Go Blue Crew!

Let's go back in time shall we?
Imagine... it's another monotonous Thursday afternoon. The weekend eve. You're willing the afternoon clock to get those hands moving a little faster. And then, an epiphany! September needs to start with a bang. What could be better than a trip to Los Angeles for a Dodgers game? So, you send off an email to your sister in Santa Monica and not 5 minutes later the phone rings.
"Can you be here tomorrow evening? Dave and Donna have given me their 2 extra tickets to the game tomorrow night. 6th row, right behind home plate," you hear on the other line.
"I'M THERE!" you shout.
These were the events surrounding my day on August 31st. Luckily my workday on friday ends at noon. So, the next day I ran out of the office and hit the road.


In order to make it a bearable 4-1/2 hours I hooked up my compy and put in the 1st season of "Arrested Development." If you've never watched this show you are not cool. Because, seriously? Hilarious!

Zzyzx Road. You know you're well on your way when you see this sign.

Look! It's the closest Ikea to Vegas. You know you're almost there when you pass the fabulous store.

Sometimes in Los Angeles you have to park reallyclose!

After battling the less-thick-than-normal afternoon traffic (the traffic gods must be Dodgers fans) I finally arrived at my sister's sweet house.
But! There's no time to loaf around! Let's go to Dodger Stadium!

Whoa-hoa-hoa! Only 2 more miles!

Thar she is! The stadium! And my sister!

Go Dodger Dogs! There's something about a stadium that makes these less than delectable dawgs taste like a delicacy.

It's NOMAAAAAR! NOOOOMAAAAAR!!

Thanks Dave and Donna! We LOVE you!!!
Not only did we get to watch baseball, we got to watch the celebs too.

It's Mary Hart.

And Mr. Burns... I mean, Larry King.

Hello Mr Beatty. Do you always look so cranky?

Oh, Annette, you're so cute.

Of course Tommy Lasorda was there. Here he's talking to the Beatty/Bennings.

HELLO!!!!! It's JOSH!! I heart Josh... with my whole... heart!

Taste good Joshie?

Oh! Josh loves the Dodgers too!

Josh! If you're looking for me, I'm over here!

Now would be a good time to show that endearing gap in my teeth. The one that I've thought about getting braces a million times to correct but then realized that the gap gives me character. Character is good right?

No. No, I don't see the family resemblance at ALL.
Love ya sis!

Hurrah! Dodgers Win! But, what do I love more than anything in the whole world??

FIREWORKS!!! Can you believe it? Dodgers! Josh! AND Fireworks! All in one night!!

I'm SO happy!

PS- Dodgers just beat the Padres!! 4 homers in a row in the bottom of the 9th inning and NOOMMAAAAAR hit the game winning homer in the 10th inning. Back in first place! I LOVE THE DODGERS!!

You live you learn...

You know your hair is too long when you singe it on the stove.
This is why I don't cook.

Random thought...

I always like the idea of an engagement boat instead of an engagement ring.

The next, next weekend

When you've had 2 good weekends in one month you don't want to let the ball drop and not have another great weekend to end the month. So, what did I do this last weekend?

I went golfing with Jared.
And with Brent.

And, with the rabbits.There's no proof that I was actually there with them but just imagine that I was dressed way better and was a way better golfer than either of the two of them and you'll get the idea.

Golfing wasn't enough fun for one weekend so, what else did I do?

I went to enrichment. But, it wasn't a regular enrichment activity... it was the best ever.
I got together with my best girlfriends and some of my Relief Society gal pals and went KAYAKING! Very enriching indeed!! We kayaked across Lake Mahave and took a lunch break. Too bad the PBJ tasted like laundry soap.
And, then we kayaked some more.
And, then we found an awesome, but short, slot canyon.
And, we took a picture there.
But after all the rowing and sun Wendi and I were feeling a little blurry.
Kayaking is my favorite. Best last weekend in August ever!

The next weekend

Sometimes you find a reason to get up really early in the morning and hit highway 93...
...and you stop at the dam and take photos...

...and sometimes you want a picture of you and the dam, but, you're standing in the wrong place... so it just turns out as a really great picture of you without that pesky dam in the way......and then you drive past a lot of cacti...

...and then you see your destination- the new stadium in Phoenix...
...and you and your sister are looking really cute and enjoying the free tickets you got to your cousin's first big boy NFL game ......there he is- the center #62. And you feel really proud...
...and then you put on a happy face even though the steelers lost.And you enjoy being the newest Steelers fans...

...and then you get to tell your little, baby cousin that you're proud of him......and then you have to go back to work...

...but not before you get to cruise around town looking hot with your sister!

Answering the call for entertainment

I think it's really annoying when people don't update their blogs. So, basically... I hate myself. OK, so not really because, as with most things in life, I totally have a double standard. While it's not ok for other people to not update their blogs, it's totally fine for me to update or not update.

So, what have I been up to? Not much.
Other than...

Camping at Duck Creek... in the rain...

...seeing some sheep at pasture...

...getting the jeep dirty...

...4 wheelin...

...on a dirt road... ...Wendi ran into some bushes...

...but she survived...

...and there was a pretty sunset...

...and a cool moon...

...and what I don't have pictures of is a certain someone seranading the entire camp with Lilith Fair songs, much to all of our chagrin, and another certain someone calling out requests for anything from the Bodyguard Soundtrack. I had a laughing stomache ache... so much laughing.

There was more adventure the next weekend!