Tikes and Basketball

Sunday, my family and youth minister came by my office Sunday afternoon. He had that hang dog look on his face when things aren't going well and he needs something. He was short one basketball coach for the Upwards Basketball league. He needed a coach for 7 kindergarten and first grade kiddos.
Anyway, I broke down and said I would do it.

Well, yesterday I contact all the parents to set up practice for today. Practice with these guys consists of learning to dribble and shoot baskets. Just learning the fundamentals.

All is well, not so. On my team are a set of twins who are big time ADHD. These guys already have a reputation for trouble. I don't really know what expect, but I plan on keeping everything moving at a pretty fast pace. Lot's of running and chasing balls. I am even thinking of recruiting an assistant, even though it is only seven kids.

I am looking for suggestions for ideas for practice and how to handle them during the games.
Why do I always get myself in these situations? I gotta learn to say no.

Out with the old and in with the new

I was finally forced to trade in my old purple Nissan truck for a new one. The transmission was going, the front end had various squeaks and grinding noises, and it was hard to shift the gears. Becky and Abby complained all the time. But I loved my little truck. That took me deer hunting and fishing. That truck carried the two deer that Abby shot when I took her hunting. It also carried me to safety one evening I was out fishing and stayed out too long. A tornado touched down and golf ball size hail was falling. My little truck kept me ahead of that storm as I raced it all the way home to make for cover. The tornado just missed us, but my little truck had some dents in it. It brought us safely from Oklahoma back to Texas. I drove it all over the place. It had personality. It never quit on me.

Now I have a new Chevrolet Colorado to make memories in. It will have to prove itself to me. I haven't named it yet, but I am open to suggestions. Anyone got any?
Well, it got off to a good start. It carried us out to New Mexico to see our friends the Coles.

Guys and trucks, it must be a Texas thing, kind of like a cowboy and his horse.

Ramblings

It has been awhile since I posted something new. I also hear that some of you have been wondering what's been going on? Nothing really, just life- life in the fast lane. Take this week for example: Monday- drove back from New Mexico
Tuesday- work all day, then at 6:30 pm- church outreach, followed by praise team practice at 7:30, got home about 9:30
Wednesday- 6:30 am at high school for See You At the Pole Rally, work all day, 6:00 pm All community youth rally, home about 10:00 pm
Thursday- 6:00 am men's group, work all day, 6:30 pm Staff and deacons and wives dinner, home around 9:30 pm
Friday- Work, high school football game in evening
Saturday- Men's ministry hunting trip. leave 5:30 am return around 10:00 pm
Sunday- church and more church.

I am not really complaining, but being with Tom and Sharon was really relaxing. I come back to full bore get on your horse and run and gun. It's life. Why do I do it? Because life is an adventure, and I want to be right in the middle of it. So who's choice is it? Mine

My favorite quote of late is:
Life is like being in a room filled with dynamite, with a monkey holding a blowtorch. You know it's gonna happen, and there's not one thing you can do about it. You can see it coming. So you can worry, or you can just sit back and let God handle it. What a way to get your adrenalin pumping!

I will be posting more pictures from our trip later, but here is one to whet your appettite

Sun Flower

Just a couple of things:
Here is a picture of Abby with the Texas Baptist Allstate band and choir. They got back this week from Germany, after a great trip there.

I have never grown giant sunflowers before so I planted some seeds and here is a picture of one of the ones that came up. It doesn't take much to amaze me, but I was really surprised when this one grew over six feet tall. More later

Glitter Fish in the Modern Age

Just to let you know,
I have an updated version of the world famous glitter fish. I guess after 20 years it is time for some refinement. You can see that we still have the glitter fish, but with crystals instead of glitter, plus a sea horse.

Additionally, we now have a plaster fish made in a sand casting.(picture on the right) using a styrofoam mold wrapped in clear plastic. The kids place shiny rocks and sea shells in the sand and pour plaster of paris over it. Cool huh? The sand fish is on top left.

I guess it's time to bring the glitter fish into the modern world. Oh for the good old days of kids eating glue off their fingers and getting red, blue and green glitter everywhere.

Pescadores de hombres!

More Summertime News and Views

I pulled up my tomato plants and replanted for the fall. The nursery said I should plant BH444's. They told me they do real well around here in the fall.

Laurie- Cowboy Cole's daughter, wanted to know about my lime tree. It's got limes, but never had a lime tree before I do not know exactly when they should ripen. Just one more thing in a long lists of things I need learn. I will philosophie now( if that is a word) It seems the older I get the more stuff I need to know. Is that a sign of maturity or senility? I think they they are real close.

Ok, we started our annual George Adam Park Outreach and Backyard Bible Club today. It's in the bad part of town. You know it's bad when you have to have the police run the dope peddlers off so you can set up. My kind of deal. I have enclosed some video of the garden and of the outreach.
Sorry no glitter fish, but really tasty hotdogs and grape snow cones. I know it's summertime now, I just had my first VBS hotdog and store bought cookies. Tomorrow we will have coconut snowcones, my favorite.

Just summertime around here!

It's been awhile since I posted last. I don't really have an excuse. I've just been lazy and caught up in activities.
Anyway, while Ty,(Abby's friend from Tenn. More about that later) was here, we went to the zoo in Victoria. it's not a bad little zoo. It's two black jaguars that will scare the pants off of you when they come up to the window and stare at you. I got a pretty good picture the tiger, and a fox.

Ok, I am using you guys as an experiment. Becky and I bought a el cheapo video camera at wally world. So here is a short video for you to look at.
Email me and let me know about how it looks. You guys know me, I can get into a gadget every now and then. More later.