Texas - Day Two

Day two of our little get away has come to an end. It is about 10:30 and we are getting cleaned up after a wonderfully busy day – but busy in ways uncommon to us. Everyone was up and visiting by about 8:15 am. We had breakfast and a nice time of visiting with the Wyatts in the morning. Then, about 10:30 am, we were prepared for our adventure – the Baseball game.

We loaded ourselves into the van, with the intention of hitting a grocery store to pick up some peanuts in the shell. What kind of ballgame would be complete without peanuts in the shell? But about five minutes on the freeway, I asked the question, “Do we have the tickets?” There was only a brief silence, but it was enough to know that we had left the tickets at the Wyatts. So, we turned around (so to speak with a freeway involved) and returned to base to retrieve the tickets.

Now we were ready – still with enough time to pick up the peanuts, which we did in record fashion and then headed south to Arlington and the ballpark. What a beautiful place is the ballpark at Arlington. We found our parking lot and enjoyed the walk to our gate. We bought some hotdogs ($18 for four supposedly “jumbo” dogs) and found our seats, which were nearly identical to the seats we sat in a couple years back when we came – right next to the Angels’ bullpen. We got to watch Jered Weaver, the starting pitcher, do his warm ups and then the game began.




There are a few things in life that make you feel strange. I am sure you can think of a few. But one of the strangest (only because I am not used to being in such a situation) is when you are fervently rooting for a team that happens to be the “visiting” team. The opening inning was thrilling as the three of the first four batter reached base and then Casey Kotchman, the Angel 1B man, hit a grand slam homerun putting our team up 4 to nothing from the get go. The only thing is, while my family and I are screaming and cheering, no one else was. It is not the same as when 40,000 fans are all screaming with you. Oh well, these runs would be more than enough to win the game and yet the Angels added three more to win 7-2.




Of course, the game was not without its quirks. About the third inning a cloud decided to dump its contents in the form of rain on the field for about 25 minutes delaying the game about 45 minutes. The rain certainly brought a refreshing reprieve from the 90-degree temp, but it was only temporary, for after we were soaked, then the sun came back out and baked us, but oh well.

After the game we returned to the Wyatts, had a bite of dinner and then headed to some other dear friends home, the Ryans. The Ryan children were headed to play “Ultimate Frisbee” with the church and so they and our kids left leaving Bryan, Carla, Laura and myself about 2 and ½ uninterrupted hours of visiting. Talking with the Ryans makes us miss them and appreciate their friendship. The kids returned hot and sweaty about 9:45 pm and so we headed back to the Wyatts for showers and preparations for tomorrow – Six Flags.

Anyway, that’s the update. Hope everyone’s Monday was as eventful as ours.

Soli Deo Gloria,

Pastor Ed