{"id":2761,"date":"2009-09-27T12:49:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T19:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=2761"},"modified":"2009-09-27T13:04:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T20:04:37","slug":"big-weekend-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=2761","title":{"rendered":"Big Weekend Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A visit from the grandkids is a great excuse to post, right?  We spent most of yesterday at a park near the air base, watching Taylor play fast pitch softball.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2762\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2762\" title=\"09-26-09_2a\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_2a.jpg\" alt=\"The mighty Taylor at bat\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_2a.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_2a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mighty Taylor at bat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s been years since I&#8217;ve been to a girls&#8217; softball game, and my, has the game changed.  It&#8217;s more aggressive than it used to be, for one thing.\u00a0 And the girls take it seriously: their teamwork seems so instinctive you know it&#8217;s the result of hours and hours of practice.  I swear, this is more fun than a pro game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2763\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2763\" title=\"09-26-09_3a\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_3a.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor is the tall one\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_3a.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_3a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor (# 10, the tall one)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor just turned 15.\u00a0 She&#8217;s almost six feet tall, an intimidating athlete.\u00a0 We&#8217;re so impressed with her, and we&#8217;re glad we got to see her play.\u00a0 Several of our friends dropped by the fields for the afternoon and evening games, and every one of them thought she played great.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2764\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2764\" title=\"09-26-09_1a\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_1a.jpg\" alt=\"Quentin finds the Christmas tree train set\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_1a.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/09-26-09_1a-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quentin finds the Christmas tree train set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor played at 9:00 am, 3:45 pm, and 9:00 pm.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a long day, even for someone who&#8217;s fit and strong!\u00a0 Donna and I, along with Taylor&#8217;s mom &amp; dad, and little brother Quentin, our grandson, went home between games.\u00a0 Quentin, as you can see, managed to find some entertainment!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re having a great weekend.\u00a0 Taylor is back at the softball field playing elimination games, along with Donna, Greg, Beth, and Quentin.\u00a0 I&#8217;m home smoking spareribs and a brisket for dinner tonight, wishing I could be two places at once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit from the grandkids is a great excuse to post, right? We spent most of yesterday at a park near the air base, watching Taylor play fast pitch softball. It&#8217;s been years since I&#8217;ve been to a girls&#8217; softball game, and my, has the game changed. It&#8217;s more aggressive than it used to be, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2766,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions\/2766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}