Spring Break 2021

 

Started Spring Break with a wine night with girlfriends. 

We left Friday afternoon headed to Fort Lauderdale.  

We had flights to Miami and drove up to our condo. 

(These boys look huge here!)

Speaking of huge, our plane was a triple 7 and MASSIVE. 

It just towered over all the others. 

Plane selfie. 

We did wake up to a pretty view but goodness, what a bunch of people ready to party.  

Only kids at the condo but they didn't even notice. 

Breakfast with a view. 

Everyday had a high of 80 and it was PERFECT weather 

We had the beach to ourselves in the morning.  Everyone was still sleeping.  Ha.  

Their Dad buried them. 

Pina Coladas. 

They did have a tiki bar and beach service which was super nice.  It was also the reason the place was packed.  South FL just has super weird people. 

We rented beach chairs and an umbrella both days we were on the beach and had the perfect set up. 

Thats one way to have a relaxing trip.  Ha. 

We went to a nice dinner at Shooters which is on the water.  

It was beautiful. 

We saw draw bridges go up three times on the trip!  

Tons of sailboats and yachts. 

We let the boys order whatever thy wanted.  Mason only orders on the adult menu anyways these days.  Stone crab for all!

Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. 

It was a beautiful area. 

We went back and let the kids play. 

The boys were DYING to ride jet skis. 

We did one ride and split the time between the two (Mason got more but Brody didnt even know.)

Brody was up first and very scared.  Lol.  John had to go super slow and he thought that was still a little faster than he liked.  BUT he said he loved it. 

John came back and grabbed Mason and picked up the speed a bit. 

We went to the fancy Italian restaurant in our condo. 

Brody wanted the steak....

We only had three real days there.  Two were spent on the beach and we had tickets to Spring training on the last day. 

We met up with our friends at their rental house.  This historical tree was right next to the house and AMAZING.  I've never seen anything like it. 

We went to the West Palm ballpark and it was just beautiful.  It is where the Astros and Nationals play their games.  We saw Astros v. Marlins.  

It was a HOT day with no ocean breeze. 

 I thought I was going to melt!.  Ha. 

We were so glad to be able to meet up with friends.  Brody's teammate and friend Breck was there with his brother (who knows Mason well) and Dad.  Their momma (my friend) was coming the next day with their oldest son.  Our schedules really only allowed us to see each other this one day. 

Heckling the Astros for balls. 

They got a wave from Altuve (not that any of us are Astros fans.  Ha)

The adults found a palm tree for shade. 

They ALL walked away with balls and were thrilled. 

We went back to the little town they were staying in to grab dinner. 

It was the most perfect set up for dinner and the kids had a great time.  

It was an awesome way to end the trip!

At the airport looking like Washington Nationals fans after we went to an Astros v. Marlins game....

We had a great trip!  We had to come home on Tuesday since I work Wed/Thurs.  

It was the perfect time away.  

SEC and Big 12 College Baseball Showdown

The Saturday after the week from hell, the Rangers stadium hosted the SEC/Big 12 College Baseball Showdown.  We had purchased a weekend pass before the snow came and had been very much looking forward to it.  The storm pushed the games back from Fri-Sun to Sat-Mon.  So, we were only able to make it for the Saturday and Sunday games but were still very excited.  

We were even happier to have sunshine in the 70s and leave out house!

It's the small things in life. 

The teams were Ole Miss, Arkansas, Miss State vs. Texas, TCU, and Texas Tech.  

All six of those baseball teams were in the top 10!!

So much good baseball to watch the weekend before the boys' baseball seasons started. 

 

The seats were all general admission so if you found seats near each other, you could sit with friends.  Several of Brody's teammates had purchased tickets which made it even more fun!

Pierce is a TCU fan so they were enemies Saturday!

We came to realize that Big 12 has hand gestures and SEC has phrases or chants.  Ha. 

Ole Miss beat TCU Saturday.  

We stayed and watched the Tech v. Arkansas game which was a fun one!

Atmosphere was like a college football game!

Sunday, Ole Miss played Texas Tech. 

We also found the famous Boomstick and our entire family ate on that thing. 

Paxton and Brody were enemies this day.  They walked around and found Chuck (Rangers announcer) and took a picture infant of him. 

And we also found Bryce who is also a Tech fan.  

So much fun!

We needed to get home at a decent time Sunday.  We decided to leave our seats and watch the last out by the exit.  It took what felt like forever for Ole Miss to get that last out!  Tech tried to come back and it was exciting (only because we ended up winning.  Ha)

The boys were pumped when it ended.  

Ole Miss ended up going 3-0 this weekend and became the #1 baseball team in the country. 

We were so happy we were able to watch them play in person and have an enjoyable weekend. 

It really was SO MUCH FUN!

We started up our own baseball last week.  

We finally had someone come to paint the kitchen cabinets.  

The kitchen looked like Dexter had been here....

We also started replacing all those nasty old knobs with these bad boys. 

It all came together once I got the cabinet pulls and barstools. 

John and I ran out real quick for a date night.  

Didn't take a picture of anything but the food. 

We brought the leftovers home for Mason and McDonalds for Brody.  

We are thankful for baseball friends who get us to practice when we need help!

Brody had a scrimmage last Thursday since our warm up tourney was cancelled. 

The carpool crew.

We had our first weekend of baseball. 

Both teams went 1-1 on Saturday. 

Mason pitched against one of the toughest teams in the tourney and we were soooo close to pulling out a win.  They lost 4-3 but he only gave up 1 earned run.  He has really been hot lately. 

Like always, I stay with Brody while John has Mason since he is an assistant coach.  John and Mason got to watch Brody before they played.  Brody and I got to watch Mason once he was done. 

This is me with a sunburnt face riding in an Uber since I locked my keys in the car.  Don't ask.  Supposedly its impossible to do, but I did it. 

All was well and we made it back for Mason's last game. 

Love this picture of John and Mason before he went up to bat. 

(He hit a double right after this.)

There he is at second. 

Had we wear a hat Sunday.  We were all fried. 

Eating hot dogs at 9:15.  

We had to leave the house by 6:30 so it was lunchtime by then. 

Neither team had the outcome they had hoped but it is sure going to be a fun season!  

We have Spring Break next week.