Baseball

UVU vs UofU!!!

We COULD have witnessed history here! UVU was tied with a 32 winning streak. If they beat the Utes they would have been the only college baseball team to have won 33 games in a row. Chases baseball (Tigers) team and the Journey all went. Another thing happened that Coop (nor we) will ever forget. As a mom, it is both heartbreaking, and as a girl with a twisted sense of humor, hilarious at the same time. I have a nervous, maybe "cope in time of stress", laugh...But this killed me. It probably won't you, so Im doing this for journaling purposes:)

Here's Coop...just enjoying is $1 hotdog...happy as a bird with a frech fry.

Since we came with two groups, we went early because we were told is was hard to get seating and if you didn't get your hotdogs/snacks/drinks etc. early you would be in line FOREVER! And, we were not about to let Coop go without his ballpark hotdog(S)! Enter the need for a snow cone...Exit the window of opportunity with the short line. You know Coop...really really just had.to.have.a.snow.cone! So he goes to stand in line. It was the bottom of the 2nd inning and there was a good play to end it, so there was a lot of cheering. A minute later, Cooper comes to the seats sobbing....i mean uncontrollably crying...cant talk! He NEVER does this so Im thinking the worst and I became instantly sick. You know the feeling when you just wanna hold em, let em know you'll fix it, wish whatever happened away! Finally when he could get any words out at all, he said he was waiting in line forever (which he WAS) and when he heard the cheering, he thought he missed the whole game and changed his mind about the snow cone but was already waiting for so long! Later, he said he "felt stupid" because he wasted all that time for a snow cone when he wanted to see the game. The worst part, picture a cute, no teeth, sweaty, playful boy waiting patiently and anxiously in line, hearing the crowd, realizing what happened....and he was now 2nd in line!!! Seriously, he was next and he bailed. The funny part about this is 1)he didn't have enough money anyway so that would have sucked rocks and 2)he was also in the wrong line...sucked boulders! I felt sooooo bad! I totally should have went with him and checked out the sitch before I sent adorable Cooper to fend for himself (NOT like he was suffering, he ate like 3 hotdogs). I thought it was time to be a mom so I went up myself to get him one....and quickly came back because the line was easy 100 people. Bbbbut the good new is, it was only 2nd inning, still a lot of game left:)

Finally! Tigers Blood and Red Raspberry snow cone. Hope it was worth it buddy!

I'm happy for moments we get to spend with family and friends at the ballpark...

Forget About It!

Something you wish you could forget........
Is there really anything that we should forget? When you think about it, I mean, REALLY think about it....we need all that's in our cache. Otherwise, we wouldn't learn to overcome life's barriers. Shit's gonna happen, if you don't know how to accept those thoughts, even welcome them, you won't survive pleasantly. Im thinking of my worst thought/memory and I hope I never forget how that feels so I can do the things necessary to win next time........I like winning. Lingering, however, will slow the game down. So, there's a difference:)

I lie......this is something I'd actually like to forget! It's just wrong, everything about it.

What to do?

Day 16........What do you want to do before you die?
I really don't know the answer to this. I want to do a lot of things, but I can't think of something that stands out to where I would feel like....."check, now I can die"?!?:) I would love to go to Eager/Mesa (AZ), Homer (AK), and Laie (HI) to see all the places we lived. I guess our house in Eager was torn down and replaced with a grocery chain...so that's a downer! But still, I have so many memories from all those places. I wonder how I would perceive them as an adult compared to when I was a kid.

Waiamea Bay-We would go here almost every weekend. It actually is how I remember it. Aaron almost died here once...

I heard the spit has changed a bunch and the boardwalk is bigger

I swear we lived across the street from here....did we guys? Ami should know since I drug her across the road on the way back from the pool and almost got hit by a car...which happened to be our Dad. Guess who got a whoooop'in? ....Ami, haha it was Ami

Memories

Day 10.....your favorite memory
Really? What did I say about having a "favorite?" Pretty much every cherished memory I have evokes the same feeling....adoration. What a great feeling. Like, the memory of my parents dancing or kissing. Both Kevin and Kristen coming home and taking me to get icecream or going for joy rides. My Dad taking me out on dates. Our family going on Sunday drives together. Or, watching from our apartments in Hawaii for my mom to walk home from school and we'd go running to meet her. We adored her and couldn't wait to hear about her day. Life started when Mom got home.

I recall.........And now.....

I recall when Blake would make Curt and I sit in the living room, opposite sides, in sports paraphernalia, and announce his name when he comes running out in his basketbll jersey. If we didn't yell/cheer right.....we had to do it over. It continued on through the 1st qrt., 2nd qrt., half time (I may have had to perform a few times:), 3rd quarter and finally, 4th. We powered through THE WHOLE GAME, in our tiny apartment living room. That was the life! We laugh about it all the time and love it.

I recall when Chase was soooooo excited for his first little league baseball game (6). He layed his uniform out the night before....literally, like a person. He was up, dressed in full (including cup) by 6am. We headed out to the game at 5:30. They go through the lineup and when it's his teams turn to take the field, Chase runs out to center field, ready as can be. We see him dancing around and imitating himself catching the ball. When they come back in to bat, Chase runs to me and says "I need new pants." Me-"why?" Chase, "I didnt want to come out, I pee'd these ones." This is a boy who potty trained himself by 2!! His pants were drenched. Mind you, he had baseball socks that went up past his thighs that soaked up the majority of it. We didn't know whether to laugh or.....????...... I guess you just laugh at that. Right? I mean, what choice do you have? Gotta love that committment.

And now, Coopers first Jr. Jazz basketball game. He has been talking about it for weeks. Got his clothes ready early this morning, started stretching out hours before and did lines in the hall at the gym to impress his coach. He made a couple baskets and was so proud of himself. On the way home he goes "it's not about winning or losing, it's about having fun." And I replied, "maybe for now. That's not gonna cut it later buddy." Hah! Who's this coach filling his brain with such malarkey? LOL. It was so fun watching this little tyke enjoying himself. We were thinking that they all look so happy and are having fun. When do we screw them up? Where does it go awry? Quite the conundrum...