Baseball

The kids and I went to Friday night's UNM-BYU baseball game. Below are some pictures, but I want to start with a story. The local news covers UNM's home games on the nightly news, and most nights the piece starts with a shot from the crowd. During the 3rd inning I thought of this, and knowing that the cutest people in the stadium were the kids, I decided to watch the news carefully. And, wouldn't you know it, the opening image from the game is the four of us; it was after the 2nd inning, because I had taken off my long-sleeve shirt after dribbling mustard on it...And, since you're all big Mountain West Conference baseball nuts, UNM won 4-3 after coming from behind.

Saturday we went to the afternoon game. It was cool and cloudy, threatening rain, but the sun did break out after a few innings. But Ryan--he of zero percent body fat--was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, so we stopped by the Isotopes gift shop and bought him a long-sleeved shirt, and I bought toys for Allyson and Isaac so they wouldn't complain that I was being unfair, which of course made Ryan jealous; you just can't win sometimes.

Anyhow, being an afternoon game, we were able to stay for the all 9 innings, which happens rarely with our kids. The Cougars gave up 2 in the 1st, and the Lobo starting pitcher was on fire for the first 5 innings. But once Isaac fell asleep (he napped for 2 innings), BYU had a big inning and eventually won 5-3.