Weekending - March 20, 2015

Oh my goodness guys -- this weekend was SO.MUCH.FUN!!  Me and two of my friends (Debbie and Jane) busted out of town Thursday afternoon and headed to Florida for some Cardinals Spring Training action.  We flew into Orlando and drove south.  Warning:  this post is going to have an overload of baseball and beach pictures.

On Friday morning, we woke up to this view ~

It was a calculated plan for us to find a hotel on the beach.  We were seeing a Cards game in Port St. Lucie at Tradition Field on Friday and Jupiter at Roger Dean Stadium on Saturday, so we found a hotel in between the two cities.  Winner plan!!  The Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort & Marina was just what we were hoping for.  The ocean view from our room was fabulous and the beach was literally steps away from our hotel door.

We were pumped to see our first Spring Training game on Friday!  Here's some scenes from our our day.

We had left a chilly 50ish St. Louis.  Here's the temp right before game time -- a lovely 84 degrees!  

We may or may not have totally lost the car in the parking lot.  Oh well, the traffic was so bad getting out of the stadium even if we HAD known where the car was we wouldn't have been able to get out of there any faster.  Honestly, we were just so excited when we got to the game we didn't even pay attention to where we parked.

For dinner Friday night we stopped by the grocery store on the way back to the hotel and picked up some picnic food.  As soon as we were back at the hotel, we headed to the beach with some shrimp, cheese, grapes, and a bottle of wine to enjoy the sights and sounds of the beach.  There is nothing better than picnicking on the beach!  What a great way to recharge and relax!!

Saturday we were ready to see our Cardinals take on the Braves in Jupiter.  Great game!  This one was a winner.  Our ace pitcher, Adam Wainwright, was on the mound for the first time since returning from an injury.  We got so lucky to see the line up of players on the field!  Special shout out to my new friend, Christine, that I made while standing in line to get in the game.

We hung around after the game to catch some of the Cardinal players leaving.  We'd like to believe this was Yadi.  Yes, we're pretty sure it was him.

I have a confession -- I'm a lot little directionally challenged.  For whatever reason, left and right just doesn't come naturally to me.  Thank goodness I had a great couple of navigators to help get us to our destinations.  Sorry, Debbie and Jane for all the u-turns we had to make.  Poor Siri was so sick of me by the end of the weekend.  I really thought at one point she was just going to start cursing at me!

We headed to the airport Sunday morning. It was so hard to leave this view.

When I got home on Sunday, I made Eric one of his favorite snacks - Peanut Butter Scotchies.  I thought he deserved it because he was so wonderful about me going on my girls weekend.  Recipe will be coming on Tuesday.

I can't even come up with words for how wonderful it was to be in warm weather for a fun few days.  Sitting on the beach and feeling the sand on my feet was just what I needed to re-energize.  After the long winter, this was such a wonderful way to start Spring.

So now I'll try to be patient for the Cardinals to start playing ball in St. Louis.  In the meantime, I need to see where I am on my March Madness bracket.

Check out what others were up to this weekend.

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