What A Day For Blake!

Saturday Blake's team played their eighth game. At the bottom of the seventh inning the game was tied. Up to bat....Blake Roebuck. Blake carefully watched the pitches as ball after ball came in high, high again, low, and high. Blake took his base. The next batter had the same luck. The third batter hit a line drive up first, but it was missed and as the ball traveled way out right field, Blake hustled home and scored the winning run! Wooo Hooo! He threw his fist in the air victoriously and his team mates came out of the dugout cheering and lifted him in the air! I, of course, didn't have the camera with me. You'll have to take me word for it when I say Blake's eyes were twinkling and his smile was ear to ear!

After the game we ran home to pick up Sam and headed to Concord for the All Star race. Sam used his infield pass to get us right up to the front gate which was nice. We made it just in time to watch the burnout competition that Greg Biffle won.




Next came the shootout, which was fun.












Next came driver introductions. They had fireworks and the teams rode in the back of pickups all around the track. I've never heard a crowd boo like they did when Kyle Busch came out! Some race fans are an interesting breed, lol! My favorite part was when Dale Jarrett drove the Big Brown Truck.









We enjoyed some hot dogs and sodas and settled in for the main event. How cool is it that 2 Washington boys won it, huh! After the race we took our time getting back to the rig. We sat for a while and watched the helicopters transporting all the hot shots out before coming home.

I don't think it could have been a better day for my little guy!