Tyler and I will be heading to Minneapolis in a couple of weeks to visit my parents. On the way we'll be visiting Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Tyler is narrowing down his college picks and will be sending out applications in another month.
Tyler and I just returned from a visit to Purdue. Tyler really liked the campus and was impressed by the Computer/Electrical Engineering College. We stayed at the Union Hotel which is on campus at the student union. Tyler got a chance to eat at the dining hall with the students, tour one of the residence halls, and meet with instructors and students in the engineering department. Before we left, we attended the Purdue/Northwestern baseball game. There, for $5 ($2 for Tyler) we were able to sit in the first row above the 1st base dugout. Not bad, when you consider that it costs the same amount to watch an Oxford High School basketball game. Purdue was last year's Big Ten Champion.
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Zach left for the Washington National's spring training camp in Viera, Florida last night. He is riding down with Shane McCatty, a pitcher in the National's organization. Shane's father Steve, is the pitching coach for the Nationals. Zach will be staying with them for a week. Nice time to be down there, as it is snowing heavily here.
Tyler Qualifies for BPA States
Tyler recently qualified for the state Business Professionals of America competition. He placed in the Visual Basic .Net category at the regional leadership convention. The "states" will be held over four days of March in Grand Rapids.
Not bad for only 3 months of programming...
Break Time
Today is Tyler's last day of school for this semester. Monday was Zach's. Mine is Friday. Then we'll have over a week with no homework and only a little basketball. Time for a little rest and relaxation. It will go by all too quickly. Of course, all that is contingent upon not being crushed by the planet Niburu, blown up by a mega-volcano, being hit by an asteroid, or any other such calamity.
On Friday, July 27th, Tyler took a tour of the Notre Dame campus. Saturday, he played at Goshen College and Sunday on Notre Dame's field.
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| Batting at Goshen College |
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| Warming up in right field at Notre Dame |
The final 5 games of the 2012 Rebel season are this week. All will be played near South Bend, Indiana in a showcase tournament. The final game on Sunday, will be at Notre Dame's stadium. Tyler has had a busy month, playing in the AABC District Tournament the week before last in Fremont, Indiana. This last week he was in Ft. Wayne for the AYBT Basketball Tournament, and now this week, Notre Dame. Squeezed into all of that, was Zach's graduation party. August will most likely be filled with tryouts for next year's baseball team and basketball workouts.
