Take me out to the ballgame...

Baseball season is in full swing!

Holden has a few professional baseball players that he really likes and follows such as Bryce Harper who plays for the Washington Nationals and Mike Trout who plays for the Los Angeles Angels.  On numerous occasions he has asked if he could see his favorite teams/players if they come close to where we live.   Well, I just happened to look at the Brewers schedule a few weeks ago and noticed that the Angels were coming to play the Brewers in Milwaukee, I knew we had to get tickets.

Monday after school, we headed to Milwaukee.  We wanted to get there early so we could see batting practice.

We actually got there before the doors opened so we walked around the ball field and found the last Hank Aaron home run plaque.

Finally the doors opened and as soon as we walked in, Holden spotted Mike Trout warming up.

 

We watch the Angels warm up and Holden caught a foul ball during their warm up!   As we were walking back to our seats, a player asked Rylan if he got a ball as well and he said, "No."  The guy then tossed him a ball. So exciting!!!!

There was a little time before the game started so we went and got food.

 

The teams started coming back out to warm up and the boys were right at the railing watching intently.  At one point, Rylan was yelling..."Mike Trout, Mike Trout!"  This kid!  Well, it worked!
Mike Trout walked over to give and autograph.  I am sure you can imagine everyone ran over to get an autograph.

Holden and Rylan pushed their way through and got their balls that they just got signed by Mike Trout!!!

I could not get over there fast enough but I did capture their reactions!  I love how Holden is in pure shock and Rylan is just plain excited!  They both gave high fives to him as well.  What a thrill.  You may have noticed that Holden's baseball number is the same as Mike Trout's....yes, he picked his number so you can imagine his excitement to be so close to someone he loves following and watching on tv.

The game was exciting.  Mike hit a home run and made some great plays in the field too.  

 

The boys had so much fun and loved all the game snacks.  In between games, Leyton was standing near the railing with his glove and an Angels player walked by and gave him a game ball.

Can you believe it, all three boys received game balls!  Crazy!  Leyton was so excited he would not let it go.

Such a fun night full of baseball memories for us all.

Holden's first lacrosse games

Another busy weekend around here with sports.  Holden and Rylan both had baseball on Friday night.  Holden just had practice and Rylan had a game.  It was a little crazy on Friday, I dropped off Holden at practice to rush to Rylan's game then back to get Holden, then back to see then end of Rylan's game...you get it, a lot of shuffling on a Friday night.

Saturday's agenda was much the same, Rylan soccer game, Holden two lacrosse games and then Rylan baseball game in the afternoon.  I know, we lead an exciting life over here! Just kidding, it is a lot of fun.

Holden's lacrosse team played their first games last weekend which he missed because of a baseball tournament so this weekend was his first games.  The one good thing about lacrosse, it that it is played right behind our house!  Leyton and I snapped a few pictures and watched him walk to warm up with his team.

I will go ahead and admit that I know nothing about lacrosse.  Our neighbor in Ohio played and taught the kids a little about throwing and such but that is about it.  Holden was so excited about playing his first games, he watched highlights on the computer of college teams and read the Lacrosse Magazine from cover to cover at least 5 times leading up to the games.  Finally it was game day!  His position is a Middie or Midfielder, which means he can run the entire field.

Lacrosse is interesting in the fact that you can check kids.

Holden went flying a couple of times but then he laid a couple of kids out as well.

 

This was all part of the game and legal except if you extend your arms and then you get a penalty call, which in the second game Holden got two!  During the first game the rain began to fall but it did not seem to bother the kids but as for me, I was freezing!  For the second game, I did not bring my camera because it was raining pretty hard and I missed the pictures of Holden making his first GOAL!  I know crazy!  He has never played before and gave it his all and made a GOAL!  He also received two penalties but he is still learning the game.  After the game, he was drenched and frozen but he said he loved every minute of it even the aggressive part of the game.

I have to admit, it was exciting to watch.  Thankfully, Rylan's baseball game was cancelled since we were all soaked, we called it a day.