Triple Crown Tournament

Jens' baseball team had a tournament in Phoenix this past weekend. We left on Wednesday and came back home on Sunday. It was a horribly long car ride! Molly only got carsick once. She puked two times and was fine the rest of the time. She is my little carsick girl. I always have a cup or a bag of some kind at all times!

We played our first two games on Friday. We played two teams, both from California and funny enough, they were both called Longhorns. We lost to both teams! Must have been something to do with the name....... or the state!

On Saturday we played our first game against a team from Texas called Pro Source Athletics. It was a long hard game. We played 9 innings and finally ended up beating them and went to play the rest of our games at the Big League Dreams Park.

The Big League Dreams Park was really cool! I liked it just as much, if not more than Cooperstown Dreams Park in New York

All the fields were replicas of major league fields. There was an Angel Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, and several others.

We played on Sportsman's Park which is where the Cardinals play.

We played a team called the Vandals from Arizona.

This kid was sliding back to first base. Colton caught the ball and dove after him and got him out. It was a great play.

Jens hitting a hard ball to center field.

We beat the Vandals and played our third game of the day against a team from Pasadena, California called Play Hard. (dumb name huh!)

I know this picture is terribly blurry but this was a great catch! Jens caught a line drive to first to get an out.

Our boys were simply exhausted from the long day and we ended up losing to Play Hard. This was a single elimination tournament so we were out but our boys played great!

We were able to visit our great friends Mark and Allison while we were there. Sidney and Cade stayed with them instead of the hotel. Their house was much cooler!!! Our kids played together everyday and they loved it.

On our last night there, Cade stayed with us at the hotel. We had been at HOT ballparks all day and we were all exhausted. Cade fell into bed! He was so tired. I looked down at his feet and about died! They were FILTHY!

On our way down, Jeff was in some kind of mad rush to get there. We were lucky to have bathroom and food breaks on our 11 hour car ride. We drove over Hoover Dam. I have never seen it and he didn't stop! We flew over the bridge at about 87 miles an hour. I hardly even realized where we were before it was gone. I was so mad. Then we drove through this really neat Joshua Tree National Forrest. Bazillions of Joshua Trees! They were so cool! He wouldn't stop. I was so mad. Then we went through this place with MILLIONS of huge cactus's all over. Again he wouldn't stop and again, I was so mad! So on our way home, I drove! We took a different route so our scenery was different but by dang I was going to get some pictures!!! These are the type of cactus's that we saw on our way out but they were few and far between compared to the other place.

The red rock was so neat.

The desert really is pretty.

We drove over this bridge called Navajo Bridge. The bridge pictured is the one you drive over and then there is another one for you to walk out on. It is 467 feet above the water. We were so high! Can you see that white speck on the left side of the bridge? That is a car driving along the bridge. It gives you an idea of how big and how high this bridge was.

Jeff was so irritated with me stopping. He said he was allotting us 5 minutes to see the place!!! Turned out to be more like 3 minutes on the bridge and 3 minutes in the bathroom. And then he wanted back on the road!

Then he refused to let me drive anymore!

So sadly, the pictures stop here. But it was a great trip!

(*Note to self: Never Ever take a road trip with husband)