10 Oct 06 The Perfect Day
In the eyes of a 10 year old it was the perfect day. Who am I kidding? In the eyes of a 40 year old it was also a pretty good day. Reese waited two months for Saturday when his friend from Virginia came to visit. The rationale for the coast to coast visit was to see family in the bay area. But, put it to you this way, the family had lived there 6 years and this was the first visit from the east coast to the west coast.
We knew we would have one day and Reese made some plans that we executed with precision.
Here is a recap of the schedule (times are approximate):
8:30AM - Ben arrives (ackward moment between two friends - do we shake hands do we hug? In the immortal words of Tommy Boy, "brothers don’t shake hands brothers gotta hug."
8:45AM - Basketball on the sweet basketball court in our backyard.
9:15AM - Drive to the bait shop and buy some bait (Nightcrawlers).
9:30AM - Arrive at super secret fishing location and begin to fish. (The boys combine to catch 45 fish!)
12:30PM - Run out of bait - clean up, pack up and head to In-and-Out Burger
12:45PM - Lunch at In-And-Out Burger (ordering from the secret menu) The most memorable line from lunch came from Ben "I am so full but I can’t stop eating because these Animal Fries are so good!"
1:30PM - Quick tour of Reese’s new school
2:00PM - Return home to play video games
4:00PM - The three of us play basketball. Games include: Tips, Survivor and 2 on 1 (I can still dunk and dominate over two 10 year olds)
6:00PM - Run over to Sonic for a slush
6:30PM - Drive the short distance from our house to see the Sacramento River Delta. (We spot a double trailer tomato hauler and proceed to follow the trailer hoping to see tomatoes spill out as the truck navigates turns at high speed. We kept a safe distance).
7:00PM - More video games
8:00PM - Reese’s favorite chicken and tortellini dinner.
9:00PM - Ben leaves
Days like that go along away to handle weeks like this one. More on that later.
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I will confess my “envy†for your day to you. Sounds like all of the “kids†had a good time.
And you were in on the day’s activities … doesn’t get much better than time spent with one’s children. Thanks for giving us a “peek” through this window.
Sounds like a lot of fun. I’m so glad Reese got to visit with his friend from Virginia. We should all love like 10-year-olds!
P.S. - I love the new look and the picture!
Wow, I’m out of the blog world for a couple days and I come back and everything’s changed. You aren’t one of those “change agents” I heard so much about while attending Church in the South are you? Hmmmm….
First, the basketball court is sweet. Have you convinced Beth about the batting cage yet? Anything I can do to help?
Second, why do we adults stop doing the fun stuff that kids do? I mean, I get that we can’t do it all the time (except mark Cuban) and I get that we can’t do it as often, but why do we have to wait to have kids to justify doing childish stuff that never stopped being fun?
I feel a blog post coming on. check my place in a bit to see the beginning of a new campaign to rebel against adulthood. I know Randy, you’ve been doing this for a while, but I’m just going to offer you some structure and support to the rebellion.
The revolution will be televised…in Saturday morning cartoons!!!
Oh, and I forgot to say that I love the new blog look.
Sounds like a great day except for when you made them fish.
Made them fish? Made them fish? Do you MAKE James watch Star Wars?
Randy,
BTW, I met Jesse Kenyon who spoke at our area singles retreat this past weekend. I was mentioning the church at Arlington participating in the building mission in Ensenada, and he said “Did you say Arlington, you must know Randy Wray!”
He did a great job at the retreat–really spoke to us. Thought I’d let you know, since I finally reset my password for your blog.
Rhonda Larson
Sounds like a typical Swiss day to me.
Not really, but I’m just trying to get you to come see me.