Play ball....

I'm such a proud Aunt!!! How fun it was to go back to Maryland to watch Brian play a couple games of baseball his senior year! It really makes me sad that I've missed so much of this. If we had lived near each other, I would have gone to every possible game I could have!!! It is way too much fun!!! It is the best of both worlds...I get to be the proud Aunt rooting him and his team on and I get to record it on the camera. Brian had two great games while I was there...he laid down a great sacrafice bunt in the first game that even made the video highlights on the news internet! Then on Senior day, he had a walk, a single, and a double! He is such a great catcher...I love watching him behind the plate.

Here are a few of the hundreds of photos I took while I was out there...

The dynamic duo...Brian and Kevin

This was Brian's successful sacrifice bunt!!! Nice job!!!

I used an oil paint action on this one...hard to tell on here...

It was senior day...Brian escorted his very, very proud mom (my seeeeester) onto the field

The three amigos...Brian, Kevin, and Tim...these three have played ball together since they were 8 I think...that's more than half of their lives.

Brian and his "squeeze" Brittany...she is also a senior and was playing in her Senior Day Softball game at the same time as the boy's Senior Day game...

It was also good to see my Seeeeester, Aldo, Aunt Pat and Matthew. I forget how laid back my life is until I go visit them!!! 1) I was in the BIG city!!! 2) They are all very BUSY!!! It is fun to visit, but boy I couldn't handle living that life any more! I had trouble sleeping the first night because of all of the noise!!! Cars on the road right outside the window. Boy have I gotten used to only hearing nature sounds at night!!! I really feel like a country bumpkin when I'm in the city!!! Oh...did I mention it was already SPRING there?!!! Back home, Brad said there was snow in the forecast...ok...it is MAY...enough with the "S" word!!! Out here it is nearly 80 and sunny! The azaleas were in bloom as were so many of the trees! The trees had full leaves...heck, ours are still tiny buds at best! What a difference a 3 hour plane ride can make. It transformed me from brown to lush!!! Here are a few other "non baseball" photos from my time there...

Aunt Pat and Matthew

Azaleas...beautiful...

The dogwoods were in bloom too...those were Aunt Pat's favorites...

My sister's boyfriend (he'll shoot me for saying that if he sees this!!! too bad...I call it as I see it!!!), Aldo. We were pretending we were taking his Senior photo while he was waiting on Lyn to finish getting ready for their "formal" night out...

There she is...worth the wait...