At Last, Atlanta!

We’ve been looking forward to this trip all year – those of us following Thunder Baseball, anyway. Brooks’ team entered a Wood Bat Tournament which was planned for Memorial Day, 2008. Caroline and I traveled to Atlanta with some friends for a day of shopping first. After all, we have to take the opportunity when it presents itself. The males all followed in a later car – after school was out and after the dads got off work.

Our 2 families met up again outside of Turner Field. We endured a bit of rain before we went in, but our spirits were up and we were ready to see our boys on the field! The baseball team wore their uniform shirts for a parade around the field. They looked great on the jumbotron. They are even cuter when they are giant-size! See - those 2 bigger guys are the coaches - aren't they cute???

Unfortunately, Brooks is nowhere to be seen...

Here are a few pics from our eats. The dads pigged out on delectable hot dogs – fancy style. - everything on it to completely grossed me out. Once off the field, the boys ate a few dogs, cotton candy, dots, pretzels, plus cokes.

Saturday morning we began our tournament. We lost a few games that weekend, but we all need to lose a few, right? Well, we won’t reflect on our losses. No, we will reflect back on the fun we had eating, swimming, and SHOPPING with friends till we were so tired we fell into bed.

Sunday after we were booted right out of the tournament, we caravanned up to PAPPASITAS for the best TexMex you can find this side of Houston. If you’ve been there, I’m sure descriptions aren’t necessary. We just love the fajitas and tamales. and chips, salsa, cheese, and handmade tortillas. oh, and the mariachi band is always a great addition - my favorite song to request is "One Ton Tomato" (I don't know the real name, but the chorus sounds just like my lyrics). Our Tennessee friends were quite satisfied as we rolled back to the hotel and into the pool.

So the beginning of our summer was terrific. The wood bats added a new flair to our base-running game. The boys showed their personalities on a giant screen – funny faces and all. I have to say the losses gave us character and a little perspective on the typical teams we face in our area in Tennessee!