For as long as I can remember Tony has played softball over Labor Day Weekend in Fort Wayne... until last year. Over the last 18 years, the college guys have become dads with busy children and families which means that there aren't enough men who can commit a whole holiday weekend for softball. So, 5 of the guys have decided that their guy-weekend should continue. Although they miss playing the softball, they've managed to still watch the great American past time. This year they took a road trip to Philli and Cleveland for MLB games. They sat 4 rows behind the dug-out, caught 2 foul balls and found themselves during the ESPN highlights! While they have started their new tradtion, the kids and I have gone to Iowa for the last 2 years. This year was great fun as well. Grandpa got a new antique tractor to restore and got it to the place where he could at least give rides to the grandkids. It also meant that Quinn, Grandma, Aunt Amy and I got to go to the home opener for Iowa football. Usually their opening game is nothing too exciting, but with beating Northern Iowa by a score of only 17-16, it kept us on the edge of our seats. We also can say that we observed history in the making by watching 2 field goal attempts get blocked by Iowa. One with 7 seconds left in the game and the second with 1 second left. Madison and Jenna got to go to a Tenth Avenue North concert which was fun for them to recognize songs they hear on the radio. Labor Day Weekend... the unoffical official end of the summer. Fall is my favorite time of year so I will welcome its arrival.
