Tyler wasn't with us, he had his last night of confirmation class and they were going to play laser tag. So, Anthony, Carli, and I grabbed our food and headed to the stands. Carli was very excited to see her, "Bubby" play baseball!
She enjoyed every minute of it!
Even the Chicken dancing through the stands!
Some of the high school's cheerleaders were there too!
Why did I take a picture of the dugout? Because these two were in there!
The game was wonderful! The announcer gave ever child a nickname when they came up to bat. Austin was, Austin "The Ram" Ramirez!
The whole organization was great. They announced several groups in town that raised money to put this on. One organization raised $10,000! Everyone was so nice. Caring. Patient! At one point, I saw a boy that has Down Syndrome, not wanting to play, he just wanted to sit in the grass in the infield. Well, the older man that was his helper, just sat right in front of him and they rolled the baseball to each other back and forth! They all made sure that every child there had the best baseball experience possible! I know Austin sure did-and us too! I would've taken so many more pictures and video of that game, but I was having such a blast screaming and clapping! And this is Matt's friend, Justin, that plays on his team too. He came out on the field with Austin too! Uh, my heart melts! There's hope for the youth today! Not only do things like this make an impact on the children, but what these high schoolers will learn is that it will have a greater impact on them!
We have an awards ceremony Wednesday night. So more pictures to come.
Here's some short videos of parts of the game. The one thing I SO WISH I would've gotten videoed, was Austin's last run in to home plate!! He talks about what he did in the last video! Matt had told him to do it! It was the icing on the cake!
Remember to scroll down and pause my music, and come back up to view the videos. The wind was blowing quite hard, so you'll hear that. ENJOY!
Gettin' ready to bat 09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.
Runnin' to 2nd 09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.
And I realize that in this video he's running from 2nd not to.
Runnin' home!09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.
Austin's bball interview 09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.
Gettin' ready to bat 09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.
Runnin' to 2nd 09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.
And I realize that in this video he's running from 2nd not to.
Runnin' home!09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.
Austin's bball interview 09 from Michelle Ramirez on Vimeo.