Quick Trip to Utah

Luca has a favorite Leo, and it's not the human one.

Leo Puppy is pretty popular with everyone.

Ryker wanted to wake up early and work out. He couldn't quite figure out how to disconnect his mom's cycling shoes from the bike, and just left them there.

The construction behind my building is going just great. They've already pulled the phone and internet out twice, this time they took the water, sewer, and power with them.

Leo enjoyed hanging out in a quiet, dark office.

Grandpa Myron passed away, Rissa and I flew down for the weekend. I left early from work on Friday, we caught a flight that evening in Spokane, got to SLC and met Nick around 10pm.

Saturday was all family and funeral. Nick pre-gamed with donuts.

Brando post-gamed with root beer.

Luca really wanted some of that delicious A&W

The TJ

We flew home Sunday morning, in total we were in Utah for about 32 hours.

Spring Training!!

It was a weird year for Spring Training; the major leaguers are still fighting with the owners, and Rock and Nick's family weren't there. We still had fun eating cereal off of the floor.

Super Cheese hit it off with Posey, the red lab.

Even though there were no big leaguers, there were minor league players to see.

We hoped Grizzly Adams would attract the players

Brandon was gifted a ball right as we walked in. Sweet!!

The kids love getting autographs from people, even if they have to ask them if they are actually players first.

Ryker and Jens love helping their little cousins.

Chick Fil-A just hits different after chasing foul balls and autographs all morning.

The bathroom? Why? Uncle Nick doesn't use a bathroom, either.

The pool started out cold, but the kids didn't care. They pretended that they weren't shivering. 

Chino Bandido is always dinner on the first night. I was worried that they were in a new building, and usually that causes a restaurant to lose its soul. Thankfully, the food was as good as ever.

No day at Spring Training would be complete without Culver's ice cream!

Day two was more of the same: chasing balls and autographs.

Ryker and I saw a coach just standing off to the side talking to someone, but when I looked again I realized that it was Mr. Mariner Alvin Davis. He was my first favorite player. After I took the picture with Ryker, I realized that I wasted it on him. Ryker had a little conversation with Mr Mariner

Ryker: Were you a player?

Alvin: I used to be

Ryker: Were you good?

Alvin: I tried to be, but I wasn't as good as these kids!

Alvin: Are you a player?

Ryker: Yes, I'm pretty good I guess

Double double protein style

We tried out Top Golf last year, and now it has to be included in every trip.

More Chick Fil-A!

Schnookums, Dave, Lisa, and Lindsey's crew came up from Mesa to meet us for lunch and an hour at the park.

D-Rell had a T-ball game and Whit was the coach. 

Stewie got us tickets to a NASCAR race, so he shaved a mullet into Ryker's hair.

The race was fun, but the kids were hoping for more crashes.

D-Rell checked out about lap 15 and woke up around 190.

"No, I'm not tired" - Whit

Cami likes her frosting.

The kids were a little sad that they couldn't come home with us, and I think Dad was a little sad, too.