Trip to Idaho

Brandon played again last night and went 2-5. He also took a foul ball off of his throwing hand while catching in the second inning, played the rest of the game (picked the tying run off of third in the fifth inning) and played very well. They took him to X-ray his hand and he has a hairline fracture in his thumb. The doctor said to rest and ice, but Brandon told Kelly this morning that he is playing Friday as scheduled no matter what anyone says. Anyway, he played well and is having a lot of fun (although it is really more "work" than fun right now).

While we were there, we talked to a scout that Kelly and I both know from our Santa Fe days and he said that the "higher ups" with the Royals are saying only VERY good things about Brandon. The biggest thing is his work ethic and the way that he is in control of the team when he is on the field. It was a great conversation.

We also met a ton of people and once they found out that Brandon was our son, they said that they were going to come to all of the games and follow him and his career (as he moves on from Idaho Falls). In fact, one of our acquaintances is a photographer and she is going to take some pics of Brandon as he plays and email them to us. Her husband also said for us to have Brandon call them if he ever needs to go anywhere (his example was that they would come and get him just to go to Walmart for anything he needs - and the funniest part of this is that they live an hour and a half away in Jackson Hole, WY!!).

All in all, Brandon is having the time of his life, he loves the guys on his team, and loves the town, and definitely - the town LOVES their players. Fun stuff.

We put some pics up on his page on our photo album. You can view them here or go to the photo album link on the right side of this page.

SB and JB are doing well and they had a great time with Megan while we were gone. Megan babysat for some people at our office plus had some friends over that have brothers and sisters that are the same age, so SB and JB met a lot of new friends - some of which I think they will keep in touch with.

Kelly and I went to Vegas for our two year anniversary. You know, you can only get so much out of Vegas so we only stayed for about 40 minutes (that is where our flights were connected through from Salt Lake) So our time in Vegas was spent in line at the airport Subway getting a sandwich and three dollars worth of slots. :)

We had a great trip to Idaho Falls and the scenery was absolutely incredible. On top of that, I personally got to spend the time with my best friend doing what we both love to do the most - watch baseball.