Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Baseball Champion in the Family

We went to California to watch some of Cade's 
All Star Games.  We made it for the last game of
the District 54 Championship, which they won.
Cade did awesome.  We got to see him make
a home run.  :o)  
Practice uniform in 102 degrees, Yikes!!


Home Run Ball



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We had to head home before they
moved on to the Section 4 Championship games,
which they also won.    
Double Champs


What a guy!

Claire was at our house




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Off they went to the Division Championship which is
considered State but California is so big they send 
two teams to Regional so Cade's team was playing
for one of those seats, Northern California. 

They won the first game 7-1.  Lost the second game
11-6, and lost the third game in two inns of overtime
9-8.They played awesome.  They were understandable
disappointed but they should be proud of how
far they got.  

We're very proud of you Cade!!
Wish we could have seen all the games.

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Claire's Visit

 We brought Claire home with us so she didn't
 have to go to more baseball games and she 
 could get out of the heat, but most importantly
she could spend quality time with Gram & Grampa
 She wanted to visit a pet shop so she could hold some pets
 She was in the height of her glory
 There were all kinds of dogs but no cats
 She got special treatment
She didn't have to share Grampa's motorcycle
 She showed me how to make slime

 Claire and I went to Seattle one day
but I forgot my camera so I used my cellphone
I didn't want to take too many pics since I needed
the battery to give Grampa a call when we got 
back home
We went up on the Ferris Wheel on the waterfront
 and she got a caricature drawing done
 What's a visit to Gram and Grampa's without Tony's Pizza
 and Dairy Queen?
 Had to get her up early to head over to Brooke's
to see her cousins again
 Charlie greeted her in his usual style
 They played in the sandbox
 Played Ladder Ball

 Kicked the ball around
 I tried to get a cousins picture
but someone wasn't cooperating

 Maybe a different venue

Not so much
Some people looked nice




 Claire worked hard or should I say played hard?


 and it showed on the way home
 We had to take Claire home way too soon, like the next day
 But the motel had an outdoor pool so it wasn't sooo bad
 with a Black Bear Diner in the parking lot

Mom showed up to pick Claire up and we had to 
say Good Bye!!

Way too short a visit but we had a good time while we could!!
Loved every minute of it!!

Claire did miss some baseball games but maybe not
enough.  She missed all the Section 4 championship games
but she has to go to the State Championship games.
Something different so maybe she will enjoy them