222 Miles, 7 games, 12 hours

This weekend was a whirlwind of activity. All said and done we drove an estimated 222 miles, played 7 baseball games, and Rick and I got to enjoy a 12 hour night away in Gruene (of which 7 were spent sleeping).

Saturday started with Rick and JT driving out to Kyle, Texas for the first of 2 games in a tournament while Zach and I headed to Manor for his league game. Afterwards we met up with a portion of the Voodoo league team for a game in Manor before driving back to Kyle for another game.

Games Review

The Thunder t-ball team played well. They had multiple innings with outs and at least 2 innings with 3 outs. The Titans (which is our undercover Voodoo select team - please email if you want me to break this all down for you!) had a tougher weekend. They played some phenomenal defense including one outrageous diving catch by JT to ruin what should have been a line-drive double (even sweeter it was during a game against our arch-nemesis team). The Titans also had at least 3 double-plays including one incredible 3rd to 1st double play. The tough part of the Titan's outing was our batting. Our team was flat and we just couldn't pull out of it. 

Some baseball shots from the weekend including JT fielding a catch that may have been a little high but getting the out. Two shots of JT and Rhys folding in the last game (of which we were losing) both boys got forced out (Rhys at home and JT at second). What is most important to note is the awesomness of the Kyle fields, check out the llamas and mobile homes in the outfield. Zach has worked hard on his swing and isn't dropping his shoulder as much and who doesn't love a cute shot in the dug-out (all these boys have older brothers so they love to talk the talk in fact Zach played catcher and I wish I could have caught a photo of him giving Wes (far left) signs when Wes was mock-pitching.

Gruene Review

Long before we knew we were having a tournament, Rick and I made plans to see a Todd Snider show at the legendary Gruene Dance Hall, which is on my unofficial Texas Bucket List. We even booked a night at the Gruene Mansion but it wasn't what we had envisioned. We didn't get in to Gruene until after 6 at which point we both had to clean up (I forgot to mention temps were in the upper 80's during the baseball games on Saturday) at which point I realized I left behind my contact solution and other personal items. After locating a $10 bottle of travel size solution and eating, we walked past the Gruene Dance Hall and saw that the show wasn't starting until 10:30 so sadly we went back and took a 30 minute nap before heading back out (everything was within walking distance). We had a great time at the show unfortunately that is where it ended though because we were up by 6:30 to get out by 7:30 and back to Kyle for more tournament baseball. I am sad because we had such a cute room with a sweet little kitchenette. I know we will go back again and this time be prepared to actually stay longer than 12 hours.

All in all it was a fun weekend. We would gladly redo it all but perhaps not all on the same weekend. And of course, we owe a huge thanks to the Largents for helping us make this all possible by carpooling, housing a dog, taking care of kids, and endless hours of baseball talk.