Scattered Thoughts . . .

W henever Lukey stays with us we will play catch whenever the weather permits.  We had a couple of nice weather days so we threw a baseball back and forth on each day.  Most of our time was spent playing golf on the new putting green in the backyard though.  I'll write more about that another time.   While Lukey and I were throwing a baseball, Kenzie was busy in the playhouse.  She was doing a spring cleaning to get the playhouse ready for summer.  She wiped off all the accumulated dirt and pollen and vacuumed up all the spider webs and debris.  I haven't peaked into the playhouse yet but I am sure it is looking good.   Below is a short video of Lukey and me.  We decided to do something different by shooting some video of ourselves.  At the end of the video is a short outtake...  I had an annoying Deer Fly biting my legs, over and over, until I eventually squashed it against the top of my sneaker.  This outtake is a full minute of me trying to put an end to this relentless atta

L ukey and Kenzie arrived yesterday to stay with us for a couple of weeks.  It was a nice first day with them and they were greeted with a nice surprise when they arrived...  waiting in the yard were two new bicycles!  They had outgrown their old bicycles so Gee and Papa purchased two size-appropriate bicycles.  Needless to say, they were pretty excited so this was their first activity of the day.  Actually, they did a lot of riding... Kenzie arrived at the house wearing sandals but she changed into sneakers immediately so she could ride her new bike... While I was waiting for Lukey and Kenzie to make a lap past our house, I decided to shoot a photo of the house... I think Lukey was a bit torn between riding his new bike and playing golf.  After some initial bike riding, Lukey and I spent a lot of time pitching with a wedge onto the green and then putting on the green.  Lukey even got a hole-in-one once! After a short while, I realized that we needed to do some groundskeeping so I pull

K enzie has been participating in Girls on the Run this school year.  Girls on the Run is a program that is designed to build confidence and character.  As a part of this program, she has been training after school for a 5K run.  Each of the girls can have a running partner so she asked Gee if she would like to do the run with her and, of course, Gee wanted to do this 5K run the moment Kenzie asked her.   Unfortunately, running had been a bit of a problem for Gee.  She was getting some pain in her joints whenever she ran so she had stopped running and replaced the running with walking and yoga.  Gee started training for the 5K run right away anyway by starting very slowly.  Then, Gee had some possible heart problems that were picked up by her fitness smart watch.  We quickly scheduled a few appointments with the appropriate doctors and, fortunately, Gee was cleared for a 5K run with Kenzie.   (After some tests, we found that the possible heart problems were not worth mentioning.  What