Hometown Date: Kokomo Jackrabbits Game

If you heard the podcast yesterday, you've already heard a bit about our time at the Kokomo Jackrabbits game, but I thought you might like to have some pictures to go with it! :)

Ryan is not a baseball fan {Gasp...what!?!?!} so the only reason we had this evening on our radar was because he won two tickets last fall when we ran the 5K. You can't let free tickets go to waste, so we reserved our seats for this past Friday night, which turned out to be a beautiful {even if blistering hot} night to spend at the ball park!

We found the Jackrabbit as soon as we arrived, and Ryan wanted a picture with him. {It was Princesses and Superheroes night at the park, so if Belle had been there, you can know I would have had a picture with her!}

Our seats were in the first row right behind the visiting team's dugout, so it was somewhat of a photography delight! :) But it was also in the direct line of the sun for about the first hour and a half of the game!

My dear, sweet husband took pity on me and went to find relief in the form of a cold Coke and a funeral fan!

At the beginning, these girls danced to a medley of Mary Poppins songs - I LOVED IT! But my goodness, what a hot night to have to do high kicks in long pants and sleeves!

Love this: fist bump between the Jackrabbit and a player.

 I paid VERY close attention to the game because we were in a danger zone for being hit!

We ate dinner before we went, so we didn't eat scads of junk food, but Ryan wanted one treat, so we shared some waffle fries. As I said on the podcast, these fries FAR exceeded my expectations of ballpark food. I was expecting lukewarm and mushy, but they were hot and crispy!

The whole atmosphere is very family friendly, with all kinds of little games in between innings, and the big kid in our family managed to catch a t-shirt when they threw them to the crowd!

And then it was a child's medium!! Ha ha ha! It fits me...in a crop top sort of way. But hey, we won!!

We also won the game!

And here's the kicker: at the end of the game, Ryan said he had so much fun, he would go again!!!! WHAT?!?!!???!? The guy who doesn't like baseball and had never watched a game?

So we declared it a fun date that we would do again!