Last night, Bennett and I went to the Salt Lake Bee's game with his family. By about the second inning one of the Bee's cheerleaders came up to us and asked us if we wanted to help out with the on-field entertainment after the 7th inning. It took a lot of convincing, but somehow Bennett, his sister-in-law, and brother-in-law all agreed to be in the Boondocks Race. What is the Boondocks Race, you may ask? There were three giant blow up costumes: a hot dog, an ice cream cone, and a pizza. Each person puts on one of the previously mentioned giant inflatable food items and runs around the perimeter of the baseball field until they reach the finish line. The winner of the race receives two tickets to the Boondocks Fun Center. Bennett dressed up as the hot dog, and about 10 feet into the race he deflated and fell far behind. A miracle took place and he somehow got the hot dog to re-inflate and made the comeback of a lifetime. First he pulled ahead of the ice cream cone and then the pizza until he rounded left field and up to home plate, breaking through the finish line first! Meanwhile, I was sitting on the sidelines filming the race on his phone and laughing one of those gut-wrenching laughs. It was one of the funniest things I've seen- primarily because it was so uncharacteristic for those three to participate in an on-field entertainment race wearing giant blow up foods. I have never been so proud of my little hot dog. Every time I think about it or look at a picture from last night I can't help but laugh a little once again. I thought I'd share the goods with you all and hopefully give each of you a little chuckle:
(sorry for the poor quality and that some are small-
all we had was a phone to take the pictures with)
Bennett and Bryan getting strapped in and ready for the big race
There he is- my hot dog
Go, hot dog, go!
Monumental first place finish!