Sunday Morning ..Feb 23rd

Well Saturday started off with the heat on here in usually hot Florida. Last week we were running the a/c non stop as it was almost like the summer doldrums and I was dreaming of those crisp cool mountain mornings but not yesterday as it was close to the 30's, but eventually by noon it was short sleeve temps with bright sunshine and for a change no humidity. We headed to Tampa round 10'ish and spent the rest of the morning carrying for the "boys" as Bobby had Gabe at the ball park and Katie was at her niece's dance recital. We all eventually wound up at the ball park where the opening ceremonies for the league started with all of the teams represented from the little guys up to the larger boys teams.

Nancy made a nice semi-mountains breakfast of fried left over taters, eggs and toast. I'm usually having an apple for breakfast on my pickle ball playing days but the eggs were delicious with a chopped jalapeno pepper and hot sauce and some pumpkin butter for the toast. We got ready and headed out shortly after the cleanup. I harvested a nice mess of collards for Katie's family and the we headed out.

The boys were doing great and we fed and held them until it was time to head out to the ball field. Katie had them bundled up in their little baseball outfits in their double stroller. Gabe was decked out in his new uniform and he did participate in the pitching contest but didn't make the finals. He will with more experience due well as he gains strength and accuracy with age. We stayed until nearly 3'ish then headed out for Seminole with both Annsley and Gabe who were doing sleep over's with the Ross kiddos. Annsley has a gymnastic competition this morning at Tropicana Field in St.Pete around 10'ish so we will head there and miss our church service this week. I did go there this morning at 5'ish and help with the load in and set up. We will miss our Sunday Morning church family and the message but will worship later as we watch the message on line.

We did go back to the Ross's for a supper of burgers and tater tots around 5:30 and stayed visiting until close to 8. Annsley and Ava were at a youth function with SFBC that started around 4 and lasted until 8 as they visited several fast food places. That was about it as we got back to the house a little after 8 and watched some Fox News before calling it a day for me around 9'ish. I did watch a little of the Lightning game but they were losing 4-3 when I shut the lights off at 10, LATER

A few pics from the ball park on Saturday afternoon