(Thanks to General Conference today, I'm getting caught up on the blog! :) )
We all know Lane is a Diamondbacks fanatic. We are in our 7th year of season tickets. Glad he has something to relax, unwind and enjoy that doesn't hurt his knees, back, shoulder, etc.
So of course Lane takes the kids one at a time throughout the season, but we try to take the whole family once or twice. This time we managed to get the 3 little ones with us. Addi sometimes makes it a looooonnnngg night. :)
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| Mom! Take a picture of me with this cute player! |
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So now a hilarious story about the games. Last week was the last week of home games for the Dbacks. Lane and I went to the game Monday night, and Tuesday afternoon, he had been given special passes to come to the batting practice, meet some of the players, then go to the game that night. He got 4 tix, so was taking the 3 older kids. Me and Addi would hang at home.
We got home around 10:30 Monday night, and I went in to check on Addi, and this is what I found on her floor. Uh oh, we were in trouble!! Lane didn't have any intention of taking her, but apparently she didn't get the memo!
So, the next day, Lane called his representative and was able to get another ticket for Addi. All the kids came home from school decked out in their D-backs attire and anxiously waiting dad to come and get them.
They had been home 10 mins. and the doorbell rang. It was Becca - Addi's best friend in the world who lives across the street. (Happens to be my favorite little girl too!) She asked Addi to come and play with her at their friend Sophie's house. Addi was begging to go. I said, "No! Dad is coming to take you to the D-backs game!"
"Nooooo!!!!! I don't want to go to the D-backs! I want to play with Becca!!!!!"
Yup, Becca trumped the D-backs, and Lane thankfully didn't have to take the 5 year old to a LONG afternoon and night of baseball! Kids are too funny.
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| Addi and Becca |
Turns out the "meet the players at practice" really works! Kayla was in heaven as they posed with Chris Young (Her future husband she says). Special thanks to Savannah for calling him over!
And here is Paul Goldschmidt! They were in heaven!!
For Father's day clear back in June, I bought 2 tix to the Cardinals/Broncos pre-season football game to give Lane. As I have said many times, it is impossible to buy this guy "things" because he has every "thing" he wants. So, I try to buy experiences. We love sports, so this would be fun.
As an added bonus for me, Peyton Manning plays for the Broncos, so I got to see him close up! That was cool!
The bummer was that I bought my tix 2 months early, and my brother in law Steve bought tix the day before, and was actually 2 rows in front of us, and paid $20 each instead of $70 each that I paid!!!! Ugh! I swear, if it is something that isn't totally sold out, you should always wait until the end to get tix because people buy them, then realize they have something going on, and sell them for almost nothing!!! I knew that, but I had to have
something to give Lane!
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| Well hello Mr. Manning! :) |
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| We ran into my friend/tennis partner and her friend at the game. |
Now this last picture isn't a "sport" per se, but my nephew Tyler got a beautiful new motorcycle! I was asking if I could take it for a spin, and got a kick out of the reaction of Tyler and his mom Sara when I told them I know how to ride a motorcycle, and in fact rode a dirt/road motorcycle to high school many times when I was a senior. Yes, I was horrifically embarrassed to go to school on a dirt bike, but it was either that, or beg someone for a ride home up the hill, or walk all the way home up the hill. Yeah, I usually opted for the motorcycle and prayed no one would recognize me! :) Course I didn't wear a helmet because it would mess up my hair (because the wind blowing through it didn't?) so I'm sure everyone knew who I was, but that was 23 years ago, and who cares now?? I think I'm over it! ha!!
That was a pretty bike, and though much heavier than my high school motorcycle, it was fun!
