So, I'm attempting to get caught up on our blogging from this summer. (In all my spare time, which I have so much of now that school has started.)
The next set of pictures we have is from a Mariner's game. When we went to buy 4th of July fireworks, my name was entered into a drawing and we won a set of tickets to the game. So, Sierra and I took the chance to go. We had a lot of fun - especially with those seats!!! We were in the 7th row just past 1st base. There were a couple of foul balls our direction, but nothing that Sierra's mitt could catch.
We also happened to be there on Dave Niehaus day. For those that don't know, Dave Niehaus has been the Mariner's announcer since 1977 and was inducted into the MLB Broadcasting Hall of Fame this summer. They gave out Dave Niehaus bobble-head dolls and did a recognition ceremony where he was introduced by Edgar Martinez. (By the way, I didn't realize how thick of an accent Edgar has. Who knew???) Anyways, it was kinda cool to be there for that.
The game was fun to watch, but nothing overly exciting happened. I still enjoy watching Ichiro.
After the game, the kids were invited onto the field to run the bases. So, we joined the throng of kids walking through the bowels of Safeco and onto the field. It was an experience. It was a fun day.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Mariner's Game
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Utah Vacation - Part 2
It was time to leave Utah. We knew we were going to miss everyone, but we still had a couple of adventures left for our vacation. During the time that we were visiting, Valora gave birth to their newest baby girl, Audry. On our way out of town, we stopped to see them, hold the new baby, and visit with Amber for awhile. We also got to see Marilla and her kids before we had to leave. It was great to see them and Sierra was especially excited to see and hold her newest cousin.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Vacation to Utah - Part 1
OK. I'm actually going to do it. Actually, I'm just so tired of everyone bugging me about updating the blog... :) I KNOW it's been over a month.... and I KNOW you all want to see pictures of us from Utah... but I've had other things to do. I can't think right now what those other things are specifically, but I'm sure they've kept me busy doing SOMETHING and not blogging. But here I am with a new post and pics from in the first of a two-part series on our trip to Utah.
One of the first things that we had to do when we got to my parents' house was to have Papa rock Sophie in "The Rocking Chair". For those of you who are not familiar with this tradition - this chair was a Christmas present when my mom was pregnant with me. When I came home from the hospital, Dad rocked me in the chair and then engraved my name and the date of that rocking into the bottom of the chair. The tradition has continued to the grandchildren. Sophie's name can now be added to Sierra, Talmage, Rochelle, Anya, and LaMar. She's now a Kay baby.
We got to go to Valora and Eric's house Monday night for dinner. Justin & Mindy & family and Tyler were also able to join us. It was great to see them all and we really appreciate Valor and Eric hosting us - especially with it being only a few days before Valora delivered her baby.
Sophie enjoyed all the kids.
Sierra had fun with her cousins.
Zach and Spencer wanted a picture of just "the boys" in the fort they built.
We got to spend lots of time out in Honey Gram and Papa's pool during the week.
As Sophie got more used the pool, she enjoyed it more.
And then she and Lindsey went inside to take a nap.
It's been a long time since I was in Utah for Pioneer Day. We decided to go to the Days of '47 parade in Salt Lake. Brian and I had spent our anniversary in Salt Lake just two days before the parade and the next morning there were already people lining the streets and marking their territories (with blankets, I promise). So we figured we better get there early. I think we left sometime around 4:30 am (just think day-after-Thanksgiving excitement) to join the throngs of people lining the streets. We thought the streets would be blocked off by 5 or 6 am, but we were wrong. It wasn't until close to 7 am. But we were there early and got good seats right in front of Burger King. It was a lot of fun.
OK, so I missed getting a good picture of President Monson (see Stephanie's blog for that picture), but we did get a good picture of the See's car. (I know... it's a toss-up. ;)
After the parade, a couple of girls were a bit tired. (hint: It wasn't Stephanie and Lindsey.)
...And this is what she looked like when the popcicle was gone.
Here is Sierra being sworn in as a Junior Ranger for Dinosaur National Monument.
I don't think Sophie enjoyed the dinosaur bones as much as Sierra, but she is still enjoying her stuffed baby dinosaur. It laughs when she squeezes it and she usually giggles right back at it.
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