Pioneer Day!!

Owlz Baseball Game!!

pioneer noun, one of the first to explore an area or field of study, an innovator

Take me out to the ballgame...

Our family is a huge fan of the Angels baseball team. We schedule our trips to California based on when the Angels are playing at "home". On several occasions when we have traveled elsewhere the home team of where we were was playing the Angels...it must be fate. The Orem Owlz just so happen to be the Pioneer Team affiliated with the Angels and the Salt Lake Bees are the Minor league affiliate...fate once again. On July 3rd we took the kids to see the Owlz play. We got there early so we could watch the guys warm up. The kids were on cloud nine the second we entered the stadium. We decided to go all out and let the kids pick some team paraphernalia. Brian, Ethan and Hannah all wanted a foam owl claw and Joshie wanted a baseball hat like dad. We got snacks and headed to our seats...5th row right behind home base...Jason was so excited that I had gotten such great seats...oh yeah Jen has skillz!!! The kids devoured the snacks in record time and moved on to Jason's peanuts. My kids do not like nuts of any kind (well except for their parents and most of Jason's family) however if the before mentioned nuts (the food ones not the human ones) are peanuts that are in the shell then the whole "we don't like nuts" is apparently null and void...note to self, put broccoli in a shell. After a few handfuls of peanuts Joshie decided that he wanted an owl claw like everyone else had...stupid $20.00 hat. How could I say no...I mean it's practically the Angels!!! So I take the little guy to get an owl claw and he is beaming from ear to ear. We sit back down and he puts the owl claw on his lap and says..."table for my peanuts"...are you kidding??!! Stupid $10.00 owl claw...no wait, stupid $2.00 peanuts!! The Owlz did not fair so well and ended up losing...I think the umps were pretty unfair...or "freaking blind" as the gentleman in front of me referred to them as. After the game they did fireworks to celebrate the 4th. All in all it was a great evening. As we left the stadium Brian and Ethan both said that it had been the best night of their lives.

Josh and Dad with their "sweet" hats...

Josh and his $10.00 "peanut table"...

The kids with Hootz...
Josh ran screaming when he saw him!!!

baseball noun, a game played with a bat and a ball by two teams with nine players on a side, on a field with four bases at the corners of a diamond