Dad, Ted, Grant and I played the annual touch football game. After a humiliating and painful loss last year (Ted and me), we decided to change up teams. The long-winning Ted & Jeb team had been brought down by Grant’s growing up and becoming a devilishly quick football/ultimate player.

So this year, Grant and I stood Dad and Ted. This was decided based on Ted’s boast, “I’m better than Jeb, so we should put the worst with Grant.” Playing to 6, Grant and I quickly went to 5 to 1. It took a bit of doing, but we finally put them away 6 to 2. I scored 3 and Grant scored 3. I had a good year this year in both passing and receiving.

Dad came up with a plan that he shared with me and Ted. Next time we play, we’ll play 3 rounds with one person playing each round with Grant. Whoever plays with Grant will intentionally play terribly. That way Grant will lose each time, and we can determine that Grant is the worst player.

Danny came along with us while Nicole stayed home with Mom. He rode his bike around the park parking lot, cheered his Dad on, threw rocks at the fence, and played in the dirt. He had a good time.

I tried stretching before we played this year. I hope that will help. Last year I could hardly walk for 3 or 4 days.