A Victory for Arizona and U.S. citizens

The U.S. Supreme court upheld a 2007 Arizona law that punishes businesses that knowingly hire illegals.  This sets the stage for SB1070 to be upheld too.  Go Arizona!!!  Obama, Holder and Neopolitan can stick it!! 

The end of school has arrived and that can only mean one thing, that summer baseball has arrived.  Next week, JD will travel to St. Louis ahead of me for a showcase tournament at St. Louis University.  I'm just going to use one vacation day and I'll arrive Friday and stay the balance of the weekend.  It's always nice to go to St. Louis to play since we don't have to get hotel rooms and we also get to see our family and friends while there.

Meanwhile, the illegal immigration battle continued yesterday with 108 illegals found in a 1300 sq ft drop house in Phoenix.   Story Link     Thankfully, a concerned citizen reported the activity to local law enforcement and now the detainees are being held by DHS and ICE.  It sounds like they captured some of the smugglers as well.  Obama and Neopolitan (yes, spelled that way on purpose) continue to say our southern border is safer and more secure than ever.  Yeah, obviously.  They don't want to help the States stop the flow of illegals but they don't want the States to do it themselves either.  Ridiculous.  Go Sheriff Joe!

The latest press for JD in our local newspaper:  Liberty Tribune Article

 Last night we went to the Royals/Cardinals game.  The Royals came away with a 3-0 victory and JD and his two friends were on the Jumbotron four times!  It was one of the most fun and laugh filled nights we've had in quite some time as our child and his friends kept us entertained with their antics all evening.  As we left the stadium, people kept commenting to the boys, "Aren't you the guys that were on the Jumbotron all night?"  They were even getting text messages and phone calls from others they knew who were at the game and kept seeing them on the High Def scoreboard.  Even JD's summer team coach saw them and called.  The evening at the "K" ended with a pretty nice fireworks show.  Absolutely a fun night.

Here's a poster we did that will be given to the varsity coaches at the team banquet in a couple weeks.  The player photos were images I took at games this season.  Jodi and I came up with a design idea and she used Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to create it.  We think it turned out great.  You can click on the image for a larger view.

On Wednesday evening, we received word that the girl JD dated for 15 months through the Fall of last year took her own life earlier that day.  It is tragic that someone that young, beautiful and talented would think that the solution to her temporary problems would be to end her life.  The news just made us sick and we could only imagine what her family was going through.  Our house became a gathering place for many of JD's friends and they all had a difficult time at school the following day.  A memorial service is scheduled for tomorrow.

3 Things

1.  Carlos Santana Sucks!!! (If you don't get it, Google Civil Rights game)
2.  513 illegals found in two semi's headed to U.S. Busted in trucks
3.  My wife is awesome.

So much going on

JD's concert was fantastic Friday evening.  The concert featured Pop songs that most people would know and you could see where they made changes to the arrangement if any.  They started with Hey Soul Sister by Train.  The girls group then sang Time after Time by Cyndi Lauper followed by the Chamber Choir singing Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.  The boys followed that with a funny and highly entertaining rendition of the theme song from Spiderman.  The Chamber Choir came back with Mr. Blue Sky by ELO and then a short break was taken to hand out awards.  The girls came back with Firework by Katy Perry before the final song which was Africa by Toto.  JD had found a Youtube video online where an acapella choir did a remake of the song complete with a storm at the beginning of the song.  His choir teacher liked it so much, they did the same thing.  It was very impressive.  Here's the video JD gave to his teacher.  As you can see, there is a man doing "mouth percussion" or beatboxing".  His teacher had JD do the drum fills the same way as part of their concert.



This weekend, we added a new addition to our household  A good friend of JD's has moved in with us for the time being.  It's a very long story but the bottom line is that right now his quality of life is much better than when he was at home and we're going to ensure that continues until he makes a decision to go elsewhere.  I'm not very popular with his dad and step mother at the moment but I'm not out to win popularity contests and I think most people that know me know that.  It's sad that it's come to this but it is what it is. 

Jodi will be putting in some extra hours this week and possibly beyond since they've had trouble finding some keepers in their recent hiring at work.  The last two hires have not gone well and now they are once again short staffed.  

We're all looking forward to going to the Royals/Cardinals game on Friday.  As an added bonus, it's FIREWORKS FRIDAY!!  WooooHoooo!!  :)

2011 Prom

JD went to prom last night with his girlfriend, Megan.  We took pictures prior to them going to dinner at B.D.'s Mongolian Grill.  From there, they headed to Bartle Hall for Liberty High's prom.  They returned home afterward to change into more casual clothes and then went to the after party at the high school until 2:30am.  Here's a few pics I took.



JD pitched a heckuva game today on a cold and windy day.  Game time temps were in the upper 40's with a windchill hovering around 40.  You certainly don't expect that type of weather in mid-May but you have to play on.  He went 7 innings, allowed 4 hits and 1 earned run.  Unfortunately, our offense struggled today and at the end of 7 innings, we were tied 2-2.  JD was pulled and in the bottom of the 9th, the opposing team got a single, walk, walk and a single which ended the Eagles season.

I know JD is looking forward to rejoining his summer team and traveling to the best college showcase events in the nation.  Let's hope he continues to do well.

Tonight he is taking his girlfriend to prom so I will be sure to post photos soon. 

Obumbles is back on his immigration reform kick.  He just doesn't get it and chooses to ignore the will of American citizens.  It's all about securing new votes. 

I keep hearing this call for immigration reform.  It's all about amnesty or a path to citizenship for the million who have entered our counrty illegally.  We have immigration policy and laws in place and they just need to be enforced.  Heavily fine the employers of illegals and deport them all, not just those who have commited crimes while here, which is apparently the new directive of the Obama Administration.

The good news is that this has no chance of passing with the Republicans holding a majority in the House.  I'm sure we'll see the illegal masses marching in our streets shortly making demands of our country.  They will be carrying Mexican flags and signs written in Spanish showing how much they want to come here and assimilate.  (I hope you can detect my sarcasm).

To all of the illegals who make demands of my country, go F$#! yourself you frickin' cockroaches!!!

Here's JD on the mound Friday night in his complete game against Kearney. 

On a cool night under the lights, JD pitched a complete game last night against Kearney and the Eagles brought home a 4-3 win.  JD struck out 10 while walking one and his defense made some nice plays behind him.  The Eagles redeemed themselves after an earlier loss this year to their conference opponent.  The Eagles finish third in their conference with a 6-4 record, one loss behind Kearney at 7-3.

Districts start next Saturday where JD will pitch against Park Hill at 10am.  The winner of that game will play in the district semi-final game against the winner of the Liberty - Platte County game. 

We've entered the final week of the high school baseball regular season and the Eagles have three conference games remaining, starting with Staley tonight.  JD will pitch Friday night and then the seedings for districts will be set.  Once you get into districts, a loss ends your season. 

Summer ball begins the first week in June and we're ready to hit the road.  Four of JD's teammates have already verbally committed to colleges (Oklahoma, Kansas State, Central Missouri & Nebraska-Omaha).  We expect that our other players will garner interest this summer and get offers to play ball in college as well.  It should be an exciting two months for the players and their families, not to mention a bit stressful.