Itchy

Dear Mr. Stewart (we now fondly refer to you as "Itchy"),

It has come to my understanding that you have an issue. I'm not sure what the exact problem is, and I'm not sure you are even aware of your problem. There are, after all, thousands of fans watching you every day and that has not deterred you.
I Googled your salary info and it is reported as $404,000 for 2009. Now I know this is meager for MLB standards, but I'm sure it'll buy you some cream, or perhaps a better fitting cup.

We were impressed with the 3 homeruns you hit in the 2 games we attended, but honey, I don't think this is your magic genie.

Try to remember that there are impressionable children at the ballpark. Cute little girls with pink mitts shouldn't have to watch this.

Once we became aware of your situation we were curious. So we counted. In one SHORT, I'm talking 3 up, 3 down inning......39 TIMES!!

Surely your mother has mentioned this to you. It's not even just itching. There was definite cupage. And rubbing. Ew.
In closing, I'd just like to say that I'm thankful I don't have to do your laundry. And please, get that looked at. Your self examination is just not cutting it.

14 Years Old. Seriously.

I am so thankful for this girl. She is so good, and not at all a difficult teenager. (Although I still panic when she leaves the house!). It's hard to believe she's 14. She had a great day--Swedish Hotcakes at Grandma's, lunch with friends, a movie with mom and the Grandma's, then she spent the rest of the night at the ballpark with us. We surprised her the next night with a party with all of her friends (and she was surprised!). It was a lot of fun and I was impressed with most of the kids there. We love you Halley!

She wanted a Mickey & Minnie cake. She pretty much knew what she wanted and designed it, we worked on it together and she was happy with it.

Major League

I decided to take Bridger to a couple Rockies games. His favorite player is playing for the Astros now, and lucky for us, they play in the National League. We'll just say the boy was in Heaven. (This picture was when the Astros were killing the Rockies and it was cold, most of the fans left.)

Bridger and my aunt Nila. She lives in Denver and was able to get us the most amazing seats!

On the first night we sat on the first base line by the Rockies dugout. So here's Bridger decked out in Rockies attire.

The second night we were on the third base side by the Astros dugout. Although his favorite team isn't the Astros, the boy loves Pudge Rodriguez. So he decided to wear all his Pudge attire. Really, everyone probably thought he was the most confused baseball fan--unless they follow Pudge, then the Detroit shirt, Yankee shoes and Astros hat all made sense!

Todd Helton is a stud! The players have their choice to go over to the fans before the game starts and sign autographs. Most of the older players are jaded (Pudge included). Both nights we were there Todd Helton interacted and signed autographs. He even had his own Sharpie so I'm assuming he does it every night. I'll tell you, he made my 11 year olds day! Bridge got his autograph, Kaz Matsui gave him a ball and he caught a ball.