Back, Back, Back, Back....

Brian his his first "real" home run of his life last night. He's had some "inside the park" home runs in the past when a hit has gotten by an outfielder, but this is the first one he's hit over the fence in a game. To make it even sweeter, it was against arch rival Hillsboro. How cool is that!! Beat your arch rival and hit your first homer in the same night!! Hopefully this is the first of many to come.

I wonder.....how many home runs do you think Hammerin' Hank Aaron hit before he made it to the majors that aren't even counted in his record of 755.....

De Colores

W Day is approaching!!

23 days and counting until the wedding day of my oldest daughter. So much to do, so little time!! I'm feeling more and more like Steve Martin in the movie "Father Of The Bride" every day. Oh well, it's only money. And they only do it once, right???

De Colores

Chingawassa Days 2007

Here it is, time again for the big Chingawassa Days festival in Marion, Kansas. This year's highlights include an "Elvis Tribute" contest tonight (Friday), sanctioned by Elvis Presely Enterprizes. It is touted as a national contest that is being held to find the best Elvis impersonator (ok, they don't want us to use that term, so we say tribute artist). We have contestants coming from several states to gyrate their hips and do their best impersonation of the "King". The winner gets to go to Graceland and perform in the finals. Could be interesting.

On Saturday, the park will be filled with activities from early morning all the way thru the night. The evening's festivities will be highlighted by the performance by the highly sought after country band "Trick Pony". We expect to see upwards of 3,000 in the park for their concert.

Oh yeah, one of the otehr highlights is the 30 minute program that the "Aulne Quartet" gets to do. We can't forget them!! :)

This festival is probably the biggest event of the year for our little town. Come and check us out.!!!

De Colores