Kent's 8th birthday party

For Kent's 8th birthday, he took us to a White Caps baseball game in Comstock Park.  He threw out the first pitch.

For some father-son bonding, Uncle Ben and Pa Bob did the Dizzy Bat competition.  A worker came around and recruited Ben for this and Ben volunteered Pa Bob.  It was a one on one competition.  Pa Bob won... with a little cheating. 

Below is a video of the competition.  Pretty funny.  It was a surprise to us all how it was going to all play out.  They didn't tell Pa Bob until just before they started to just let Ben do the spinning himself.

The kids got to run the bases after the game.  A whole bunch of kids lined up to do this.  Anna didn't participate this year, but Maeve, Lukey and Kent did. 

Kent waited at the end of the line so that he could make sure he had the field to himself.  Lukey waited for him though and went around a second time.  So, just like last year at the MSU v. U of M game, Lukey liked running the bases so much that he did it twice. 

Just like last year...there's Lukey out there all on his own taking his second run around.  He was the only one who took a second lap. 

The 3 cousins managed to be the last kids on the field.  Here is Lukey's annual picture of getting escorted off the field.