Off day!

Well, today was an off-day for Lance and we were so thankful he didn't have to go to the field today.  He's just returning from a 10 day trip away, and on Thursday he leaves for another 10-day away trip.  July, though, is stocked with home games.  It's just around the corner.

Guillermo Quiroz, the son of a catcher on Lance's team, celebrated his 2nd birthday today.  Lance, LJ and I headed to Glen Burnie ( a nearby city) to an indoor play gym for his party.  We got SO lost on the way ( our navigation didn't help when we had the name of the city wrong!  It was wrong on the play gym's web site and also the receptionist thought it was in another city, so we were flustered!)  It took us over an hour to make what ended up being a 5 mile trip.  After asking the woman, "are you sure we take 695 East ?" for the third time, we stopped at a gas station and mapquested our route from there.  We were SO far off - about 20 miles away in the opposite direction.  It wasn't a total loss, though --we arrived at the party with enough play time left and LJ also got a bit of a nap.  He needed it, and it helped him to play even harder!  We had left with enough time to buy a present beforehand, but we ended up being more than "fashionably late".  I'll post some pictures tomorrow -- Guillermo and his friends had a great time!  Lance and I did, too -- we were jumping in the moon jump, dunking basketballs with the kids :)

After the birthday party, we stopped to get LJ something to eat and to buy Rookie a leash.  We broke his yesterday.  Upon arriving home, we took him out and put LJ down for a nap.  Lance and I napped as well, and LJ slept for an hour and a half in his bed.  I guess he was tired!  

When LJ woke up, we got dressed and headed out for a walk and to look for some dinner.  It was POURING, but we walked anyway, (you know how I love the rain -- LJ does, too, but I think Lance just humored us).  I didn't think it was raining that hard, but by the time we were 10 minutes out, we were pretty wet.  Luckily it was warm so we didn't catch cold, and we found a chain-type restaurant that was kid-friendly to eat in.  By the time we were done eating, it was sunny again and we enjoyed our walk back.  

So, now we are just arriving in from taking Rookie out for the last time.  LJ is resting on Lance's lap while Rookie and I sit in the chair, type this and drink some hot tea.  It was a good day, a fast day, and it's business as usual tomorrow.  Thank goodness for these little breaks.  I hope your day was great!!!  

Love,

Jamie