Who is Ready for Some Baseball?

James and I tried to get one last trip in before school started. So we decided to take the kids to a Salt Lake Bees baseball game, and then to Hogle Zoo the next day.

Things didn't quite go as planned.

We made it to the game, and we had a great time. There was plenty of grassy area where we sat, so the kids could run around. They even had a little train that was taking little kids around the stadium, and a huge play park for the kids to play at if they wanted. We ordered a root beer, which was a big treat for Grant, since it is technically against his diet. The weather was perfect. We didn't need our jackets, and we could just sit and enjoy the game.

Which we did. Even when I wanted to round the kids up at about 8:30, James insisted we stay. The game ended at about 10:00, and the kids were tired. Look at all the running around they did:

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Grant still doesn't know what to make of these characters when he sees them.


He had fun though. The kids were pretty tired by the time we left, and were sleeping soundly in the back.

We were almost to Paul's house in Lindon when, out of nowhere, came a buck, and hit our car right in the middle of town. Well that woke the kids right up. They didn't cry, just were a little startled. Then we had to fill out a police report, and wait for law enforcement, and all of that fun stuff. Luckily, our car could still run, so I was still thinking we could make it to Hogle Zoo. James informed me that with our vehicle being in the condition it was, we would be lucky to make it home the next day.

Very disappointed. I had really played up going to the zoo, and the kids were looking forward to it. When we didn't go the next day, they didn't seem to phased. They were more concerned that "our car is sick" than making it to the zoo. We had a mechanic look at it, and he said our car could make it back to Cedar, if we travel without the air-conditioning.

So we did. And it was a pleasant trip. There is something to be said about making the car as uncomfortable as possible. Both the kids slept most of the way. We made it to the zoo in September. :)


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