Big B and da Brewers

Sorry it has been so long since a post, but between my summer school and keeping up with the nicholson 7 blog it has been busy. So this past weekend Katie and I along with Uan went on a little trip to Milwaukee. We had planned to go on the trip since mid June, but at the beginning of last week Trish was not feeling well and did not know if we should come. So we canceled our plans to go to Milwaukee for the weekend. Then on Saturday we got a phone call from Trish wanting to know if we were still interested in coming up. So we started to see if it would all work out in order for us to go up. My parents said they would watch our other three kids, so the plan was on. The kids had some friends over so we told Trish we would not be leaving for a little while. She said that was fine and to just call when we get on the road. So we got on the road around 3:30 and we were making great time until we got to mile marker 30 on highway 43(which is an extremely bumpy highway and only thirty some miles from the ballpark). It was at mile marker 30 that I heard a loud rumbling sound. I asked Katie a rhetorical question of what the noise was. She was not sure. My gut said we had a flat tire. I pulled over and found out that my gut instinct was right. We had a flat tire. So I quickly opened the trunk and got out the spare tire which was in a pool of water(not exactly sure why). I then became nervous that our spare tire did not have any air. There was enough to keep our journey going. We then got to the game around 6:45 and Emmy met us at the players entrance. We then got to park in the player's parking area. We then walked into the player's entrance and experienced what the players do when they go to the ballpark. So we watched the game with the Shouses excluding Brian, who was in the bullpen. After the game we met up with some other people from central Illinois and went back downstairs to the players locker room and waited for Brian to come out. While waitng for Brian we got to see other players come out. Once Brian came out he took us to the field so we could see the stadium from the ground. It was amazing to be at the center of the ballpark and just looking around at how big it is. Once we left the stadium,we went and ate at Fuddruckers and back to the Shouses to hang out for a little while. The next day I took the car to Firestone and had them fix the flat tire. So the ford taurus is now ready to rock-n-roll again. The Shouses excluding Brian(already at the ballpark) came and got us and we followed them to the ballpark for Sunday's game. It was another enjoyable game. We got some Brewers apparell and even got to watch Brian pitch in the Ninth inning to end the game. It was really neat to see someone you know personally out on the field pitching against the Pirates. I know Trish does not enjoy seeing her husband out there pitching but I really enjoyed it and he did real well out there. So after the game we went to Cheesecake Factory where we had some real funny stories. If you come up to any of us and say nitecruzer we will tell you some of the stories that occurred at the Factory. We then separated with the Shouses and headed back home. We had a very enjoyable and memorable weekend. Thanks once again to the Shouses for a great weekend and everything that you guys did for us. Go Shouse!!! "Shouse", "Shouse", let it all out............