The company also provides a t-shirt for anyone wanting one and we usually get one for each member of our family. This year they were tan (weird choice, but whatever). The only problem is that once my children joined the playground, they were surrounded by children that looked exactly like them. Ivory wore her squeaky shoes so she was pretty easy to find, but the other two blended in like camouflage and it kept my eyes busy the entire time.
To finish off the evening, the company buys tickets for a baseball game for any families or employees who want to attend. We have never gone to the game before because of having younger children but we thought we might venture out this year and try something new.
So we packed up the family and headed to see the Orem Owlz play. Our family is not heavily into sports so this is the first real baseball game our kids have been to and it was fun trying to explain the rules to the girls. June seemed to understand fairly well and she got excited when the 'red' team would hit the ball and run the bases. Robyn and Ivory usually just clapped when everyone else did. The stadium they built at UVU is well designed because there is an area with just grass, which lets children run around a bit more, and a playground (which we took full advantage of).
Seriously? Who chose THAT as their mascot. I would rather be a woodchuck. They try to make it look more fierce, (shown here on the right), but let's face it...it's a game bird.
To be fair, the whole game was fowl and I don't think of owls as particularly fearsome creatures but they do have large talons and are considered a predator. And in movies they can be quite terrifying (I am thinking more of Secret of Nimh not Bambi). I personally like the little eyes they have chosen to represent the owlz, but it is more of the same --trying to make a bird look mean. They handed out hats to the first 1,500 people. Um... we didn't get any, but the people behind us were very nice and gave their hats to the girls at the end of the game. They are a bit large for the kids, but the thought was really nice. You may have noticed by now that I did NOT take my camera that night but here is a picture of the girls wearing the hats the next day.
Look at those fierce owl eyes :)
The ferocious Chukars are feared by fowl of every kind. Ooooh! Watch out for the little owls... I'm so scared. Beware the brutality of the Chukar--it will strike you stealthily and lethally. I only hope you can sleep with this blood-thirsty predator on your trail.
ReplyDeleteI'm not feeling the "Chukars" either. It actually makes me think of puking, strangely enough (...you know, upchuck).
ReplyDeleteAnyways, loved your camping story. I am not a camping mom either as I grew up with four sisters and now here I am stuck with an outdoorsy husband and two sons so far. I'm definitely going to have to break out of my shell.
By the way, you were not party to my "blogging funk" rant, you always keep up well with your posting and commenting :)
That game was pretty fun-I even stayed through the whole thing, and I've never done that before! I plan on wearing that red hat everywhere I go...
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