Meet Alley Cat

Alena has been wanting a cat for awhile now. Unfortunately, some friends of ours are going through a divorce and somehow we ending up with one of their cats...Alley. Our friends found her in an alley in St Louis while they were working, hence the name. She is 8 years old (approx) and had no idea what she was getting into when she moved from their childless home into our chaos. She has been with us for almost two months now and is adjusting well. Alena loves her and drags her around everywhere, which you can tell the cat is not thrilled about, but tolerates. Alena puts her in her baby strollers and cribs, wraps her up in blankets, and stuffs her in cabinets and closets, but the alternate was for Alley to go to the pound, so she puts up with Alena and the dogs, but genuinely seems to like the rest of us. Welcome to the family, Alley!

Cleveland Rocks!

It's been well over a month since we went on our summer baseball trip to Cleveland, but as always I'm a procrastinator at getting me pictures downloaded. It was a great trip, everyone in Cleveland had great Midwestern hospitality and was very helpful and friendly. Unfortunately, we again traveled hundreds of miles to see the Cardinals lose, but at least there was a great fireworks show afterwards. We also toured the Indians stadium, went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and ate and drank well all weekend. Here are some of the highlights....

The Comeback Kids

Baseball is officially over for this season and it is safe to say that the Wentzville Cardinals are "the comeback kids." It was the last game of the season and we were behind the entire game, but we were at least keeping it close. Going in to the bottom of the last inning, the team was down 9-6. True to form we came back from behind and scored 4 runs to win the game 10-9. Brady even scored the winning run from third when he advanced on a wild pitch. The Wentzville Cardinals finished the season with a record of 6 wins, 4 loses, and 2 ties. Not bad and at least they had a winning season. Thank you to Imo's Pizza (who else?) for supplying the end of season pizza party, the kids really deserved it and it was very much appreciated by all. Since we Tivo'ed the All Star Game we had to go home and watch the National League lose AGAIN. It was a good game though and the park looked great, just wish it would've been a better outcome.

Last game of the season....well almost.

The boys had two baseball games scheduled this week, one on Monday 7/6 and the other on Thursday 7/9. I took off early on Monday since it was a 6:00 game (they have to be there at 5:30) and the boys started summer school that day, so I wanted to make sure we had enough time to get home, have dinner, etc. At 5:00 we were all in our baseball gear and packing up the car when the phone rang. It was the coach stating the game had been cancelled, due to the rain the previous weekend. We couldn't believe it! It was a beautiful day and the season is almost over as it is, plus it was our game to bring snack and had arranged to get several Imo's pizzas delivered at the end of the game. Everyone was disappointed but the coach assured us it would be rescheduled and he would let us know when asap.

Fast forward to Thursday evening, the boys actually got to play but after the first inning they were already down 7-0 and at one point it was 9-0. The team did battle back and ended the game with a hard fought 13-13 tie!!!! They are officially the comeback kids!

Meanwhile, the coach informed us that Mondays game had been rescheduled for next Tuesday July 14th at 6:00pm. I knew that date sounded familiar but didn't have anything written on the calendar and just dismissed the feeling. Then it hit me as I was driving home, Tues July 14th is the ALL-STAR GAME in St Louis. Everyone in our house is very upset about the conflict, but its the last game of the season and we still owe them a pizza party, so I guess we will be TIVOing the game and staying up late to watch it when we get home. GO CARDINALS x 2 !!!!