Want to give a belated thanks to Arni Anderson for including the Bonds at a Redhawks outing. Arni acquired a suite for the evening and the Bonds, Gayles, Andersons (multiple groups), Debbie & Bill all attended the festivities. Perhaps the highlight of the evening was the drunk in the suite next to us. Thanks to York International for bringing this guy to the park.
If you want to see how the song ends, check out Robin's blog
Hope you enjoy our friend as much as we did.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Not Much Happening
these days with the Bond gang. Sheridan's arm is healing well. She gets a shorter cast on the 19th. Paige is still playing some ball. Terry has been touring West Virginia, Pennyslvania, Ohio and Michigan for work this week. I have just been hanging out.
Sure wish it would rain.
Sure wish it would rain.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
What is with my kids and the medical community!?!?!?!
Well, it finally quit raining for a few hours so the Del City ballpark opened up for a fundraiser tournament this weekend. YEAH!!! We are back outside!!! Smiles all around at the Bond house. The girls and I head for the ballpark for our first game. Talk to Terry on the phone since he is on the way back from a "work related" fishing trip to Louisiana (more about that later with hopefully some pics).
So here we go!!!
Arrive at ballpark, still smiling...
Get our schedule (1 game for Paige's team, 4 games for Paige and Sheridan with Sheridan's team), still smiling..
Warm-up for the game, still smiling..
Go down 1-2-3 in top of 1st inning, still smiling still lots of game time..
Get 2 quick outs on the other team and walk their 3rd batter, still smiling no big deal..
4th batter hits a blooper that is dropping in front of 2nd base, Sheridan is charging for the catch, glove catches ground, Sheridan drops to ground and declares "I broke my wrist", NOT SMILING anymore.
Yes, not 10 minutes into the first game of the day, my darling daughter hurts her wrist. Big question is break vs. sprain. Know what I am voting for but think we might need medical assistance. So I call Mimi to come get her from the park, clean her up and put on a brace until I can get arrangements made for Paige. Get Paige squared away and head to ER with Sheridan. In the meantime, I call our friend and orthopedic surgeon Mike Williams. He says get an x-ray and if we have a fracture, come out to his house with films and we will see what needs to be done.
So, since it has been 45 days since our last major medical incident, it seems perfectly natural for me to be driving up to Midwest Regional's ER at 2:00 on a Sunday afternoon, when the sun is shining for the first time in weeks, the ballpark is open, and both my girls are supposed to be playing on the same team. Where else would I be!!!!
Long story short, wrist is broken (of course it is, we are the Bonds). So after Paige is finished with ball, we head out to the Williams. Mike says she needs surgery and he already has it booked for tomorrow (Monday, July 2). Man it is great to have friends in the medical community.
Surgery went well. No pins required!! She is resting with Mimi today and according to Mike should be good to go as a pinch runner in California at the end of the month.
I try to post pictures of the cast soon.
So here we go!!!
Arrive at ballpark, still smiling...
Get our schedule (1 game for Paige's team, 4 games for Paige and Sheridan with Sheridan's team), still smiling..
Warm-up for the game, still smiling..
Go down 1-2-3 in top of 1st inning, still smiling still lots of game time..
Get 2 quick outs on the other team and walk their 3rd batter, still smiling no big deal..
4th batter hits a blooper that is dropping in front of 2nd base, Sheridan is charging for the catch, glove catches ground, Sheridan drops to ground and declares "I broke my wrist", NOT SMILING anymore.
Yes, not 10 minutes into the first game of the day, my darling daughter hurts her wrist. Big question is break vs. sprain. Know what I am voting for but think we might need medical assistance. So I call Mimi to come get her from the park, clean her up and put on a brace until I can get arrangements made for Paige. Get Paige squared away and head to ER with Sheridan. In the meantime, I call our friend and orthopedic surgeon Mike Williams. He says get an x-ray and if we have a fracture, come out to his house with films and we will see what needs to be done.
So, since it has been 45 days since our last major medical incident, it seems perfectly natural for me to be driving up to Midwest Regional's ER at 2:00 on a Sunday afternoon, when the sun is shining for the first time in weeks, the ballpark is open, and both my girls are supposed to be playing on the same team. Where else would I be!!!!
Long story short, wrist is broken (of course it is, we are the Bonds). So after Paige is finished with ball, we head out to the Williams. Mike says she needs surgery and he already has it booked for tomorrow (Monday, July 2). Man it is great to have friends in the medical community.
Surgery went well. No pins required!! She is resting with Mimi today and according to Mike should be good to go as a pinch runner in California at the end of the month.
I try to post pictures of the cast soon.
Catching Up - Part 2
Ok, not so prompt on my part but here it goes. The girls continue to play ball. We have been pretty busy with tournaments on the weekends and league games during the week when the RAIN will cooperate. I will try to update you on both teams.....
Paige's team is doing really well. Here is a picture of her playing 3rd base. She does a great job especially considering she is left handed which can make playing the infield quite challenging.
The last time they really got to play much together, they went 4-0 and were in the finals of a tournament in Del City. But, you guessed it, the rains came just before they started and the finals were postponed.
I think her team has had 1 tournament completely rained out in addition to the finals that were postponed. They also had their last 5 league games called for rain.
Lately, she has been playing with Sheridan's team quite a bit as well and doing an awesome job.
Now for Sheridan and her softball exploits. Sheridan has been playing for our older team TNT Black some of the time. She is primarily a pinch/courtesy runner since she has amazing speed. She was 6 for 6 in stolen base attempts at a tournament at the Softball Hall of Fame. The team won 1st place and qualified for nationals in Sacramento in late July. Sounds like a great place for a Bond family vacation. She also played with them in Lawton last weekend before the finals of that tourament was called due to a rain that can only be described as being one of Biblical Proportions. Her regular team also lost 5 league games due to the rains. Here is a picture of her running for the Blacks at the Hall of Fame.
Other than ball, the girls are just hanging out and enjoying summer. Maegan Bouye is their sitter for the first half of the summer and Lauren Hammonds will take over when she returns from Brazil around the 15th of July.
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