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                                      Eli, Gammy, Mommy, and Easton at Hammond Stadium

What fun yesterday was at the Ball Park for the Baker Boys - We went to the field to watch Scott get ready for his first game this coming Friday!!  Check out the picture below and you can see him on the mound throwing pitches to live batters.  We didn't see too many guys getting hits off from him! 

Scott is going to start the game against the Yankees at noon (1 pm here) on Friday, but will probably pitch only 2 or 3 innings since this will be his first outing.  It looks like the game is going to be audio broadcasted at noon on the Internet, but in order to listen to it, you have to purchase the Audio Package for 14.95 for the whole year.  We usually listen to the games on the internet and watch "Game Day" on the Twins website when they are not televised.  Hopefully you can catch all or some of the game Friday and cheer Scott on. 

      Back to yesterday - Easton had a major melt down after Scott got through pitching because he wanted to be with him so badly.  You can only listen to a baby cry, "Da Da" so many times before you have to do something about it.  Scott met us at the edge of the fence and held him for a few minutes in an effort to make him happy.  It did!  All was great until Scott had to move on to his next drill and Easton had to go with us.  He sounded and looked so pitiful as we tore him off Scott.  

On a happier note - The boys took their bats and balls to the field and had their own game of baseball. Needless to say, Eli can really HIT that ball.  That's the happy news - the bad news was that Gammy had to field the ball and chase him around the baseball diamond in order to get him out.  After he scored about 10 runs with NO outs in 85 degree weather, the game was called - LOL!

                                                        Eli and Easton watching Daddy!!

Yesterday afternoon the Kubels came over to fish and eat dinner.  Jason (to the far left) is a DH on the team.  The guy in the middle is his brother - in - law, Michael, who was drafted by the Twins this past summer.  Jason just happens to be Eli's FAVORITE player on the team, so you can only imagine how excited he was!!  Eli was not going to let the guys go fishing without him as you can see. Look who drove the boat while the guys fished.  They only caught 5 or 6 fish - not enough for dinner - so it was a good thing that Leann put some chickens on the grill. She has become a Master Griller - from starting the fire to pulling the meat off.  Scott really raved over her grilling skills last night.  Easton and Eli loved playing with Jason's and Blake's 13 month old - Owen.  Blake's mom is here from California.  We had lots of grandbaby stories to share with each other.  She travels with Blake a lot too, as does Jason's mom!

                                                           The Boys on the Boat....

Ok, this is the funny story!  Easton will probably kill Leann when she shows this picture to his girlfriend in a few (hopefully many :) ) years!  He LOVES getting on the baseball potty seat before bath time; and actually goes to the potty!  Scott has to tear him off the seat because he likes sitting up there like a king on his throne!  He is growing up way too fast!  Don't you agree?    
In case you are wondering how exercising at the gym is going, Leann and I have tried out some other cardio and weight lifting classes.  Yesterday it was Body Pump - she had 25 pounds on her bar and I had 10! Don't laugh too hard - Remember that I am a FEW years older than her - HA! It was VERY tough, but compared to the Spin Class that SHE went to this morning, it was nothing.  Aside from childbirth, Leann said it was by far the hardest thing she has ever done. The spin class started out with a bang, lights off- strobe lights on with loud FAST music and a yelling instructor! About 10 minutes into the class, she was looking for the trash can, wishing that she had not eaten that banana before class, and praying that she would survive the next 50 minutes.  She made it, but her legs were like jello, she was dripping wet, and her face was the color of a firetruck!  I stuck to the Elliptical machine and bicycle today.  I had to work hard to burn those banana pudding calories that I consumed last night.  

Well this ends our "broadcast" today.  Stay tuned for the next post and to see if Leann goes to another RETRO spin class again!

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