it's here...

baseball, that is.  the most glorious time of the year, according to lee :).

the aggies kicked off their season with a home series against university of illinois chicago a couple of weeks ago.  apparently, the weather did not get the memo that baseball was starting because it turned oddly cold for our mild winter and rained enough to (almost) make up for our drought last summer.  thus, we decided to skip the first game to avoid slick and dark roads on the way to college station.  we were all packed up before we made that decision so it was pretty easy to load up the car and head that way the next day.  the clouds were still looming but we had hopes of getting in at least some of the game.

after meeting katy and the garrett kiddos for lunch at mcalister's and doing a little shopping, we all bundled up and headed to the new and improved, beautiful olsen field at blue bell park.  unfortunately, the rain also decided to come back about that time in the form of a disgusting mist.  to avoid being terrible parents and exposing our child to weather that we would have sit through in years past, we waited underneath until the mist passed. 

with the weather somewhat cooperative, brendan and i made it through about 2.5 or 3 innings before we finally decided the wind might be a little too much for him.  although, in 3 layers, fleece pants, socks, 2 hats, a blanket, and lee's jacket blocking the wind, he probably would have been fine.  but we really did not feel right risking it much longer than that.

hopefully, the next time we make it over to college station we will have a sunny weekend to enjoy all the new improvements to olsen field and maybe even an entire game!