Riley's broken arm

Well boys, we went almost 13 years without any of you breaking any bones.  Today on the football field, Riley became the first Baughboy to break something....we always knew that he would be the first.  Riley was playing cornerback, and we were playing the West Hall Spartans 9U team.  They had a running back that was about twice Riley's size and he took the ball around the right edge.  Riley fought off his blocker and made a great solo tackle on the kid.  But as Riley tackled him, the boys knee came down on Riley's left elbow.  Riley immediately was hurt, but we did not know how bad it was.  We thought that he had just gotten the wind knocked out of him, but as his coach got to him, and screamed "bring the cart!!!"  I knew something was wrong....and I took off running.  Riley's elbow was dislocated, and Sonya Vaughn popped it back in place on the field.  We took Riley for x-rays, and they determined that he had a chipped bone in his elbow.  They took him out of activities for 2 weeks....I would say that those 2 weeks were some of the hardest of Riley's life so far....he hates not to be running around!

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Impact Wrestling

We had a boys night tonight..because mommy refused to come with us!  Us boys went to watch Impact Wrestling at the GA Mountains Center in Gainesville.  I remember when I was younger, my friends and I used to put on our masks and get aisle seats and spit on the wrestlers as they walked down the aisle to and from the ring.  Well, there was no spitting involved, but the boys did get some high fives and hand slaps from a bunch of the wrestlers.  We saw Gainesvile, GA's own...the phenomenal AJ Styles....we saw Olympic gold champion Kurt Angle...and we saw the World Champion Austin Aries.  The boys loved every second of it.  Riley touched one of the women wrestlers, and he said that he would never wash his hands again....GROSS!  Maybe we can talk Mommy into coming next time!

Trigger Time

Tonight, it was just Jay and Daddy, so we decided that we just wanted to have a "guys" night....now we couldn't decide on what that consisted of, so we just started the night at the Chateau Élan golf course driving range.  We hit a bucket of balls, and then we started driving in hopes that we would think of something.  We were heading towards the Japanese restaurant when we passed Trigger Time gun range.  Neither Jay nor I had ever shot a gun before, so we stopped and decided that we would give it a try.  We thought that our best bet was to start slow since we were both novices....there will be plenty of time for us to work our way upto the AK47 machine gun...but to it we settled on just a 22 pistol.  We took a little safety instruction and we put up our target, and then we started shooting.  I think that I won the closest to the bullseye award, but Jay held his own as well.    We never made it to the Japanese place, but we both had a good time being guys tonight!

1st day of school

Another school year is here!!  After a long summer of playing at the pool and at Lake Lanier Islands, it is time to go back to school.  Jay starts 7th grade, Cody starts 4th grade, and Riley moves to the Intermediate School and 3rd grade.  I know that you boys are going to have an outstanding school year.  Mom and I are so proud of you and your commitment to your school work.  We love you all so much!

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Baughboys at Turner Field

Jay had won some Braves tickets one night when he went to church with his friend, Jack Weaver, and us boys went down to Turner Field today and saw the Braves play.  It was Cody and Riley's first Braves game,  and I was excited to get to take them.  The Braves played the New York Mets today, and to make it extra special, we got to watch Chipper Jones play.  Chipper had announced in spring training that this year would be his last year as a player.  Chipper is going to be a first ballot hall of famer, ane he will have every Atlanta Brave offensive record when he retires, and now you boys can always say that you got to see him play.  I remember when I was a boy and we went to see the Braves play and I got to see players like Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Barry Bonds, and of course the Braves like Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Jihn Smoltz, Phil Niekro, and Dale Murphy.  I love the Braves....and I hope that you boys will grow to love watching them as well.  It was a great day!