The Lord's Room Homeschool:Abeka & MUS-Delta

Jul. 28, 2005 - Fun at the Ball Park

Last night was such fun at the Dell Diamond! When a friend of mine gave our family four free tickets to see the Round Rock Express, we quickly found their schedule for their next home game. Little did we know that a lazy Tuesday night would turn into the time of our lives! Okay, maybe not our lives (His return will be the best of course!), but when we signed up to participate in the nights activities (along with 10,000 other people) we certainly didn't expect them to call on us!

First my name got called for the dizzy bat race. They posted it up on the Jumbo tron, it was such a shock! Me and another girl (my younger competition!) had to go down on the field and race for a t-shirt. The hitch was, we had to spin our heads around a bat 10 times first! It made me soooo dizzy! The mascot, in a big dog costume, had to help me along! Needless to say, I didn't make it half way for staggering around! I told them they should have just given the shirt to her!

Then as we were done, I heard my daughter's name get called for the "Gong Show" during the 7th inning stretch. It was sponsered by Shoe Carnival so they gave her a t-shirt and a $10 gift certificate! I didn't receive anything for my antics, but that's besides the point! Anyway, my daughter was in shock because I was the one that signed her up, she didn't have a clue what she was supposed to do! They told her that she was going to sing acapella any song she wanted for 30 seconds. They would either gong her or cheer her on.

So they gave her a microphone, put a huge camera in her face and told her to stand on top of the dugout. The announcer asked her, what are you going to sing? She said, "I feel like a woman" (she was influenced by Carrie Underwood from American Idol). The announcer said, "I bet you do!" So she sang, and she was awesome! I was sooooo proud of her. It surely made up for the fool I just made out of myself doing the dizzy bat race! She was cheered on by the crowd and sang for the entire 30 seconds with nary a boo.

Walking back to our seats she was recognized by all (the bright orange Shoe Carnival t-shirt she was wearing gave her away) with pats on the back and "Good job" being told to her. I guess her days on the worship team at youth on Sunday nights paid off! She loves to sing of course, and is eager to try out for AI when they come to town for next seasons show.

Before the night ended we went to the gift shop and the lady working there recognized us. My husband jokingly said that it wasn't fair that I didn't even get a prize for making a fool out of myself in front of 10,000 people in the dizzy bat race so the lady gave us 4 commemorative Express pewter key chains! That was very nice of her, but I would have done it anyway, just so my family (and 10,000 of our closest friends) could have a laugh at my expense!

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Aug. 8, 2005 - Follow-up on our night at the ballpark

I visited the round rock express website and there was a place to tell them about your experience at the ball park so I did. I received an email from them the next day asking for my address so they could send me a "small" token of their appreciation. I have yet to receive it, so I look forward to finding out what it is so I can let everyone else know!

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