Today’s plan takes us through Chicago, but we don’t have time to stop. However, we did decide to splurge on paying more tolls to take I-90 through the city vs.…
The rest area accommodations worked out fairly well, with most of us getting a good night’s rest. Rob and the kids are now obsessed with getting more Tim Horton’s donuts.…
Today Rob and Kelly celebrated their 18 year wedding anniversary. Spoiler alert: it started with Tim Horton’s donuts and ended with bagged salad and Coors Light at a rest area for dinner.…
Journey Behind the Falls was our first stop of the day, where we met up with another baseball family who had already explored the area yesterday.…
Turns out, if you leave a huge mess from the night before, it takes a while to actually get moving the next morning.…
The day started off fantastically, thanks to this cart ride that all three of us enjoyed.

In the first game, Cooper’s team was down for much of the game, but they came back for another victory, moving them on to the “elite 8”.…
Cooper’s team was seeded 14th out of 104 teams for the tournament round, which bought them an entire morning of byes (tons of teams were 5-0, so their place was determined by runs allowed).…
Today is another two baseball game day for Cooper and the final of his first five games to determine their seed for the tournament play on Friday.…
Today’s schedule had games 2 and 3 for Cooper’s team. The first game made it four innings before the rain, thunder, and lightening had other plans.…
We are all about making the most of this experience, so when it was suggested to get to the Opening Ceremony at 6:30 a.m.…