Take me out to the Ball game

Take me out with the crowd, buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks...

I love baseball games, not really for the baseball but for the atmosphere! Sitting outside on a beautiful night with a beer and some peanuts, well it just doesn't get much better than that.

We were a little late to the game because I had a 5:30 client but we got there in the 3rd Inning which was just fine with me. 6 more innings is a good amount of baseball watching for me.

Fantastic baseball park!

Mmmmm, nice cold beer.

Game Over and unfortunately the Nats lost, not really surprised but still a bummer.

I have the morning off today so I am looking forward to a nice run in the cool weather!

Labor Day

Brent and I decided to take a day off from everything this weekend and take some time to be together. It was a wonderful day!

We decided to get in the car and drive up Route 15 with the end goal being to reach the cute little town of Fredrick, Maryland. We passed a ton of wineries on the way up and decided to stop at Tarara since neither of us have been there and it was a great choice. Such a beutiful winery with a lot of land and sprawling hills with lots of picnic locations and a great lake in the center of it all.

Ahhhhh Country Roads! The DC area is great in that you can be out the Virginia countryside in 30 minutes.

Love the Entrance, how do I get one of these in my house full of wine! I think it might last us a year.

The walkway to the tasting deck.

Long Bomb! Very fitting for the Long family

Rooney actually tried to take the BIG Black Labs rawhide! He was not successful but he did get treats from the Labs owners.

After the Winery we were still a little thirsty after walking around Frederick and decided to stop at a Brewery for something a little more Hoppy.

We got the sampler and our favorite was the Pale Ale....I can still taste it!

We continued our walk and found an angel looking out over the main street

We ended the day walking around the water...not picture here is our little guy actually jumping in a fountain that connects to this lovely river. I think Brent had a little something to do with Rooney "falling in" but he denies it. What do you think???

Hope you all had a great weekend! I love extra days off!

Family BBQ and Haussermann Night

Yesterday we had a lot going on...


I had 2 clients in the morning and then we had a BBQ at my parents house at Noon followed by a night with the Haussermann's! I love full days that just keep the fun rolling.


Before the BBQ we thought we would take Rooney to the Dog Park to burn off some energy before he tore apart my parents house and terrorized our family dog Cobber. This is how excited he was to be leaving our house. He rides in a car everyday, he is a officially an on the go dog, just like us!

Our Crazy Dog is definitely the rabbit for all the other dogs to chase. He runs around as fast as he can and then finds a good hiding spot...I think he will make a great big brother some day and protect our stroller from all the vicious dogs at the dog park!

Mom and I getting some lunch together at their house.

Spending time in the Garden with a glass a wine and good company (company not pictured - Mom, Dad, Brent, Cobber and Rooney!)

Around 6ish we met up with the Haussermann's for what was supposed to be dinner and laser tag! Our night took a very different turn.

The restaurant that Brent had found for us was really popular and had a long wait with only about 8 tables total in the restaurant so we decided to get takeout and sit at the tables that were roped off for another restaurant...so sneaky of us!

Brent Calling in our order, standing right in front of the window to the place.

Our Wine from the CVS down the street! I love Virginia in that you can buy wine and beer from almost any store. It makes doing things like this so easy.

Luckily the Police didn't come bust us.

We sat and talked for a long time after dinner and decided it was too late to get our blood pumping with laser tag so we decided to head back to our house and stop at a roof top bar that Lori has been wanting to go to for years...we had no idea what we were in for. We found it in a small strip mall on the way home and here was what they had to offer to get the people off the street and into the bar. We saw no steaks or even the sign of a kitchen in this place.

We were promised a nice rooftop but the walk through the bar and up the cage were not making this place look promising.

We were proven wrong! The Rooftop bar was pretty awesome! Really nice cool night with a very interesting crowd to entertain us.

Love a bar that gives you a coozy for your cold beverage

Oh yeah, did you know that Pinball league's exist?? Well we found the best one around with about 10 pinball machines and advertisements for prizes galore!

Good times by all yesterday! Another fun filled day ahead for the Long's!