Happy Birthday, Winger!

Today is Winger's 4th Birthday (observed).  He had streamers by his bowl, a pup plate with cheese and whipped cream, and a new toy.  He was a happy dog this morning.

 

Portage Tornado

A tornado touched down less than a mile from our house tonight. The National Weather Service had issues a tornado watch so fortunately, all after school activities were cancelled.  The warning came around 5:30pm and the boys, Winger, and I went to the basement (Phil was I. Grand Rapids).  The lights started to flicker, the sky turned a green/grey color, and the rain and hail started.  The power went out and we were able to come up a little after 6.  Then we started receiving reports that the neighborhood across Centre had been hit and that the tornado had travelled down Centre Ave and caused a lot of damage at Oakland and Westnedge.  So many trees are down around town and a lot of businesses and homes are damaged.  School has been closed for the remainder of the week due to power outages and unsafe/blocked roads.

 

Portage Central Underclassman Award Ceremony

PC had their underclassman award ceremony today.  Will received a gold medal pin for having a GPA of 4.0 and above.  We are very proud of him!

 

PC JV Gold

 

Birthday Fun

To celebrate Will’s birthday, we went to dinner at One Well on Saturday night.  On Sunday, he woke up to balloons, streamers, lottery tickets, and gifts.  He reffed a game at Wings West and then he and Phil picked up some friends to go to the Tigers’ game.  The weather cooperated (it wasn’t looking good for a while) and they saw the Tigers win.  

Happy 15th Birthday, Will!

 

Champions Day at Comerica Park

We went to the Tigers game today because Alex’s KWings team was being recognized for winning their league championship.  All the winning teams, across all age levels and divisions, got to parade around the field before the game.  The weather was beautiful and we actually lucked into it being a double header.  It was a long day but so much fun!