Our Baseball Trip and Demo

Our last few weeks summarized:

On Memorial weekend we went on a 'Baseball' trip and enjoyed a Nationals game and the next day we enjoyed an Orioles game, both teams won. We weren't too happy the Yanks lost, though! Our friends Evan, Kendra and their son Elias joined us. We also enjoyed the great food we don’t get on the Eastern Shore like P.F Chang’s and Chipotle. The weather that weekend was great, but got a little sweaty at times, so we walked around the stadium, it was Jamie’s first time at Camden Yards (Orioles) and both our first time at National’s Park, it was just built. The Nationals Park was very impressive, it had the huge flat screen behind CF and flat screens on the walls of the outfield, and TV’s at every section, so you wouldn’t miss a play. Camden Yards had a great park too; they had a lot of standing areas and picnic tables so we could get some shade. The trip was great and we enjoyed going with our friends and are thankful for a smooth trip. On Memorial Day the Orioles honored the many service men and women who sacrifice their lives for our country. It was a neat tribute to the soldiers and their families, we can’t thank them enough.

After we got home from our trip we got to rest a little and get ready for the demolition we were about to do on our bathroom the next day. Randy and his dad tore everything out, to the frames. We are going to install a new bathtub, vanity, water heater, new pbp? pipes, light fixtures and tile floors. It is a major remodel for us (Steve) and we are very excited to see it all come together. Steve has done most the work and Randy is trying to learn, (when he doesn’t have baseball games to call) so hopefully they can have patience with each other. So far no one has gotten hurt, well except when Randy sacrificed his toe to save the corner toilet from breaking! We will post pictures as soon as we can, we are staying at Randy’s parent’s house, since we only have one bathroom and the water is turned off. We have enjoyed our time with them and always enjoy the meals they give us, but we don’t want to over stay our welcome, so we told them not to cater to us, which Randy disagreed and always gets spoiled by his parents anyway. Randy talked about the experience on his radio show and said he felt funny going home to the house he grew up in and then sleeping with me, while his parents are in the next room. We hope to get the electric, drywall, and tub installed by the weekend; you can keep Steve in your prayers, he has been exhausted every night, so hopefully things will progress faster.

We also Celebrated Randy’s Birthday with some friends and family. It was a great time and thanks to all who made it special for Randy.

Randy got a hammock from his parents for her birthday and I got him tickets to Yankees stadium (its the last year they play in the ball park)!

The disfigured beams in the wall, they were pretty much free floating.

Our house is really old and we weren't sure why the boards were in all different directions.

Randy and his dad bonding

The old tub and old water heater, they were heavy!

The view from our hotel room in Baltimore

Randy waiting for the tickets, this was quite a hassle, SWEET!

Camden yards

Luke Scott (Not our two year old nephew) is giving the starter a look with a batter in the box.

We got the outlets in!

Before we took down the drywall, this is where the corner toilet goes

The hall way before demo

The bathtub before

The corner toilet before demo

The Navy service men and women at Camden Yards

Not a bad seat huh?

He's got an itch

He's got an itch too

Camden Yards, we sat under the big screen and came close to catching a home run

Nationals Park in DC

They won on a wild pitch!

We took the Nats Express motor coach to the ball park, it was very convenient

The Nationals Park, we sat to the right of the foul pole.

Happy Birthday Randy!!

Today is a very special day, Randy turns a year older! He is having a relaxing day of destruction and remolding our bathroom! He and his dad started the construction yesterday, taking out the old old water heater, tub/walls, and tearing down walls. It has been quite a sweaty process. We will post pictures later.
Here are some pictures of the Birthday Boy

Randy on our Honeymoon 05'

Christmas 07'

He's gettin old and senile

Playing tennis in Palm Springs 05'

Baseball, Birthday, and Backyard Fun

Randy and his partner calling the Shorebirds game. It was very crowded, about ~8,512 in attendance and the Shorebirds won!

Steve's "Surprise" Birthday Party during our small group time.

Thank you Agnes (on left) for making Steve's favorite- Coconut Banana cream cake

It was delicious and there was some leftover for Steve to enjoy all by himself!

Ron leading the Happy Birthday song and Steve thinking of his delicious cake he was about to eat

We switched out our old refrig for a new and update refrig. The white refrig. looks much better than the old.

More digging to find the right pipe

Trimming the bushes on the side of the house

A bird pooped on Randy's foot, while we were enjoying our delicious Hamburgers Randy grilled

It barely missed the back of Jamie's head and ended up on Randy, it was so funny!

Enjoying the beautiful weather and laughing at Randy getting pooped on!

Good Times with Poets and Pirates

We were able to enjoy a long day of great country music this past weekend. Randy's work (Froggy 99.9) had a listeners bus trip to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore (Home of the Ravens) this past Saturday. It was Kenny Chesney and The Poets and Pirates Tour feauturing Gary Allan, Leann Rimes, Big and Rich, Brooks and Dunn and of course Kenny Chesney. We took off from the station studios at 10AM and did not return, thanks to traffic, until 2:30 on Sunday Morning! It was certainly a long day but very fun for both of us! Randy and his co-worker April were 'in charge' so that means we stopped at the Annapolis Mall so he could go to Chipotle! When we arrived in Baltmore traffic took us into the city a little to far and took the scenic route to the bus parking lot but it was fun to see the city and Jenna (Bush) Hager's new neighborhood! It was our first time in that stadium but we took our time going in because we knew we'd be in there for a while when we decided to go in. We went to Camden Yards (Orioles Park) and looked around for a while. We also saw a couple of 'Future Country Stars" on a side stage under an overpass between the stadiums. Phil Stacy who was a finalist on American Idol was one performer and the another was David Nail from Missouri. They were both pretty good. We saw a Tim McGraw look-a-like and we had to snap a shot of Jamie with him. Randy must now note when we saw the "Brooks and Dunn Hot Chicks" handing out fans Jamie refused to take his picture with them! We were hanging out with our friend and Randy's co-worker Randi all day. Randi had some pretty cool connections and got us into the press box in the middle of Big and Rich's performance so we saw them, B & D and Kenny from there. It was Kenny's record label who welcomed us in so we got to meet a lot of the Baltimore, Washington and surronding area radio people and it was really fun. All the perfomances were awesome and it was a really good time! The ride home was a little long as we were stuck in traffic for an hour and a half but did make it home safetly! Our bus driver actually used to haul the church teen group when Randy's Parents were sponsors so Randy and JR had plenty of reminising. Everyone was on thier best behavior, even April's husband Denis-well kinda! Jamie was most excited during Kenny's performance and Randy was wishing the Ravens were gonna take the field! Good times!

Randoms!

We enjoyed the Salisbury Festival and BBQ'ed for the first time: We'll post more later!