Baseball, Baseball and more Baseball....................

Taylor waiting for the rain to pass in the dugout..................

We started off our weekend with a Baseball  Tournament in Miami, Grapeland Park.  We lost our first game 12 - 9, it was a good game and the boys came back from losing terribly, but just could not get a win.  Saturday we played at 11:00 and won that game 12 - 9. 

Then we had to make a mad dash back to Pembroke Pines to play our regular season game agains the SF Knights, we were victorious and beat them 9 - 1.

 I received a couple of gifts cards for my birthday so I made Cesar take me to BJ's and buy a hammock - he kept insisting I buy myself clothes or something but that the hammack would just be in the backyard and I would not use it..........well I will prove him wrong, I plan on spending many summer days laying on that hammock reading or Brandon will use it to lay on it with Maximus (in this case it will be messed up in a month).

Anyway, back to baseball..........so we couldn't do much Saturday night because we had a game early at 9:00 on Sunday morning.  We beat this really good team from Miami 2 -1, so what does that mean we had another game at 11:00 --- we slaughter that team 14 - 4 (yay Rattlers)......were going to the championship baby.

So championship game is at 3:00 - Aruba vs. Weston Rattlers.  Aruba was home team because they seeded higher.  It was starting to get a little cloudy but nothing too bad.  The game was going great we were beating Aruba 6- 3 in the bottom of the 4th inning - 1 out and 1 man on base when............all hell broke lose and it starting to pour, I don't mean rain it looked like a hurricane.  After 20 minutes of complete downpour.  By now the fields are completed floaded, so the game was called and even though we were beating them, they were a higher seed so those idiots in Miami gave them the win..........I know rules are rules, but that sucked badly for our kids.  They were troopers though and kept their heads high and took 2nd place. Actually their coach David had already explained the rules to them, which I think was good.  They weren't too upset.  I think they were Champions!!!!!!

On another note - Cesar's brother and his wife came to Florida for the day.  They are going on a cruise, it was nice to see them if only for 15 minutes. 

Today, I got a call from my friend Christine.  She just came from a cruise with her family, and is stopping by to visit us this afternoon.........having a BBQ if an old friend makes me happy :)

Life teaches me........... things are not always fair - but and unexpected BBQ with an old friend is great :)

T.G.I.F

It's been a crazy week..............

Taylor had 2 baseball games this week, and he is trying out for the school Track team.  Let's hope he makes the team.  So afterschool, he's been going to track try-outs until 5 - then we have to run to make it to either a baseball game or practice by 6.  I think I lost 5 pounds this week, from all the running around I did.  And, to think I use to do this triple the amount of time a year ago when all three were playing.  Taylor got contacts two weeks ago.  He is beside himself ---- see picture below.

Taylor without glasses

Brandon is doing ALOT better a Flanagan - thank god.........Cesar's nephew is sending him a ticket to go spend a couple of weeks in DR for the summer.  Brandon thinks he's going on a vacation, but in reality it's a vacation for me - LOL (he drives me crazy)

Justin is still in college and working aftercare in an elementary school, the kids love him (he acts like one of them) - LOL.

I spent the weekend planting some flowers in my backyard........now you would probably think - oh how nice, but for those who know me are probably thinking --- WHAT???? you planting - yes I have the dirty finger nails to prove it and it was actually therapy.  But, my real therapy is baseball and the season just started, THANK GOD --- go Yankees.

Today was favorite baseball team day at our school


Life without baseball.............there is no life without baseball