We took advantage of the combination of a Sunday afternoon baseball game and overcast skies to take in our first family trip to see the Washington Nationals play. It was Amalia's first game ever.
She got off to a rousing start. Note that today was free kids t-shirt day. Much better than an eye-bruising baseball.
The stadium has a pretty cool kids area, which is a lot of fun about an hour-and-a-half before the game. As it gets closer, Mommy gets overwhelmed by the number of people and needs to leave.
That's the Washington Monument way in the background.
This is the view from the Family Section. I guess they figure we're not really watching the game anyway.
Lily wearing Andy's new counterfeit Nationals hat that we got from a guy on the street.
The girls.
Chillaxin'.
Linus and her blanket.
With the giant-headed Presidents. Amalia clinging to me for dear life.
Getting friendly with Abe.
All in all it was a pretty good inaugural
MLB outing for Amalia. We found free on-street parking (compared to $20-$40 for the lots), Andy and I got half-smokes from Ben's Chili Bowl, and we made it close to 4 hours before we had to leave.
So, on Day 2 of our middle-of-the-country-weekend-getaway meet-up, Amy and I went to a fabulously fun backyard Texas wedding (neighbors of our hosts, Toli and Christine). You'll see from the pictures below that this was no traditional affair.
The bride and groom twirling on the dance floor. 
The ceremony included a round of cascarones -- a Mexican tradition of confetti-filled eggshells that are broken over people's heads. Perhaps they're for good luck or maybe just for fun. I'm not sure.
Cracking heads. 
A pinata for the kids. This girl had one arm in a sling, but she didn't let that--or her pettiskirt--get in the way.
