Fam

Well, only for one of my boys. Today was the end of the beginning of my middle's baseball career. He had a great game today batting well all three innings and getting on base all three times.

Our hitting coach finally got him hitting the ball down the third base line so he could get his little legs moving fast enough to make it to first. He's left-handed, so the whole process of the coach pointing toward third base without the defense understanding how to make the adjustments, and him scooting his feet around home plate to get the ball to go in that direction almost always brings me to a belly laugh.

I finally got a chance to take the boys on the new light rail train that runs from our home town to the coast. My oldest liked it, but my middle LOVED it. He is way into trains. You know, he has the whole Thomas The Train setup at home that he plays with daily.

After a restless night of tinny feet in my kidney, I needed some "good" coffee. Of course the hotel only served Maxwell House, mmmmm yummm!

We should be off this morning by 9 am the latest. A beautiful morning it is. The sun is just peaking over the hill to the east of us, and the skies are dusted with thin streaks of clouds. Should be another warm one for southern California, even warmer for Arizona.