Play Ball!

We are fortunate to have our own AAA minor league baseball team right here in Reno..The Reno Aces are an affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.  We enjoy going to several games each summer, the ballpark is amazing, the night skies are beautiful and we are usually blessed with mild temperatures.

Last night's game was Military Appreciation Night, played against the Omaha Storm Chasers, AAA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.  Our dear friends Bill and Ruth joined us, as Bill is also a Veteran.  It was great for the guys, lots of military types to chit chat with, and we even saw a couple veterans we know from the VA here.

 

We had a fun time, pizza and sodas, and our Aces won 13-7.

Looking forward to our next game, the Minor League season ends Sept. 1st, so hoping to get in one more game before then!

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The Letter P

I'm not really sure what to post for Pink Saturday, but as the theme says "anything goes" I'm going to share a little bit about what Carl and I are dealing with, Parkinson's Disease.

He was diagnosed with Parkinson's in June, 2018, he had tremors for a few years before that, though.  It was pretty devastating news to be honest.  Who dreams they will get that kind of news?  I decided to dive in head first and research, research and research some more.

One of the first things I found out about is the Davis Phinney Foundation.  Davis Phinney was a championship cyclist diagnosed with early onset about 20 or so years ago.  This foundation has a plethora of information available, and Carl and I attended a seminar here in Reno in March.  It has been so helpful!  I highly recommend starting here.

Along with his Parkinson's diagnosis, Carl also has mild dementia.  This scares me more than the Parkinson's!  His mom passed from Alzheimer's, so that of course is my first thought.  Carl has a different kind of dementia, her behavior was so different and he just doesn't have the symptoms of Alzheimers, at least not yet so we cross our fingers and pray it doesn't come to that.

We made the decision right away to live like we planned.  Enjoy our family and friends, travel when we can until we can't, and just live each day the best we can.  I don't know where this journey will take us, but we will travel it together!

Please visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and see what all the Pinkies are posting today!  Thank you for visiting me and I love to read your comments!

 

 

 

Grandkids!

Last week Jackson and Grace spent the week with us.  We get them for a week during the summer, and usually for a week after the Christmas holiday.  Gives their folks a break and gives us time to really, really spoil them!

We did some fun things!

 We ate out at Steak and Shake:

 We went to the Splash Park:

We took a nap, sort of!

 We played with Prince, he loves the kids!

 We played with Mimi's neighbor Kinley

 

 We went bowling!

 

We took a selfie

 

 We watched SpongeBob!

 We went to see Aladdin at the movies!

 

 We rode the ferris wheel at Scheel's

Grace and I got Manicures and Pedicures! 

 

 We ate lots of ice cream! 

 A fun week and boy were Carl and tired!