Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Thursday was a very exciting day for The Spence Family. Kyle attended his very first Major League Baseball Game....The St. Louis Cardinals vs. The San Francisco Giants. We had such a fun night and Kyle really enjoyed being in the midst of all the excitement. We sat in our actual seats for five innings, which was longer than we had anticipated. The remainder of the game, we toured around the stadium and let Kyle play/run around the family courtyard area. The stadium where the Cardinals play, Busch Stadium, has only been open since 2006 and the ball park is awesome!

We couldn't have asked for better weather for an outdoor baseball game in July! To top it off our home team won the game....with a score of 5-2. Since Kyle had such a good time, we are hoping to get tickets to attend another game this season! We do have several pictures to highlight our fun family outing! Enjoy!

Go Cards!!

This evening we went to a St. Louis Cardinals Family Party through a local mom's group that I belong to. Actually, I'm not as active with the group as I should be, but this party sounded like too much fun to pass up. Unlike, John, I'm not a huge baseball fan, although most game nights I have no choice, but to watch the game since it's always on the television. Most importantly, Kyle seemed to have a fun time. Of course, he headed to the cars, trucks, and race tracks first. The baseball game wasn't his top priortity of the evening as you can see from the pictures below. I was really proud of myself because I only took ten pictures the entire evening and none of them were all that wonderful. That isn't going to stop me from showing off my Little St. Louis Cardinal!!

The Cardinals have a beautiful new stadium, which we haven't even been to yet. That's pretty sad...I probably shouldn't broadcast that to anyone! One of these days we need to take Kyle to his first Major League baseball game. We will put this on our list of things to see and do!

Go Furies!!

For the past 21 years John has been involved with a Rotisserie Baseball League. Today was their all day player auction. Weeks and weeks ahead of time John “studies” to determine which players will comprise his team. He pours over books, statistics on the Internet, and then puts together his spreadsheets to take to the auction. He still takes this very seriously even after 21 years. The Baseball Furies is the name of his team, named after the baseball gang in the movie The Warriors. Has anyone seen this movie??? I can honestly say I haven’t and have no desire to! Kyle was running around the house the other day with this DVD and I was wondering why we had this movie… now I know. I’m not a huge baseball fan, but always secretly hope that The Furies do extremely well since first, second, and third place is cash!! As you can see in the pictures below the guys really get into the baseball league…way back when, John actually had a baseball jersey made with his team name, which he wears every year to the auction. Anyone else have a boyfriend or husband that is involved in a baseball league…or any other sport for that matter??? I’ve heard even some women are in leagues so maybe some of the women readers actually are involved in leagues as well.

Go Furies!

Leaving For The Auction