Ray & Mike on Babysitting Duty

My best friend Ray visited recently for a planned hiking/camping/photography trip to the Hocking Hills of southern Ohio. He arrived early on a Saturday morning and due to I having to work that day and Kristy attending a quilting convention in Columbus with her friend Amy (Mike's Wife), Ray faced a very tough choice.

Ray's Choices:

1. Stay at our house alone and be bored in the middle of Ohio

2. Attend a quilting convention were the mean age/gender of attendance was 60 year old women.

3. Babysit our kids and Mike's 3 kids with Mike who had already been swindled into doing so alone.

Ray chose very unwisely...........option 1 would have been his best bet but he chose option 3.

Ray and Mike took the kids to a parade, a park, and when I finally caught up with them they were headed for a ball game. For their efforts I grabbed a bag of Hamburger Wagon burgers (see blog entry in March 2005 for more information about the Hamburger Wagon) which we enjoyed at the game.

There is nothing like having my best friend take time off from his busy Optometry practice and fly all the way from Texas just so he can watch my kids. What are friends for.........





































The photos from the 2005 Annual Tran & Batchelder Photographic Excursion will soon be posted.