Opening Day 2012

Opening day in Cincinnati is a holiday.

Keith and I had never been to an Opening Day until last year.

We would listen to it on the radio or watch it on T.V., 

but we had never experienced the hoopla.

After last year's eventful day (to say the least!),

we decided from then on out we wanted to go to Opening Day every year.

Our day started out with Chili Time at 8:30 A.M.

After a delicious and filling breakfast,

Griff, Keith and I then met the Camps down at Moerlein Lager House .

The morning started out quite chilly,

the complete opposite of how the Reds game was 2 days before.

As it started to warm up a bit,

we stepped outside for some live music and fun!

Then we started finding friends all over the place!

Me & Amber

Jake & Kerri

While heading to the restroom,

Amber and I found Cara!

Alex, Andy, Keith, and Griff

Amber & Andy

Joe & Danny

Keith & Griff

Conway & Me

(Side note: I had forgotten my sunglasses and have squinty eyes in a lot of these pictures!

I stole Keith's hat, but I don't think I look very good in hats!)

Before I knew it,

I looked down at my phone and it said 3:34.

Woah!

The day had flown by!

I told Keith we needed to go!

Luckily, the stadium was right across the street from the Lager House.

Here is a view from our seats:

We almost made it on the jumbo-tron!

They showed the seats in front of us...

by the time I realized it, it was too late to bend down and get in the picture!

Kerri switched seats with Keith and we snagged a pic.

To celebrate the Reds win,

we headed to Fountain Square for awhile,

then we decided we were hungry.

We hailed a taxi, and headed to Oakley.

While riding in the taxi,

Alex, who was sitting in the front seat, said nonchalantly,

"His alignment's off."

I was in the middle in the backseat,

looked up and noticed the alignment wasn't a little off--

it was A LOT off!

I snapped a pic real quick.

You might think that we were taking a left turn,

but we weren't.

We were definitely going straight on the highway!

Oh brother!

What another eventful Opening Day.

Thankfully, we all arrived home safely!

Goooooo Reds!