Saturday night fun!

I got invited to join some friends at a Bees game Saturday night! I haven't been to a game in over 18 years (back then I think they were the SL Gulls) and wasn't really sure I wanted to go. I went, thinking of course that if it got boring, started to rain or I just plain got tired of being there I would not stay long. Are you kidding me? The game was Great! The Bees won in the bottom of the 9th inning with a 2 run home run to make the final score 5 to 3. The jumbo hot dog I had for dinner was excellent! And the fireworks were A-mazing and so worth waiting around until 11pm for. What a great night with good friends!

Thanks for the invite!

Road trip!

We rented this cute cottage in Crescent City, CA for 10 days.
The ocean is directly across the street!

The sunset one night...
wish I could thank the lady walking on the beach
that stirred up the birds!

This shot was taken at the Trees of Mystery...
I enjoyed the redwoods more than I ever imagined.

A view of our ocean across the street... how could you tire of this?

A great kodak shot on our hike down
from the top of the gondola ride!
When I say hike DOWN, I am not kidding.

Investigating the tide pools at low tide.

We spotted this tree driving through the redwoods...
the inside was totally hollow and smooth.
I think five or six others could have joined me inside. Way cool!

Another gorgeous sun going down!

Me walking on the beach! No, it was not warm and yes, my feet were freezing.... but the eight sand dollars we found totally made up for that.
Our treasures! I have hunted for one of these for years and never found one... that is until now!

Fun with the seals at the marina!

We drove into Brookings, OR for this yummy meal... our favorite of the whole trip!

A clear day to see the Battery Point Lighthouse!

The gondola ride we took at the Trees of Mystery!

We put together this puzzle while we relaxed. If you look back at the cottage picture we sat right in the picture window and watched the ocean at the same time. Nothing better.

Thanks for a WONDERFUL trip!

4 more sleeps

Come Saturday afternoon sometime I am going to be looking out this very window. I think I can handle that for 10 straight days! What do you think?

Sadness

What a whole lot of wind will do....

Saltimbanco

Here are a few pictures I found online of some of what we saw at Saltimbanco! What an incredible show! Seriously! If you did not get to go you totally missed out. We had great seats and enjoyed every part of the show. Next time Im going to remember there is a Training Table across the street however. A #25, no lettuce and tomato would have been the only thing to make it a more perfect night! Thanks FM100!

Lets get together... yah, yah, yah

Jay and Sonya!

The tall and the short of things

Anderson Clan

Hacker family

A week or so ago I got together with my old friends from Bountiful (well we all lived in Bountiful once upon a time ago) for a BBQ! What a great night, perfect weather, pleasant shade, yummy food, good people, great conversation and good fun. The kids all splashed in the pool, jumped on the tramp or played in the sandbox while the adults just ate food and chatted. I of course brought my camera and then failed to take any pictures outside... .thus the really bad inside pics. I need to find my camera directions and figure out how to turn the flash on... ya think! Sorry for the horrible pictures, but someone forgot to email me the good ones! Its all good!!

Food - glorious food!

Another sisters breakfast has come and gone! We all wish you
were closer Denise so you could join us. No one still likes the
camera pointed in their direction so I took the pic of
our food instead. So yummy!
Thanks girls for making the effort to get together every month!

Weekend Fun

Friday we went up to "This Is the Place" to enjoy the Free Family Fun day! It was so so great... admission was free for everyone, all the activities were free and they even gave away free bottles of water and popsicles to keep us hydrated and cool! Lots of others knew about the day, it was packed with people, but still a very fun time!

Saturday night I was invited to join Steph's family at the National Guard 23rd Army Band concert at Temple Square. What a FANTASTIC concert! It was my first time going and I hope not my last. We had great seats down near the front. I think my two favorite pieces were the Armed Services Meledies and the Clarinet Soloist they had. So Awesome! I honestly dont think too many people knew about the concert because it was not packed. All those who were not there sure missed out!

American History 101

Any of you who know Mike know that he is a born story-teller. The man can weave a tale and often takes artistic license by telling the story the way he thinks it should be...even if that takes things a little to the left of accurate. Whenever he uses this talent to teach our kids the importance of various holidays or events in our lives, he tries to speak on their level, which is always amusing. Here is what I overheard him telling the kids on the 4th ....

"All right kids ... the 4th of July is a pretty big deal. Why? Because back in 1776, England started pushing us around. They made us pay taxes, they made us wear funny wigs, they made us drink crazy tea, and finally America said, 'Dudes! We're not going to do this anymore.' So on the 4th of July in 1776, we wrote 'em a pretty nasty little letter. It was called the Declaration of Independence. It said, 'Dear England, thanks for Harry Potter in the future but we don't want your stinkin' taxes, your funny wigs or your bad tea. We don't even want to be part of your country any more. So take that. Kiss off. Love, America.' And then they signed it. Some of our founding fathers weren't as brave as the others. They signed it pretty small. But John Hancock signed it in big ol' letters so King George wouldn't have to use his glasses to read his name.

"When King George got the letter, he was so mad that he sent the largest army in the world to come fight our guys. Their army had big guns and matching red coats. Our guys had little guns and no shoes, but they loved America and they were ready to take on that big army so we could be free. Fortunately, we were smarter than the British so we got 'em surrounded and then we said, 'Take your red coats and bad teeth back to England and don't come back until 1812.' And that is how America started kicking butt. "

(I had to steal this post from a friend in my ward.... it so made me laugh!) Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!

The Luck of the Irish....

is with me...
I won tickets to Cirque du Soleil
on FM100.3
this morning!

Wahoo!