Maggie's Visit

We enjoyed a brief visit last weekend with Maggie, Elizabeth and two of their friends.

They drove down and arrived late on Saturday afternoon. They kept busy on Saturday night and Sunday getting to a couple of restaurants and checking out some colleges in the area.

Sunday night the adults had a bite to eat and a bottle of wine at the house while the two spring-breakers hung out on the patio.

First thing Monday morning the group was out the door and headed for Phoenix. The idea was to be on the road at 7am. They made it because when I got back from walking Rosebud at 6:58 they were gone.

Aimee's Glove

Here is a picture of Aimee's softball mitt about to be baked in the oven. First though, it needs to be coated with Hot Glove Heat Treatment. That is a lotion that gets rubbed into the leather to help soften the material.

After it cooks for awhile, the remaining lotion gets wiped off and the mitt needs to be broken in and flexed for awhile to help soften it. We did about 3-4 treatments to get the glove really soft.

This is a new glove that Aimee has had for at least a couple of years but wasn't using because she couldn't give up her old glove that was about 30 years old. That thing was paper thin and falling apart but Aimee just didn't want to use any other gloves. Finally it just got to the point that it was no longer feasible to use that old thing in a game anymore.

She heard about this product that helps loosen up new gloves to make them feel like older, worn-in gloves. So far it seems to work very well and the new glove is very soft now and serving her well during games.

Bonus - Hot Glove is endorsed by Bobby Cox.

Summer Trip

This summer we will be heading to Minnesota to attend Aimee's little brother's wedding.

Lars and Molly are getting married at a resort on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota and we are looking forward to making the trip.

Aimee is part of the wedding party and she has ordered her dress and it looks fantastic.

Obviously, we are very happy for Lars and can't wait to see him walking down the aisle on the big day. It will also be our first time meeting Molly and that is something we are really looking forward to.

We are planning on flying out a few days early to give them a hand with anything they might need and also to get to a Twins game or two at their new ballpark.

Last time we were in Minnesota we saw the Twins play the Mariners at the Metrodome. That game had a triple play.