.  Before the run-up, K suggested that C might want to pray that she would not get sick!  It was a smooth day (that’s why we went) and I do not think she enjoyed it, but I think she didn’t hate it.  So now, we shall wait to see if her dislike at least moderates into indifference and then maybe someday she will enjoy flying.  I think I see a couple of opportunities for advancement if we could go on a double-date.  Stay tuned.

Even when you have a family of six, there is mischief that must be gotten into.

Rush was talking about the series finale of LOST after it aired.  He didn’t say much, but what he said intrigued me.  I had never watched that show.  So I started from the beginning and I have to say that I almost wish I had watched along with the rest of America.  This is a really interesting program, well written, and with interesting characters.  I had heard that there are hidden clues to the real meaning of the show and what not, so I am on the lookout for those, but it seems to me that the real meaning of the show (at least so far) is straightforward.  These people all have serious baggage in their lives and they are being given a chance to make some right choices.  The show has some interesting and touching moments, but the reason they are touching is that the characters are written like real people with real emotions, real problems, and a real longing for goodness, righteousness, and peace in their lives.

On Tuesday, G got the chance to pitch again.  J was pitching before him and had walked in a couple of runs so G was working in relief from 3 runs down.  J was heartbroken and I wanted to encourage him, but that had to wait till after the game.  It seems like all of these 9 and 10 year old boys take one or two batters to get zeroed in and so G did the same.  He walked the first batter, allowing one run, and then got two straight fly balls to first and a strike out.  He worked the sixth inning similarly, walking the first man, striking out the next two, and taking the fourth on a 1-3 ground out.  I jumped up from the bleachers, yelled, and puffed out my chest.  G got the coach’s MVP award for the game.

Now, the final score was 6-6, so it was a tie.  How do you score the game for the pitcher when his team comes from behind to tie the game while he is pitching and then the game ends on time? I guess he gets a tie on his record.