September 8

Isaac and Brady have begged to go to an A's game for several weeks now, so today after lunch, we headed up to Oakland to catch the matinee against Texas.

It was a lovely 70-something-degree afternoon and our seats were in a shady portion of the second deck, so it was a pleasant three-and-a-half hours of exciting, back-and-forth baseball that concluded with a win for the home team.

Of course, we don't always "win" in this life, and that's okay. But it's awfully nice to be surrounded by happy fellow sports fans sometimes. And it's even nicer when that happens while you're with family.