Hello again!

Alex apologizes to his online friends for his month-long absence, but he is incredibly busy and important. Here is a sneak peek into what he has been up to over the last few weeks:

Climbing onto or into everything in sight

Hanging out with his good friend Charlotte at the Greek festival

Hitting up the playground, of course

Yardwork

Heading out to Layman Farms with some of his playgroup friends for some fall festivities and to pick the perfect pumpkin

Taking a break from pumpkin picking

Admiring large farm equipment

Admiring small farm equipment

Bouncing

Riding Oreo

Playing in the pig pen

Heeding the warning and avoiding the goats

Then heading down to Charleston to carry the rings down the aisle so Uncle Tripp could get married. (See - very busy and important.)

And after bearing rings,

tickling the ivories.

What a busy month! Alex will be back with more updates soon.

Weekend Sports

Good evening and welcome to this week's edition of Weekend Sports

with your host ...

Alex Johnson.

Friday evening's weather was the perfect backdrop for a little pick-up game.

I went three for three in the bottom of the sixth to put Team Johnson ahead of our invisible (but no less present) opponents.

Team Invisible brought in four runs in the top of the seventh after I forgot to bring my glove out into the field.

Where is that glove?

Luckily, I have incredible hand-eye coordination and caught three fly balls with my bare hands in the eighth for a quick three up/three down.

After that, I needed a little break. As I always say: hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

In the bottom of the ninth, the pressure was on.

With my lightning-fast speed, I brought in the winning run.

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We now take a break from this regularly scheduled program to bring you a few shots of mediocre Virginia football, courtesy of my parents:

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And we're back.

On Sunday, I began my training for the Tour de France 2035.

This was not my favorite part:

In fact, I pretty much hated the whole experience, as everyone on the Greenway that afternoon can attest.

I think I'll stick to what I'm good at - sports involving balls and the playground.

See you next time on a brand new edition of Weekend Sports!

Summer break in Bristol

Alex spent the first week of August with his family in Bristol.

He was spoiled by his two aunts

and his grandmother.

He shared hugs with his great Grandma

and spent lots of time playing with his cousins

and their pets.

Here, Alex stands with his two favorite things in the whole wide world:

balls and dogs.

While in southwest Virginia, he did some mountain climbing . . .

and completely ignored our requests that he play on the age-appropriate playground equipment.

He was even able to take a side trip to North Carolina to see his great Grandpa Braggins . . .

(Hey - I remember you!)

. . . and had a blast meeting his cousin Clive for the very first time.

They were two peas in a pod.

Can't wait to hang out with you again, Clive!