It was a big weekend at the Curran's. Planning for the weekend I got the gladiator out of moth balls and had it inspected Friday morning. Four hours and four hundred dollars later. With it's new brakes I drove to work. Too bad I couldn't drive it all the way home. It started to act up and I got to within a mile of home when it died. Being too old to sleep on the floor somewhere I opted to pass on going to Colgate on Saturday night and wait till Sunday morning. Saturday was Mike's first prom. Decked out in his fancy tux Mike went to dinner at one of his friends home. All the parents showed up a couple of hours later for all the photos. Katie looked very beautiful in her prom gown and even looked good when Mike stood next to her. It was great to see all the kids excited about the night and the parents happy to see them dressed up. Jack and I went down to the city center to watch the kids walk the red carpet into the prom. On Sunday Mike called to tell me he had to work so Jack and I headed out to Hamilton for graduation. The day seemed nice but as it neared graduation time the storm clouds rolled in. We arrived around 12:30 only to find out that Sean and Sara had left about 20 minutes before. It was great to see the grads and their parents but the rain was coming down and Jack and I were having flash backs to last year so we decided to head home. On Monday Mike and I went to Cooperstown after his Dr. appointment, to see the Hall of Fame game. My second game of the season and the same two teams as before. Doubleday Field is a tiny ball park so the home run derby before hand was great. The starting players only played an inning or two then the minor leaguers took over. By the third inning the lowest number on the field was like 67. The numbers on the players were so high it seemed like a football team instead of baseball. On one line drive to right the Blue Jays right fielder botched it big time, I found out this morning that the Jays let SI reporter Tom Verducci play right for the last five innings. The game was fun, it was my first big league game without a beer since I was 12 years old.
Monday night ended with the Maple Ave Awards night. Jack was given the award for boys chorus, good job Jack.

AOH Notes.
Wednesday night: Memorial day Parade in Saratoga. gather in front of Burke's on North Broadway at 6pm. Parade steps off at 6:30 after the parade we are going to gather at the Olde Saratoga Brewery for a few pints.
Friday night: Social Hour Peabody's Sports Bar & Grille anytime after 5 on the patio in the back of the bar. Join your brothers for a fun night. Wives, girlfriends and what not are more then welcome, they are wanted. You guys are an ugly lot.

Photo album from the weekend can be found here http://picasaweb.google.com/saratogairish/Weekend
Thanks to Jake Krong for the photos from Colgate