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.