Labor Day Weekend 勤労感謝の日

"Popcorn popping on the apricot tree~♪"　（歌）
ゲームが始まる前に スタジアムの外で。Before the game outside the stadium.
Jacob had a 4-day weekend, which rarely happens. On actual Labor Day, our friends, Jon and Carrie, were helping us with the new Family Search. Jon is a Priesthood Leader, so he had an access early on. After we linked all my ancestors temple works, we had a family home evening together. There are times when Jacob and I both don't understand the scriptures but our kids are running around, so we say, "Let's get to it later," and we never do. This time, living scripture master, Jon, was present. He could explain what we were reading and give us an interesting insight. Jon, Jacob and I prepared angel food cake with strawberries. Everybody had a plate but I think everybody could have gone for the second plate. Some of us barely resisted licking the plates :)
ジェイコブがまたとない４連休をもらいました。勤労感謝当日はジョンとキャリーを呼んで聖文を読んだりジョンとジェイコブと私で作った即席イチゴケーキを食べたりしました。子供もみんな一皿当たったのですが、みんな一皿では物足りないようでした。みんなお皿をなめだすんじゃないかしら、とちょっと思いました（笑）
On Tuesday, we got a phone call from the Henry's. They are new in our ward but we have been good friends from the Yakima 3rd Ward. They serve kernel popcorn and strawberry lemonade at events. This night, they were at the Yakima Bear's last game. Generously, they gave us free tickets, a large popcorn bag, and 2 large strawberry lemonades. Oh, they were so good!　
次の日は屋台をやってるお友達から野球のただ券とポップコーンとイチゴレモネード（美味！）を頂いたので野球観戦に行ってきました。
We were in the 3rd row and players could hear cheers and yells from the audience. To say the least, it was very different from Mariner's Games. There was one funny audience who yelled and teased the opponent's team for a long time. I thought he was going to be stopped by somebody, but the game just paused for 2 minutes and when he couldn't yell anymore, the game restarted. I had never seen such a game!
前から３列目の席なんてシアトルマリナースの試合ではありえな～い！観客の声援が選手にはっきり届くし、小さい試合は小さい試合なりに面白かったです。一人面白いお兄さんがいて、長ーいこと野次を飛ばしてました。いつ止められるんだろーと思ってみてましたが、試合が２分ほど中止しただけで、お兄さんが叫べなくなったら何事もなかったようにまた試合が再開しました（笑） こんな試合見たことない！
After 1 hour or so, Emma said she was getting sleepy, so we headed for home. Bears wasn't winning and it was getting chilly, so it seemed reasonable.

１時間ほど観たときエマが眠いと言い出したので、家に帰ってきました。どうせヤキマベアーズは勝ってなかったし、肌寒くなってきていたので、ちょうどいい頃でした。

After the girls went to bed, at around 10:30 PM, we could see the fireworks from our house. They were even better than the 4th of July fireworks. I kinda wished that we could have stayed and watched them right at the stadium.
１０時半ごろ私たちの家からベアーズの大きな花火が見えました。独立記念日よりもいい花火だったのでスタジアムで見れたらよかったかなーと思いました。