Night at the Ballpark

It's a pretty frequent perk that Kim recieves from work: tickets to see the Orem Owlz. They are a minor, minor leauge team that plays here in Orem at the Brent Brown Ballpark over by UVU. Jake had been participating in a baseball camp (because he doesn't play enough anyway) and had gotten tickets for last Saturday's game, so we went as a family. Now, although the tickets were free, we spent a good chunk on hotdogs and treats and drinks! About halfway through the game, a foul ball come flying at us and hits Emily right in the back!! She was stunned a little, and screamed out, but really had gotten lucky that it hit her in the back and not the head!! Neither Kim or I were sitting close enough to her to have stopped the ball, and since she wasn't even watching the game (she was sucking on one of those giant otter pops) she didn't even see it coming. Well, needless to say, a foul ball hitting a 5 year old in the back attracted alot of attention...the owner of the Owlz even came over and offered assistance. EMT's were summond, but not needed, and all the people around us seemed concerned. But, things seemed to perk up a bit for Emily when the owner came back with the foul ball that hit her and a FREE Dippin' Dots, which she had been begging for all night. And, it must not have scarred her too badly as we returned on Monday night with free tickets from Kim's office......the picture is of the kids with the Owlz mascot, Hootz. Notice Natalie is missing from the picture? She only likes Hootz from a distance...something about a giant red owl with a giant head seems to scare her a little.....