Back From Our Trip

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The boys and I got back from our annual trip to Bradenton for Spring Training.  We flew in Friday, ordered pizza and got some food for the rental house at Publix.

Saturday morning, we went to one of our staples, Popi's, for breakfast.  From there, we drove straight to the Pirates game.  Evan wanted to be there when the gates opened.  We were second in line.  When we got in, Evan went out to left field to shag balls during batting practice.  He got a few.  Our seats were just to the right of the dugout.  A player popped out of the dugout and threw a piece of unwrapped gum at Evan.  Evan chewed that gum for more than 4 hours and saved the wrapper.  The player also threw gum to Noah.  Several players flipped balls to Evan as they came off the field.  By the end of the game, Evan and Noah had collected 8 balls.  They actually had 9 but gave one to a girl.  We went to a seafood restaurant for dinner and then to the movies to see A Wrinkle in Time.

Sunday we went to miniature golf.  We played two rounds and then drove up to Dunedin, FL to see the Pirates play the Blue Jays.  The boys didn't get any baseballs, but Evan was able to get a few autographs.  For dinner, we went to the Shake Pit.  After we ate, we got ice cream there.

On Monday, we met the Allinsons at the game.  Bryan Allinson was a coach for Evan's team in coach pitch and then he's the one that started the Marauders.  They are Pirates fans.  They had moved to Orlando and so they came down to meet us.  Evan and Jake ran around the stadium the whole time collecting more balls and getting autographs.  We went with them after the game to get ice cream.

Our flight on Tuesday was later, so we were able to do some things. We went to Quarter Cup Cafe for brunch, then we played a round of miniature golf at the the same golf place, but in a different location.  Then we went to Pirate City and watched 3 innings of a minor league game.  From there, we went to Mixon's Fruit Farms and the boys got orange ice cream.  Then we drove back to the airport in Tampa and came home.

Today, the boys stayed home.  I dropped Rachel off downtown to do some South by Southwest stuff and I went into the office.  I picked her up (although it was tough due to road closures) on the way home.

After I finished working, I picked Cooper up at his house and took the boys to Oak Hill for Home Run Derby.

Following Home Run Derby, we met Rachel and Noah at HEB and got ground beef, corn and shrimp to make for dinner tonight.  Cooper is staying over tonight.

The boys are upstairs messing around.

Until next time...