KC ROYALS!!!!!!!

Brandon was the first pick taken in the 31st round by the Kansas City Royals. Never thought two days could seem like two years. Not only is the wait over, but we have heard very good things about their player developement, so we are very excited. Probably the best situation for him. Also, Brandon Weeden (who played for Santa Fe with Brandon Lance) is in their system and there is a very good chance that Brandon will be placed there (in California).

More details to come. Right now I have to waste company time and research:
All of the catchers in the organization - see what their stats are, if they are hurt, how old they are.
Find out who the hitting and pitching coaches are at each level.
How to get merchandise from each team.
Who the other teams are in the divisions and when they play them.
Possibly schedule trips for Mama (and me) to go see him play.
Etc., etc., etc.

Brandon is a professional baseball player. Boy, do I envy him! :)

B

Final Day

Yesterday's draft went slow, they only made it to the 18th round...that leaves 31 rounds today. BL didn't get taken yesterday, but hopefully it will happen today. What a great birthday present that would be!

Stayed tuned, we'll keep everyone posted.

KB

Next Two Days

The next two days are big at our house. It's the Major League Baseball Draft. While we're all keeping our fingers crossed and doing a lot of praying, we're also being realistic since BL is a senior signee and doesn't have a lot of leverage at this point. He's had a lot of teams talk to him and has been told every thing from he could go in the top 5 rounds, to don't expect to go until the second day so we're not really sure what to expect. He did have a team contact him yesterday just to make sure he was still healthy and there was nothing they needed to know at this point...so that is a good sign.

Keep us in your prayers, we'll be glued to our computer for the next two afternoons. I've even taken off work because I know I wouldn't get anything done at the office.

A lot can change in the next two days and as much as BL would love to go in the early rounds, at this point, he just wants to play.

We'll keep you posted. MLB.com
KB

Long day

It took everything we had to get out of bed this morning. Both of us were so sore from working in the yard all day yesterday. But we managed and we even went to early church. After church we went shopping, took Meg's with us (she came over early this morning). We bought her some groceries for her apartment and also bought 13 bags of mulch for our new project in the backyard. Again, we worked all day in the yard, Brett cleaned the garage and we cleaned Meg's old room and bathroom. We are really aging ourselves at a fast pace. I walked by the kitchen a moment ago and Brett was leaning on the sink trying to work up the strength to wash some dishes :)

Tomorrow starts another work week and a week we've been waiting for for a long time. I'm not going to get my hopes up, but I have a wonderful husband who believes in the power of positive thinking so I'm trying my best to stay positive, while not getting too excited about the draft. One more day and then it's here. I've decided to take 1/2 day off on Tuesday and work from home, not sure I would get a lot done at the office that day.

Hope everyone has a great week.

KB

Productive Day

Well, it's almost 11pm and we're still going strong. Today has been a very long, but productive day. First, Friday evening we went bowling. It wasn't "just" bowling, we bowled in the Mark Harmon bowling tournament and proceeds went to The Children's Center in Bethany. What a great place. We had a lot of fun and it was interesting to watch Brett participate in a sport that he didn't dominate. He's so competitive! We had a blast and Brett actually bowled a 177 the last game which was really good.

Today, we got up and rented a sod cutter and got to work. We created a berm in our backyard under two trees and then bought two truckloads of dirt to put down. Around 2pm Megan came running outside excited that the apt complex had called and her apt was ready. We finished up with the dirt, cleaned out my dad's truck and started loading all her stuff. Whew...we just finished around 10pm and we're both worn out. Brandon and Brooke (his new girlfriend...she is really sweet) are here and we're just sitting around talking.

I'm not sure we know what it's like to have a weekend with nothing to do, but I'm not sure we'd have it any other way.

Three days until the draft. Keep BL in your prayers, going to be a pretty stressful day.

For those of you who don't know, JB woke up Friday morning with a horrible rash all over him. I took him straight to the dr. and he has "Fifth Disease" which the dr. said is pretty common in children his age. He's not contagious any longer, and doesn't seem to feel bad, but the rash looked really bad. Poor little guy, after the dr office he talked me into taking him to get a toy (which isn't difficult) but he was so good at the dr. office. I told Brett he's going to be a sales person or a politcian when he grows up because he can talk you into (or out of) anything. :)

Take care and hope everyone is having a good day!

KB