Spring Break: Spring Training

I've always loved baseball. Most summer days of my life have included it in some way. That was collecting baseball cards as a kid or checking the box scores in the morning paper to see how my favorite players did the night before. I started playing, and didn't quit for a long time all through high school.

Every year as we get our first hints of Spring I get antsy for baseball and every year I've wanted to take a road trip down to Arizona to watch Spring Training. This was finally the year!

The weather was perfect! We watched the Rockies and Diamondbacks train and do some drills. We met some really nice people who gave us some balls they had caught that we were able to get signed by some players. Then we went to watch the Brewers and Royals. It was a really great time.

Temple Trip

Saturday was a special day for me as I got to take Pierce and Cash to the Temple for the first time. It was pretty fun to see them both take it all in. I asked Pierce what was his favorite part, and after thinking about it for a second he said that the lockers that you get to put your stuff in were very cool.

Afterward we saw some of the downtown sites at the Visitor's Center and Church History Museum.

If you get a chance to go make sure you don't miss Hyrum's sunglasses. They have flip out sides to block the rays from all directions - I seriously can't believe they haven't made a comeback yet.

Boise Bowling

Every year (if BYU goes to a bowl game) Dean and Dining Services creates a Hospitality Room for the team and their families while they're in the host city. He also is able to bring in some visitors so it was really fun for us to get to hang out with the players and some of the behind the scenes stuff that goes on with the football team. This year we got to have dinner with them and eat some of their snacks. The game wasn't so bad either and the blue turf wasn't nearly as offensive in person as it is on TV.