Lots of little things have kept me away from my blog. If there are any regular readers, I'm sorry for neglecting this blog.
This past weekend, two of my sons, a friend, and I cooked a KCBS BBQ competition just a few miles from the Yacht Club. I wish I had time to detail the whole weekend. (maybe I'll get to that in the next few days) We all had a wonderful time and got to see many friends we have made in the BBQ community.
It didn't suck either that we had a great weekend cooking and had our best ever finish. We placed 3rd in pulled pork, 7th in beef brisket (we have placed in brisket in every comp I have cooked), 13th in pork ribs, and 30th in chicken (If I get around to blogging the whole contest, I will tell you about the idiot judge who gave my chicken turn-in a 2 in appearance.). Our combined score landed us with an 8th place finish overall out of 43 teams.
8th place may not seem that great, but we have competed 4 times, and the 8th place in the overall was our highest ever, our 3rd in pork was our highest ever category finish.
Yes, we were more than proud.
We will cook one more comp this year on Labor Day weekend. Is a Grand Championship in our future?
Last week my middle son had a Little League game and hit a three RBI triple in their first win of the season.
Yes, I was more than proud.
Tomorrow I will take my sons to the WIAA State Baseball Tournament in Appleton to see our home town high school team play in their first ever State Tournament game. This is a big deal for us because I was on the baseball team at the same high school that on two occassions was one game away from the State Tournament. The whole town is extremely proud of what the young men have done this year we just can't imagine not going. Go Bulldogs!
I will be preaching (teaching is more accurate) at our church on Sunday. Since it is Fathers Day weekend I will take the oppurtunity to honor my dad, and to show the congregation some "rules" I have been working on for my boys and how these same rules can be applied to our life in the Body of Christ.
Here are the rules that I have been teaching the kids:
Rule #1: Keep your head on a swivel.
Rule #2: Shoot the puck.
Rule #3: Good enough isn't.
Rule #4: Empty the magazine.
Rule #5: Have more than one magazine.
Rule #6: Don't swing at bad pitches.
Rule #7: It's not the cooker, it's the cook.
Thanks for stopping by. More to come soon.
