Archive for July, 2009

4th of July Weekend Family Fun

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

For the first time since moving to CO, my Mom & sister, Meera, came to visit. I was so excited to be seeing them, and having such a fun weekend! I had a lot planned and didn’t know how it all was going to go…My Mom is very ill, so we have to take things day by day.

Clare, Mom, Meera at Rockies Game Meera & Clare at Rockies Game

We started out the weekend with a trip to the ballgame. How could we be more patriotic? It was a complete surprise, as they had never been to a Major League game.

I explained the rules to my Mom, as she watched it just a few yards in front of her! Very soon, we were all caught up in the drama of the game. A ball once whizzed overhead, missing us by about 10 feet. I was happy nobody got hurt, it was probably going about 80mph…The Rockies were playing well, would it be a shut-out?
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