On Friday night we went to a Cardinals game in St. Louis. They were playing the Milwaukee Brewers which is the favored team of my brother-in-law and my nieces. The Brewers’ record is better than the Cardinals’ record this year so the Brewers were favored to win. It’s been hard watching the Cardinals lose so much over the past 12 years or so. Those two World Series wins within that 5-year period of time really spoiled me as to what it’s supposed to be like when you like and follow a baseball team.

But the Cardinals won so that was nice. After the game Josh and the boys drove back home and Elianna, my mother-in-law and I stayed over night at my sister-in-law’s house. My niece had a cross country meet in the morning so I wanted to make sure we made it to that. They have been to several meets and camp events and such and none of us had been down there since last August when they moved. You have to make those efforts.

The boys had a shooting retreat which thankfully went well. After the meet we went out to lunch and had a nice sit-down meal. After that we went to a small petting zoo where they had ducks, chickens, pigs, cows, goats, and a bull. My brother-in-law gave us a tour of the Lutheran high school where he works. Ethan had a meet in Lincoln during the morning so I was watching that and congratulating him for his time. Laura sent a picture to me and her mom of her and Ethan plus three other friends from back home.