Durham Bulls Game

As part of our Semi-Annual meeting, Valiant Solutions got a suite at the AAA Durham Bulls game last week. The suite was fully stocked with hot dogs, chicken tenders, and beer (my kind of party!). The Durham Bulls won (yay?) - and we played a pretty interesting gambling game, called 'hit the mound' I think.

At the end of every inning, players usually (or sometimes) throw the ball back towards the mound to leave for the other team. If the ball lands on/stays on the pitchers mound, whoever holds the money, wins the money. So every half inning, each person puts in $1 and if the pot isn't won it's handed to the next person.

I had it the very first inning, and after a strikeout, the catcher threw it right back on the mound! But since it was the first half inning I only won like $6! They proceeded to not throw it anywhere near the mound for several innings, building the pot to $60+. For the 2nd time through we added a bunch of stuff like $3 for a strikeout, $5 for a double play, $10 for a homerun, etc. I didn't win much after the first inning but I broke even with some strikeouts, fun times.

Here are the pictures:

Videos!

So as some people know we got a camcorder - and we have been filming a bunch of stuff the last couple months. I have finally captured the video onto the computer and uploaded some stuff to youtube. Check it out!

*PS- Jen calls the lilies calla lilies but they are casablanca. Does it matter? Not at all but she doesn't want you to think she doesn't know her own flowers!

A little tour of our backyard


Our Hummingbirds


Some random stuff: Birds, Bugs, and Flowers

It's Hot!

Here are some recent pictures:


Yes that is 100.7 degrees outside!







No, the flowers are not blue...but Jen took the good camera and my phone isn't meant for professional pictures :)