Pros and Cons of living by a Minor League Baseball Field

Pro: Fireworks.  Really awesome super large beautiful fireworks....that I can watch from my kitchen table, back patio, front yard, etc.
Con: Fireworks.  They shake the house and the cannons are so loud that they inevitably scare the pants off of the kids.  Furthermore, if we don't remember to keep them up past bedtime, the noise and vibration wake them up in one of the most terrifying manners possible.
Pro: Walking distance to the game where we do not have to fight traffic when we leave.  
Con: Idiots who park in front of our driveway or in our driveway.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have some people who are just self-centered enough to feel entitled to park in a strangers' driveway.  And yes, ladies and gentlemen, they may find that same car egged, keyed, or better yet, (when they park in front of or in my driveway) towed at the owner's expense with a ticket issued by a nice policeman when they come back to get it.  
Pro: Being able to sit on my patio and hear all the concerts (like the sexy Josh Turner on Aug. 25th)
Pro: Walking distance to any day activity for the kids.
Pro: Charlie Chukar will often entertain the kids and autograph baseballs for them.


Last night was the last home game of the Chukars distastefully tawdry 2011 season.  At the end of the game, which they lost to the Orem Owlz (7-5), they lit up the sky with a gorgeous 20 minute display of fireworks with coordinating music.  Now, I LOVE fireworks.  I think they are one of the best things in life.  Aedan like them, but doesn't like the noise of the cannons.  Ariana couldn't make up her mind.  She kept pulling the blanket up over her left eye and peeking up with her right eye, or pulling the blanket up over her mouth and nose, peeking over the top to watch.  It was hilarious.  At the end of the show, Aedan clapped and Ariana looked at him like he had grown a 3rd set of limbs.  I picked her up and carried her into the house and we all went to bed.