Baseball with the nephews

My brother Lane came down to Utah and wanted to go see the UofU vs. SDSU baseball game up at Lindquist Field in Ogden because SDSU has the best pitcher in college baseball. I met them up in Ogden and Lane promptly asked the boys if they wanted to get a hot dog with Aunt LeAnn. Sure, I'll take them to get hot dogs. We stood in line for over 40 minutes because they didn't have full concessions and they weren't prepared for the crowd. The boys actually were really good and patient despite the long wait. Lane even gathered up all of our stuff to come check on us - after watching several innings and a home run he started to wonder if something bad happened or if he was on candid camera to see how long it would take for him to go looking for his kids! I was unsuccessful in convincing them to get a hamburger instead of a hot dog because those were ready while the hot dogs were frozen. So we continued to wait. Luckily they were only $2.50 each and we still got to watch the last couple of innings! SDSU beat the UofU 11-2 and even though we weren't able to get any autographs from the pitcher or the coach Tony Gwinn after the game, it was fun just to be hanging out with the boys!

I Just Want to Fly

One of my good friends Ann (front left) wanted to go indoor skydiving for her birthday. You know that I'm always game for a good adventure so I didn't even think twice about joining the group (Darren M, Ann G, Steve G, Tracie E, and Darci A)! I was issued the bright yellow and purple L.A. Lakers jumpsuit - apparently the dark slimming jumpsuits are only available to shorter people! Indoor skydiving is quite a different experience from outdoor skydiving but ironically, our instructor Dusty was the same guy that was tandem with a friend when I went outdoor skydiving several years ago. We had two rules: 1) Chin up and 2) Hold still. If you have a neck or shoulder injury, no flying for you. If you weighed over 250 pounds, no flying for you. If you don't pay the fee, no flying for you. Luckily I was able to pass the restrictions and fly. Check out the website for a demo (http://www.iflyutah.com/). I wasn't able to get live action photos - didn't have the camera setting on "action" so they turned out kind of blurry. We did two 1 minute flight experiences and the air flow surprisingly sucked you up from the top of the tunnel room rather than blew you up from the bottom. One minute actually is a very long time when you're trying to hold still with a HUGE grin on your face while you fly. I definitely recommend this experience - it was truly a BLAST!!!