Reds Game

Every year at Great American Ballpark, they have a special day called "Faith Day." Our church often plans a trip to Faith Day, which is a game that starts at 1:00, followed by a Christian concert on the field. This past Sunday was that day, and we had a hot but great time....

(above) Mega thanks to that guy sitting behind us who took this picture of our family!

The boys were much more into the food and drinks than the actual game; however, all boys growing-up in a city that has a Major League team need at least one trip to the ballpark each year! This year, the tickets our church group bought were in the "All You Can Eat" section of the park: by paying extra for the tickets, you're given a wristband that lets you go to the concessions as often as you want and get as much as you want without paying. At first I had shirked at the price of the tickets, but on a scorching hot day like this way, those tickets paid for themselves and then some. We only let our kids have a soft drink about once a week; but on this day, which we nicknamed "Soft Drink Palooza," they were allowed to get as much as they wanted. Christopher himself drank more than 4 24-ounce drinks. It was so nice ot have such cold drinks!

(above) I love this view of the city. No matter how many times I see it, I still get chills.

After the game, Mercy Me had an AWESOME concert. My favorite song was their final one, All of Creation. I had to laugh when the leader singer, Bart made a joke as they started the song.... "This is usually the part where we walk off stage and pretend like we're done, when in reality we have another one planned in our line-up. Then you clap really loud and we pretend like we came back for a spontaneous encore. How about we just skip that part and sing the song?"

The Reds beat the Giants 9-0. Go Cincinnati!!!!