Friday and Saturday fun...

Photo courtesy of Brian





So, as you may or may not know, we were supposed to go to the beach on Friday. We didn't however because mother nature had other plans. It was still a nice day off, we hung out at my folks house, well until Makayla needed to nap. We came home, and she napped for 3 hours. While it wasn't the day we had planned, it was still a nice break from the 4 day work week. Saturday was also a relaxed day. I ran 5 miles with my BCR friends, and while out of no where I had an odd twinge in my leg, I ran with a great running partner and she helped me get through the run.  Thanks again April! After running we went to breakfast, and while it wasn't the best service, you really can't help enjoy yourself with this group of people.

So, that night a friend of mine had baseball tickets available to see the IronPigs. I was super excited, I had only been to one other game so far this year, and that is totally a shame! Anyway, we went and I think Makayla had a lot of fun. Here, you tell me what you think.

She wanted to sit in her own seat, with a little help from me.

This was her hat, and she wouldn't let me forget it.

Anyway we made it until the 7th inning and she was getting restless and tired so we left. While I took this photo because I thought it was cool, I had no idea that right after we left the heavens would open up and unleash more of Mother Nature's fury.

Still, it was awesome, I just wish we would have gone to more games, and maybe each year we can go to as many games as Makayla is old.  Last year we went to 1, this year 2. Haha, and I thought I was so smart. Anyway, that is how my weekend started, I can't wait to tell you had it ended.

High Hopes..

We have a thing going. This thing called the NLDS games. The Phillies are in it...duh, and we won our first game. If you didn't know that...WHAT ROCK HAVE YOU BEEN UNDER?! Roy Halladay pitched a great game...a no-hitter! It was amazing, but that is not what this post is about. See, my hubs and his brother are Yankees fans. Yes, you read that right. Yes, the World Series was interesting last year in my house. However, I am starting to change things. See, when our sweet babes is born, she has a Phillie Phanatic onesie to wear home. (That is all I have picked out right now). Anyway, hub's niece is 2 months old and while neither her mother nor her really care about baseball ( I blame my obsession on my daddy), I think I have recruited the youngest fan. She technically is the youngest fan that I know because my babes can't count yet since she is still inside me. Anyway, without further ado, I present the Phillies youngest fan that I know of....

I love how she is holding onto the hat! Isn't she precious! I think so!

21 days...

Until opening day with the Iron Pigs! Penguin and I went down there to pick up our tickets yesterday for the game June 18th, for when they play the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Yankees. Yesterday was such a beautiful day and I wish the weather was going to be like this forever.

It looks like it is starting to become baseball season and that makes me so excited. Last year Penguin and I went to our first major league baseball game together, we went to a game during spring ball, we saw the LAA Angels play the Texas Rangers during Cactus league baseball. We are excited to be going to see the... and continue a fun tradition of sitting on the lawn! We didn't make any games last year, but at $6/ticket we definitely want to make it to more games! We are looking right now to see if we can go Opening Day...doesn't that sound great!

Oh, and Happy Belated St Patrick's day! Hope you wore your green. Here is a pick of Penguin and me...wearing our Luck 'O the Irish

Valentine's Day Recap

So, I know I have been off of this for a little while, but I thought I would finally let you in on what we did for Valentine's Day. So, the big secret was that Penguin and I had Valentine's Dinner at Iron Pigs stadium. It was really cool, we had dinner on the box level and even got to walk around a little bit. Penguin and I sat on the first base line, we each ate our respective choice meals, and dinner was concluded with chocolate covered strawberries. It was really nice, and we are looking forward to cashing in our ticket vouchers so that we can enjoy a day in Iron Pigs stadium.

I just thought this was cool. Each star had the name of a Pig who went to the Big league.


This is JA Happ's star. I didn't realize he was in the big leagues for almost 2 years!










Finally, here is a picture of Penguin and I in our best Valentine's Day dress!

High Hopes

...yes, I did have high hopes. High hopes that the Phillies would have won the world series, hopes that I would have bragging rights in the igloo of mine, but I digress. The Phillies did not win, but we are still National League Champions. We are still the team that last year won the pennant and still celebrated our 10,000th loss. There are a lot of what ifs and what could have been, but that won't change the outcome. It won't change the fact that my mom's secret boyfriend is Chase Utley, or that the Flyin Hawaiian is also known as Shae's Victorino cuz he's her best friend. It doesn't change how it makes us feel when they win and when they lose. What it does is it plants a seed of hope and dreams about what next year will bring. I do have to say that I am proud that the series wasn't a sweep, and that the Fighting Phils lived up their name. I am proud to be a Philadelphia Phillies Fan, and I guess I still love Penguin even though he is for the other team.

PS Say a little prayer for me, I have an interview at a top secret location today...I will tell you about it later.