One REALLY Busy Weekend!

Two Royal's games, one baby shower, one 4-mile race to the Plaza, and zero energy on Monday morning! :) That's what this past weekend entailed as we experienced seemingly as much activity in a 48-hour period as any two people ever should. It started Saturday morning with a very nice baby shower for a couple that attends our church. They had some great food and it was all around a fun event (sorry, no pics from that). Then, just a few hours later we packed up the car and headed out to Kauffman Stadium to watch the Royals take on the Detroit Tigers. We had to get there REALLY early because it was replica jersey giveaway night! It wasn't all that bad though because the extra time before the game gave us a chance to check out all of the new features at the ballpark. The Royals had $250 million worth of upgrades and renovations completed in the off-season, and the stadium looks AMAZING! It's definitely a whole new place. :) The Heine's and the Larson's both came to the game with us as well as our friends, the Bakers. Besides the fact that the boys in blue lost 9-1, it was a great time. Check out some of the pics below.

The view from behind the fountains in right field - you can now walk around the entire stadium for the first time ever.

True Royals fans through and through. :)

Now on to Sunday's activities. It started at about 6:00 AM - we had to get up to run in the Trolley Run. This was our third consecutive year running this 4-miler that goes from the Waldo area to the Plaza. It is always a lot of fun because the course is very easy to run. There are almost zero uphill sections and it makes for a fast race. Plus there is always close to 7,500 people who participate each year which always makes for a great atmosphere. This year, the Larson clan joined us for the race for the first time. John ran with Jessica and Kim, Lisa and Dalton all walked the course. It was a great time!

John and Jessica after the race.

With a quick turnaround at home, Jess and I headed back to Kauffman for yet another Royals game! I had won a pair of tickets in a raffle at work, and they were probably the best seats we have ever had at a baseball game. These tickets also got us access to the brand new Diamond Club which we visited during the game for some food. :)

Sportin' our jerseys we got from Saturday's game.

The AWESOME view from our seats on Sunday!

We had a great weekend, but were certainly exhausted by everything. The fun doesn't stop either...we have quite an exciting week coming up - more about that soon! :) Oh, I almost forgot! Here's a couple pics of our puppies. They make us laugh at some point every single day!

Bella still thinks she is a lap dog - even at 50 pounds!! Ouch!

Aren't they cute!