Play Ball

Friday night Eric got to experience "Bounce" for the first time...

He's a natural.



Wow, doesn't even look like he's trying. :)



Yeeha!

 

Saturday night, we went to a softball game. Which, I'll admit softball can be a little boring, but this one had a twist. It was the Boise State football team playing, offense vs. defense. We learned that being a great football player doesn't necessarily translate to being a great softball player. But that made it all the more entertaining. It was fun to see all of the guys be themselves and let loose. Everytime one of their teammates got a home run, they would all meet him at home plate and do something funny...like a little celebration dance or something. One time, all of the players were circled around home plate when the home run hitter came into home and jumped onto the plate with both feet, and all of the guys, in unison, threw themselves out on their backs - like an explosion. Just a lot of little things like that that kept the game fun. Plus, it was a nice night to just be outside doing something other than sit on the couch and watch a movie.

Offense (left) vs. defense. Defense killed em.



hehe. Cooper surprised us with this face after he had been quietly enjoying a massive jaw breaker.



Then he surprised me with this face when I was browsing through the pictures on my camera. Cooper's self-portrait. Hilarious.



Throughout the game they did little challenges to earn more runs. Here, they're having a chocolate milk drinking contest (first to 24!) They also did a pizza eating contest.

Afterward, the whole team stuck around to sign autographs. Eric and I weren't really anxious to wait in line for 2+ hours so we took off. The kids thought it was totally worth the wait though. They brought us back a poster with everyone's signatures, and Braden even got a signed, game-worn cleat from Billy Winn. (He was so excited...The first thing he did was take a whiff...he didn't even care that it smelled like "rotten nachos")