Monday, June 16, 2008

Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

Tonight we enjoyed an evening of Colorado baseball. The weather was perfect, the boys were well behaved (I swear it!) and Grandpa Green was able to join us. We even saw Mrs. Kravitz's family on the jumbo tron. Other than the creepy, black, military helicopters that kept flying over the stadium (prepping for the upcoming DNC convention) and miserable traffic on the way up, it was a FABULOUS night.


While we all love to take in a ball game, I've decided our reasons are radically different.


Reasons we love to go see the Rockies:

Diamond: Watching the game and a fun evening with the boys
Me: Sitting outside on a beautiful evening and watching the boys get all excited
BB#1: Watching the game and the free stuff they give away (tonight was a replica of the 2007 League Championship trophy)
BB#2: Ice-cream and the Seventh Inning Stretch
The Caboose: Dinger (the Rockie's mascot) and seats and flip up and down

I once heard a bit of advice that went something like this: develop family pastimes and traditions that will bring your children together, even as they become teenagers and adults. So, even though the Rockies lost (7-1 Braves) we, as a family, won. (Way too cheesy?? Oh well...)


8 comments:

Brittany said...

Yes cheesy, but how fun. I would love to take the girls some time this year!

Dodi said...

AWwww! Way fun. Love the part about your caboose... That is just so "two years old", and the look on his face in that dinger picture is precious.

Mom of Three said...

Looks like you had a lot of fun together. I like that necklace that you are wearing. Where did you get such a great piece?!!

Anonymous said...

Yes, we are now famous! :) I agree with you -- the Rockies' game was really fun and a great way to spend the evening with the family! It was fun to see you there.

tz said...

what great family pictures!
hey, to your post below..I was looking at this book that my friend has and posted on her blog (do you know colleen from the hood)..anyhow, thought you'd get a kick out of it..
http://www.sharoncreech.com/novels/01.asp

Martha said...

And...how was the ballpark food?

Great photos by the way...you'd think wou were a scrapbooker or something....giggle giggle...

Vern said...

Sometimes the cheese factor has to be compromised. I don't know if this is one of those times, but whatever.

Aimee said...

Baseball IS the American Pastime, right? I agree with Caboose, I like Dinger too. I actually didn't know what a "dinger" was and had to have it explained to me several years ago. I knew it had to be something other than a big purple dinosaur, wait, isn't that Barney????