A Perfect Summer Day

After a long and draining couple of weeks, we had free Saturday to spend as a family (one of the awesome perks of Tim's new job!). We left at the beginning of naptime and headed down to southern Illinois to window shop, eat dinner and go to a Miners game. We went to Carbondale first and walked around the mall then headed to Marion to do the same thing. Even though we didn't buy anything, it was fun to just walk around and window shop. After shopping, we ate at a local So Il BBQ spot (Triple E) and it was very yummy! We felt like it was a "real" vacation because we love trying local eating establishments when we go somewhere else. When we were finished, we headed over to Rent One Park to watch the Southern Illinois Miners. They are an independent miner league baseball team that is in the same league that the Gateway Grizzlies are in. We always like going to baseball games and it was a great night for one. We got lawn seats, spread our blanket out and enjoyed 5 innings of baseball. It is a great atmosphere for a little one because we had some more space to roam around. I was impressed that we made it as long as we did because it was later than usual for Hannah. It wasn't much, but we had a fabulous day as a family! Hannah and Mommy before the game started.Hannah and Daddy about halfway through -- not quite as happy as noted by the crazy hair!