the mariners and the bite

I didn't realize there were so many things I could learn in just two days. First, when you go to mariner's games, you must wear a crazy hat: Second, I now know why all the Japanese girls go crazy over Ichiro. Third, Leah is fun to hang out with at baseball games, even if we had a guy sitting behind us that kept coughing A LOT.

Fourth, the mariners really can win games. AND even get grand slam home runs (that was fun)!

Fifth, Jesus saves from hell. I guess I kind of already knew that one, but never really thought of it in this way before, especially by advertising it at the Bite.Sixth, they actually do have good entertainment at the Bite. This group was pretty funny, I liked that they referred to the only white guy as their token white guy for the band, he of course was the soprano voice.

Seventh, the best dessert offered at the Bite this year was the peach cobbler at the Southern Kitchen. My friend, Karra and I have been attending the Bite together for I think almost 8 years now (Karra's husband, Brian has been coming with us for probably half that time) and each year we mostly look forward to our desserts. We started out with mud pie and those were so good, but then the restaurant that supplied the mud pies stopped coming to the Bite, so then we really liked the apple dumplings and then that booth stopped coming. Last year, we had the crepe dessert and even though we shared one of those this year, it did not come close to how good the peach cobbler was. I just hope Southern Kitchen is at the Bite next year.

los angeles

It was a slumber party weekend at Christina's! Anneka, Christina and I spent the entire weekend together since Blake is out of town. We had so much fun!

We stayed up way too late each night talking and watching the Starter Wife (it's with Debra Messing). I didn't even really like the show, but it sucked us in and we couldn't stop watching it. We went to the beach and Anneka and I even ventured out on the boogie boards. There weren't really any waves where we were, but we were glad to get into the water (even though there was slimy seaweed on the way in). Next time I'm down, we're going to tackle some real waves, right Anneka?We squeezed in some shopping and ate at a great restaurant, Toast near Christina's. It was so fresh and yummy. And for dessert, we headed over to Westwood (near UCLA) and waited in this line.So we could get into this place:

And eat one of these:

It was worth the wait, especially since they each only cost $1.50! I definitely want to go here again the next time I'm in LA. Thanks Anneka and Christina for hanging out all weekend!

summer time

I went camping with my family over the 4th at Indian Creek on Rimrock Lake (it's off hwy 12 between white pass and Yakima). It was a nice campground, we had 3 sites and the lake was beautiful, although too cold to swim in for me. I didn't end up taking any pictures of it, though. I was in lazy camping mode. My dad brought canoes and we went out to this island in the lake each day to be in the sun. I didn't think of taking any pictures until after Leslie's family had left (sorry Les). We don't look too shabby, considering no one had showered in these pictures for a couple of days. Ah camping.

I'm so glad I've already gotten two camping trips in this summer. I'm hoping to do a couple of more and hike in on some of those. I'm not letting this summer go to waste.