Jerry's friend, GM of the Houston Four Seasons, negotiated a fabulous room at the last minute (obviously one reserved for a golfer) and BrewerETC Marketing Group purchased a small golf sponsorship. Here's a shot of the view from our room ...
Jason, Melissa, Luke & Zach joined us on Friday morning and it was HOT, HOT, HOT! After an hour or two, the boys were ready to visit the HP Kids Zone where they had loads of fun doing all sorts of activities. One computer related activity was to create your own "avatar", or digital likeness.
Luke & Zach created the following avatar for me and I think I came out smelling like a rose, even if the image is a bit like looking in the rear-view mirror!
Jerry ... not so much!
Apparently the choice for "thinning hair" turns out like this. Can't explain the mutton chops, but I'm fairly sure this look wouldn't fly as a banker!
It was a "sports extravaganza" weekend and Zach had his first tee ball game on Friday at 5pm. Yes, 5pm, and it was smokin' hot by that hour! Here's Zach crushing one off the tee ...
In this age group, they rotate each team through "at bats" and then switch sides. Since Zach was last at bat, I don't have any photos of him running the bases. Here he is at first base ...
Next attempt was a ground ball, but he got on base each time he batted.
Here he is in the outfield ...
... and hustling for the big catch!
We had a good dinner at the Blue Goose Friday night. Quesadillas & margaritas ... excellent after a long, hot day! (the kids did NOT have margaritas)
Saturday morning, Jason joined us for golf and we walked 18 holes following Lee Janzen to witness the worst round of the day (seriously) and Arjun Atwal, a young guy from Calcutta, India who recorded the best round of the day. At one point the three of us were the only ones following this two-some other than Janzen's wife.
We left the course after lunch and met Melissa, Luke & Zach at Luke's baseball game. By game time, 2pm, the sun was blazing and the wind was howling. We were grateful for the breeze, and we had our sunglasses on, but the dirt was flying and getting in the kids eyes.
Here's Luke in the outfield. Ball popped up at his feet and he missed the catch, but it's a good action shot!
Warming up ...
Big hit!
... SCORE!
Here's Luke crossing home plate. The next player managed to slide into home right after and bring their score to 3 runs for the inning.
Here's a beautiful shot of the sun coming up on Sunday morning.
Jason came out again for the morning rounds and we found a good shady spot ~ with a breeze ~ to watch the early players come through the 2nd green. Unfortunately, Luke had a birthday party and piano recital on Sunday afternoon, so we didn't see Melissa and the kids again.
More beautiful views from our balcony ...
... the 18th green, with players coming through ...
... the driving range with Downtown Dallas in the far background.
It was another great Byron Nelson experience and I hope we're back again next year!
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