Sunday, April 25, 2010

Good evening.

Thi​s will be a long post, so bear with me. It was a fantastic day!! We got to the baseball stadium at 10:30 this morning, and were met by Amanda. As soon as we got there David was taken down to the clubhouse. He was given a baseball, by Amanda, to take to the clubhouse to have signed by some players. While David was doing his thing, Rick, the general manager of the Reno Aces, gave us a tour of the stadium; even in places normally off-limits. It was very fun. Then David was throwing a ball with T.J., the vice president of Baseball Operations/​Communicati​ons, in front of the dugout. They surprised David with a bat that was signed by all the players. He was pretty excited about that!! They also gave him a hat and an Arizon Diamondback​s jersey. Then we just kinda stood in front of the dugout waiting for the activities to start. As we were standing there, one of the players called David over and said, "There has been a change of plans, I am going to throw out the pitch, you are going to sing the National Anthem." Ha-ha!! The players loved David. In fact, T.J. told us they talked about him long after he left the clubhouse. He made quite an impression on the players! They told David they were going to try to win the game for him. Then David threw out the first pitch, with Brett Butler catching. David did fantastic!!! He stood on the pitcher's mound and made it to home plate! I know that might not sound like a big deal; but our president didn't make it that far!!

Then David went with Brett Butler to exchange line-up cards. Brett handed David the card, and David handed it to the umpire.

Then we got to stand on the field, with the players, for the National Anthem. Then we went to our seats, which were right behind home plate! Fantastic seats!! We were in the shade the whole time. The weather was gorgeous, in the low 70's with a nice breeze. We were a little chilly in our seats, but we had a fantastic time. Amanda and Rick both checked up on us a few times to see if we needed anything. They also gave us food vouchers, for standard baseball fare; hot dog, pretzel, and soda!! The game went into extra innings; it was tied 5-5 at the bottom of the 9th. At the top of the 10th, the Colorado Skysox scored 5 runs!!!! We thought we were doomed! Then we got 4 runs. Then with 2 outs, 2 strikes, and a man on first, the player hit a home run!! So we came back to win, 11-10!! David's first baseball game was a fantastic game!! He wants to go to more games this season! We will be doing that. He had soooo much more fun than he thought he would. The only bad thing was David woke up with his first ever migraine! He was in pain all day, but he said it didn't ruin his day, so that's good. It was a very exciting day. They will be sending us (via Lizzie from NNCCF) a video, pictures, and another shirt. Thank you, again, Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation and Reno Aces, for giving David a day he will never forget! It was a very special day.

Well, that is about it for today. Thank you for checking in. Have a great night. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan