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Matthew, golfing at the diamond in the rough.

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Matthew and I, both fighting illness and on the back end of getting rid of strep and/or bronchitis.   Were bored to tears at home so we packed up our golf clubs and headed to the little Diamond In the Rough down the road.   I didn’t blog about this place last year when I found it because I wanted to keep it to myself.

I’m talking about Forest Hills Country Club.   Smack dab in the middle of Middletown, Ohio is this little 100+ year old 9-hole golf course.  It is not fancy, but it is challenging and tough.  5 par 3’s and 4 par 4’s, with two sets of Tees for each hole that makes each hole different enough to keep it interesting.  (3 of the par 3’s are 200 yards from one set of tees).   Narrow fairways and small greens.   A nice, quiet (and cheap) place to play golf that’s literally 5 minutes from our home.  We have lived here for 17 years and had no idea it existed until it showed up on GolfNow last year.

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Matthew and his Remington Model 6

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Matthew was given a vintage Remington Model 6 by a good friend of the family, who clearly needs a grandson ;).

Dave rescued this gun, when he picked it up it was in pieces.  He reworked the stock and had another buddy of ours sandblast it and paint it.  

The Remington Model 6 is a great ‘small’, child sized 22 rifle.  Single shot, rolling block.   You can read more about it here.

Saturday was the first opportunity, since he received it to shoot it.

We printed some targets and took it, Matthew and a box of 22LR out to the range.

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“I got this Dad”.

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Matthew shot surprisingly well.   Lucky?  Maybe.   For the most part he was within 3 inches of the bull at 15 yards, on paper all day.   Not bad for a 5 1/2 year old. 

He was stoked.

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Baby Update

Little Matthew is doing just fine.

We had a slight scare in the beginning. We were seriously concerned about his hearing. The dogs would bark and he wouldn’t flinch or acknowledge any loud sounds. Though at times we clearly felt like he heard us or something. It was never consistant. Of course the Internet scares the hell out of you when you read that parents of children who did turn out to be deaf when through very similar experiences.

At our first opportunity we took him to Childrens for a hearing test. The tests did confirm that his hearing was in fact impaired but also that it was, or appeared fluid based. The mechanics of his hearing were fine.

We were told to follow up with our ENT Dr. and return in 6-8 weeks and repeat the tests.

We’ve been to our Family Dr. and since then things must have opened up for him.

We’re very blessed.

There are more photos in the gallery, though they are lumped in with the previous photos.

Enjoy

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Announcement

Matthew Alexander Disher was born at 11:58pm 12/07/2007

Weighing in at a modest 9 lbs 13 oz

Longer than the measure on the scale, with a full head of hair, and I’m not sure but I think he might be able to walk too 🙂

According to the Dr. he looked to be right at around 42 weeks and not overdone at all.

He arrived right when he meant too.

Claudine and Baby Matthew are doing just fine. We should be home in a few hours.