Weekend in College Station

EJ and I hopped on a plane to meet Eric and Grandma Carol in College Station for the weekend. It rained most of the weekend which warrented a trip to Target to get EJ some rainboots. I had only brought one pair of shoes for him which would've been ruined in the rain. He LOVES his rainboots and can even put them on himself. There was a huge puddle in the hotel parking lot and he spent lots of time stomping around much to his delight.



We also found a mall with a kids area for EJ to play in while we waited for the rain to stop. EJ was fond of the race car (pictured) and the tree house and slide in play area, not pictured because the mall cop warned us that picture taking was a mall rule violation. I'm not sure who would take covert action based on pictures of the College Station Mall. Seriously.


Nicole came for the game on Saturday. When the rain finally stopped, we were able to find a patch of Bluebonnets to take some pictures in. It was muddy but we managed to get some fun pictures. It was really neat to be back in Texas during the height of Bluebonnet season. They are so beautiful! For years I saw families pulled off the side of the road taking pictures of their kids and I always wondered if I would ever get that chance. Then we moved to a place that doesn't have bluebonnets so I will treasure these pictures forever!







EJ mananged to stay up late for both of the night games which is a first. He slept in my arms for part of the first game but didn't nap at all during the Saturday night game. I was really proud of him because he tends to fall apart by 7 pm most days.




We lost all three games which has been happening a lot lately (we are 17-21) so we are just trying to weather the storm. The draft took all of pitching last year which has made Eric's job really hard this year. We hold firm to the Bible verse (Romans 5) that says, “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." So, we are persevering and not giving up hope. God will meet us in all our struggles and make it all good again somehow...even in baseball.