Baseball and Graduates

We chose to travel home from WI through Minneapolis. One standing motivation for doing that is the chance it gives us to spend a little bit of time with Will and Sandy. The other standing motivation is that it breaks up the seven hour trip, at least a little bit.

A third motivation this time was the chance to see my sister, Paula, and brother-in-law, Ron, who were in Minneapolis to join daughter Sarah (our niece, of course) for her graduation as an MBA from the University of Minnesota. In addition, Sandy is graduating with her MBA from St. Thomas University, so in fact there was the fourth motivation of celebrating the graduations and accomplishments of these two new MBAs.

On Saturday afternoon, I invited Will to join me for a baseball game between the Twins and the Tigers. Both of us like baseball very much, although a game between the Twins and the Yankees is always preferred. Nevertheless, a chance to see the winners of last year's World Series (Detroit) was a draw, and the chance to have some one-on-one time with my son is never to be passed up. So, here is proof that we were at the 8-to-2 thrashing of the Twins by the Tigers:



While we were at the game, Sandy was finishing up her final meeting of MBA classes (she graduates next weekend), and Kathie was visiting with Paula, Ron, and Sarah, including seeing Sarah's new condo. This morning, all of us went out for breakfast together. This gave us a chance to observe the graduations of these two fine young women. It also gave all of us a chance to be together. I don't get to see my sweet sister nearly enough, and so this was a great opportunity.