Patrick up to bat at the state Dizzy Dean tournament in Pontotoc. June 26-June 30, 2008

A lot has happened since I last posted. We came in fourth in the district Dizzy Dean tournament, so we weren't supposed to go to the state tournament. Hernando dropped out for some reason, so we were elected to go in their place. The tournament started at 9:00am Thursday morning, so Patrick went down Wednesday night with his coach and spent the night with them. Sid and I were able to get away for his Thursday morning game, and thought we would surprise him, but he told us,"I Knew you would be here!" That's funny, we weren't sure ourselves. They beat Mantachie by 10 runs that morning and Patrick got to play some. We got to see him hit the ball once and walk once. They played Columbus at 6:00pm and won that one, also 8-4. Since they won, they didn't have to play again until 9:30 pm on Friday night, so we had a long day to wait. They game against Grenada Youth didn't get started until after 10:30 pm, so we played until about 12:15 am! Latest that I have ever stayed at a baseball game. This one was a very sweet victory- one that put Grenada in the loser's bracket. We played Houston Saturday afternoon at 1:30. We lost that game, so we were put in the loser's bracket to play Columbus again at 2:00 Sunday afternoon. We won that game and had to play Starkville at 4:00. Starkville only scored 4 runs in the first 2 innings, but it seemed that we just couldn't get a break. The game ended 4-0 and we went home, claiming 4th place in the state tournament. Not too bad, considering we weren't suuposed to be there, and we lasted longer than the other teams in our district.

Since I last posted our oldest turned 23! Happy belated birthday for Elizabeth Anne Morrison on June 20! She was working and couldn't get away to come home for her birthday, so we mailed her a card. She didn't get a cake, but she doesn't really like cake, but I would have made her a pie, or something.

This last week home with no baseball practice every afternoon was kinda strange. I have been pickling cucumbers. I will soon have to start canning tomatoes. We need a good rain. We had a little one last night and this morning, probably just right to start soaking in. A hard rain would have just run off, the ground is so hard and dry. Cracks are appearing everywhere.

Yesterday we cooked ribs and drummies for the 4th of July. Liz came home but left kinda early. I figured she would have had other plans for the holiday with friends. Patrick spent the night with Justin and shot fireworks. Justin is coming home with Patrick tonight. I guess I'd better get some clean sheets out!

Jon and Sidney are gone to paint the camaro. I can't wait to see her, Jon has worked to very hard on her and I know she will be beautiful. Here she is, after the first priming.