Sale Weekend

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 ~ Eric Hendrickson ~ 

Well, I knew this day was drawing near.  With my grandma being in an assisted living facility and the house sitting vacant, the time had come for an estate sale.

The four siblings posed in front of the Bowers rock before four of us grandkids pulled it out.

Above, Nathan, Ken, myself, and Joseph.

The rock was a challenge to get out, even with four strong men and a tractor.

The rock was a piece of cake compared to the horseshoe trellis my grandpa made.  The four corners of the trellis were down in the ground about 30".  The rock and trellis will have a new home in Concordia at my Aunt's house.

We had a great turn out at the auction.

The tractor, truck and Cadillac all went for more than we expected.

You can see Paul and Dale (Stacee's Dad and Uncle).  They are the (2) guys to the furthest left in the picture above.

Above, my cousin Ann, my cousin's wife Kara, and Kara's mom posing with the old stole Kara bought.

Some of the great grand kids had a fun time playing together around grandma's house, yard, and across the street at the park that weekend.  Above, back row, left to right, Harlee, Sarah, and Phoebe.  Front row, left to right, Owen, Eden, Silas, and Eli.

Grandmas brother, Marvin came to the sale.  It is always good to see him.

Above, great grandkids, Eden, Eli, Sarah, Phoebe, Harlee, Silas, and Ty.  Below, grandkids and great grandkids that were able to be at the sale.

Below, grandkids and their spouses, left to right, Joseph and Erica, myself and Stacee, Ken, Nate and Ann, Nathan and Kara.

Before we left, my kids wanted to ring the bell one last time.  Phoebe and Sarah did it, but Silas clung to the pole.  He has issues with heights.

The Redbud tree behind the brothers and sisters was a favorite of mine to climb when I was a young boy.  There were many cool rocks around this tree and each of the siblings took one.  I am going to miss this place.  Grandpa and Grandma were an integral part of my life growing up.  I will cherish the memories. 

Memorial Day Weekend 2018

My sister, Lindsee, and her little family came to visit all of us over Memorial Day weekend.  They came to our house first so that they could watch the girls' softball games that evening.  When they arrived we all were especially excited to see little Will.

Who are we kidding?  None of us could get enough of him!  He is just so cute and such an easy going baby.

The girls loved to hold and help feed him.

Even Uncle Eric is in love with Will!

It was a hot evening for softball, but we all cheered our hearts out for Sarah and Phoebe's teams.

Will was a little tired and took a short nap during Phoebe's game and woke back up for Sarah's game.

Below, the whole group of us after the games....

We hosted a Hastings family get-together at our house so that everyone would get an opportunity to see Lindsee, EP, and baby Will.  Will was all smiles and charmed all the ladies.

We spent a couple fun days at Mom and Dad's house too.  While there we made a Walmart run...

Lindsee, Sarah, Phoebe, and Silas had fun trying on some crazy hats and heads at Walmart.

Will liked the toy we got out for him to lay under.  It was a toy that belonged to all of our kids and that they all loved playing with.  He liked reaching for and kicking the fish that hung from the top.

At church, Will took a little nap on me.  Awwww, so cute!

We filled up a tub of water for Will to cool off in one hot day and four buckets of water balloons for some water fun.

I got a few good pictures of Dad and Mom with their four grandchildren, Sarah - 11, Phoebe - 8, Silas - 5, and Will - 5 months.

Sarah Games 11 & 12

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Game #11 - Tuesday, June 19th, 6pm - Against Oxford
Sarah's team was coached by the assistant coach tonight because the head coach was out of town.  The assistant mixed it up a bit and the girls seemed to like it and played well.  Sarah played 3rd base and loved it.

Sarah got walked at all three of her at bats.

Then she stole her way around the bases.

Stacee was able to get some good pictures tonight of Sarah in action around the bases.

Sarah slid into home.

And, again on a steal, sliding into home.

Sarah's team won this game 16 - 9.

Grandma Sharon was in town this week and was able to watch all the grandkids play.  This was the first game she watched. 

Game #12 - Thursday, June 21st, 6pm - Against Derby team 1
The last game of the year.  A win tonight and there would be no losing record for the year.

Another game that I had to keep track of via text message.  I don't like missing Sarah's games, especially the ones she pitches.

Sarah walked each at bat and stole her way around to score each time.

Sarah didn't pitch great but she did strike out 3 batters and kept the score close.

We won a close one 10-9.  We finished the season 6-6.

Sarah's teacher came to the final game.  I was not able to participate much with Sarah's softball season, which was not fun for me or Sarah.  I may coach 12u next year.  We will see.  Good job girls.

Phoebe Games 11 & 12

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Game #11 - Tuesday, June 19th, 6pm - Against Mulvane team 3

No one was there to take pictures tonight.  Thankfully I remembered to take a few at the end of the game.  Phoebe's teacher came to Mulvane to watch the game because he couldn't make it to the final game in Haysville later in the week.  We did not play a good game but we won 3-2.

 

Game #12 - Thursday, June 21st, 6pm - Against Haysville team 1

Our last game.  Grandma Sharon was here most of the week and got to watch all the grandkids play.

This Haysville team that we played was a good team.  We didn't play our best, but neither did they.  We ended in a 3-3 tie.  Phoebe had a clutch hit to score the tying run at 2-2.  The other team then went up 3-2 and Baylee had a clutch hit to tie it at 3-3.  We had the last opportunity to score but did not get the runner home from 2nd base.  We ended the season 10-1-1, which was best in the league.  When this team played their best, they were by far the best team in the league.  Good job girls.