Our Day at the Beach (POTD 5/31)

My parents and I spent a great day relaxing on the beach. We got there at 9:30 so that we could be assured of getting parking - aside: we got a great parking spot in the beach lot for $7! Score! - and then lugged all of our stuff down to the waterfront. We set up a terrific little space with our three chairs, two umbrellas, blanket, towels, coolers, etc. It was actually really cold in the shade all day, and in the sun for most of the day, so I spent a lot of the day covered up. Candice asked me to take lots of pictures, so here you go....

My view when I was relaxing in my beach chair.

I spent most of the day wearing long sleeves and covered in a towel. But it was still a great day! (and I was psyched to remember about this windbreaker that normally stays in my car and have decided to take it with me to London - it folds up really small!

Little Jason (16mo old) and his family was set up next to us, but he was SUPER friendly ended up exploring our little area. He especially loved opening and closing the cooler and visiting with me.

Later in the afternoon someone came by selling ice cream bars. I certainly didn't lose weight over this weekend, but I decided that it was OK to splurge once in a while - so we each had an ice cream treat!

But most of what I did while I was at the beach? Work on the draft of my paper that was due tonight.

"Are you going to wear your dress with little sweater today?" (POTD 5/30)

Today, I got dressed for church at my apartment and headed over to pick up my parents. We were going to spend the whole day at the beach, so even though I was dressed up for church, I also had to pack all the beach stuff. I ended up running late, but that is not really the point of this post nor the picture.

Once we got to church, we set up the Sunday School room and waited for the kids to arrive. While we were waiting, my good friend Jessica Roberts showed up to say "good morning" and hilariously, we were wearing matches that were practically a perfect match! So after church got out, we took a photo out on the patio to immortalize ourselves and our matchiness. I think that when you accidentally dress like your friend, then you know that you are really have a lot in common! :)

p.s. we ended up not going to the beach because we couldn't find a parking space. Instead we'll try to get to the beach early tomorrow and see if we can make it work!

Mariners take on the Angels (POTD 5/29)

My parents and I headed down to Anaheim this morning! On the way we stopped at Target (to get my dad some shorts and to get all of us some other stuff) and at Home Depot (to get some cinder blocks to put my bed on when I move). That was fun.

The game was fun, too! We parked off-site and walked to the stadium and were pleasantly surprised when we found our seats would be in shade. And boy was I glad. I am not ready for summer heat yet, and it was HOT at the game today. Had we been in full sun, while it would have been nice for a tan, would have been miserable.

The M's ended up losing in the 10th inning when one of the Angels hit a walk-off GRAND SLAM. Seriously. (When that player tried to jump on home plate, he broke his leg - seriously) But we had a great time, and followed up our sports adventure with dinner at the Olive Garden! My parents had a big gift card, and so we enjoyed a bottle of wine, appetizer AND dessert (in addition to our entrees). It was really delicious and I was excited to have a celebration dinner about my quals.

We sat near some other M's fans, so when we clapped and cheered, we weren't alone. Here I am, in my Mariner blue, excited to add another ballpark to my list of visited stadiums!

A perfect day for baseball!

The stadium from the outside. I loved the big baseball hats!