Round Rock Express

Our friends, Rex and Stacie, gave us some tickets to see the Round Rock Express, which is a minor league baseball team in the area. It was a pleasant day--not too hot or cold--which made my tolerance for sitting in a stadium much higher. Stacie gets tickets through her work--she is a VP of a bank and they use events such as baseball games to give out to clients. Kenneth is doing some sort of extra reading program at school where the prize is Express tickets too. So, we'll be spending some more time there. I think it will be a good opportunity to take some of Kenneth's friends.

I'm also delinquent on mentioning that Evelyn had a school musical program a couple of weeks ago called "Every Day is Earth Day." She had a speaking part and did great. The picture is of Evelyn and her best friend, Shaley. As you can see, Evelyn is following in her mother's tradition of being a full head taller than her female cohorts.

This weekend will be completely full of soccer games, particularly because Kenneth's games are tournament games and they are in the uneventful (I'm being nice with my words) town of Manor in a brown farm field. The games are spaced out just enough that we don't have time to go home (or gas $) yet there is no shade and nothing to do in Manor. After the mid-day game we can head to Elgin, another special (again, I'm being nice) town that is known for only two things that I am aware of: (1) sausage and (2) being the town Dr. Phil "adopted" and wanted to "save" from unhealthy habits and Springer-like behavior. He abandoned the town soon after the adoption. Ratings, I guess. Anyhow, if Kenneth's team wins enough games on Saturday then we have the joy of getting up early enough on Mother's Day to be there at 8 AM and start all over again. The kids are so good and they enjoy the competition so much that it's hard to complain seriously.