we're very busy and important.

this is what has been happening.

RP Company Picnic - 7/27

Day trip to San Diego. 7/28

Resulting in this: 

RP Angels Night - 8/2

ultimate photobomb courtesy of the boss' son. 

Park Day 8/4

Al Palace + South Coast Plaza Play Date - 08/10

Batman Baby Shower - 08/11

Beach Day + S'mores Cookout - 08/17

father.

Gabe is a wonderful father. He is spending the summer home with Ava until the fall semester. he brings her to visit me at work for lunch, he takes her to the park, he takes her to visit grandma... they love to be together!

i LOVE this picture.

to celebrate his first father's day, i took him to the dodger game... Think Blue!!  (thanks to Linda, we went baby-free...)

i had to sneak a pic...

my father was out of town on father's day, so we celebrated last sunday. here was sweet ava on the belated father's day for grandpa! (she had some bruises from falling off the bed. poor girl)

such a sweet smiley girl!

take me out to the ball game

we've enjoyed some of America's favorite pass-time lately. it's been fun. at the Dodger game (think blue!), i had a total flashback of the days we first started dating. (awwww.) we used to go to dodger games all the time when we first started dating and i forgot how fun it is. though we officially root for the Dodgers, we enjoy Angel games as well...

Here's Mike and Emily at the RP Angel game:


And look at little Allyson...


We got discounted tickets for the Dodgers the other night. We saw 4 homeruns in a row! it was awesome.

Think blue!!!

hope you've had a chance to make it to the ballpark this summer. it's a must!!

heartbreakers.

Spurs are out. After an exciting series with the Mavs, they were swept in four by the freaking Suns. Woof. The only thing worse than Dirk Nowitzki is nasty, Canadian Steve Nash. We had to know though, the Spurs are heartbreakers. They can show up and win it in style, or they can tank it. Timmy, Tony, and Ginobili only have so much to give. and poor Papa is so tired. he just looks like he needs a nap.

don't get me wrong, the Spurs are a good team. they may not be as glamourous to the media as the Lakers (wooooooof), but they have players with class and, all things considered, an amazingly consistent track record:

17 division titles (Lakers only have 16...)
they've made the playoffs in 19 of the last 20 seasons
4 NBA Championships (1999, 2003, 2005, & 2007... all with Tim Duncan...)

I still root for the Spurs. but the moral of the story (as it is every year) is "root fervrently, but don't get your hopes up."

But, we'll try again next year. and we've got a new fan to join the cause...

labor day weekend and such...

Friday 9/4 - we started our Labor Day Weekend with a fun filled evening of babysitting Emily. We went over around 4 pm and it was still pretty hot, so we took her to the pool. it was so nice to cool off and she is just the cutest little water baby!! she was loving it - splashing and playing with her toys, she also liked for us to hold her as we went around the shallow end.



here is a picture after swim time:

What a cutie!!

Saturday 9/5 - typical saturday... cleaning and laundry. Saturday night, we went to Chili's (which was lovely) and we had some scratchers that they gave us. we won $5 off and a free dessert. we were hoping for the grand prize of $50k... After dinner we went shopping and i got 2 new pairs of shoes at DSW. I've never paid much attention to that store before, but now i'm kind of in love with it. they had a great selection, even in the clearance, and i was surprised at the variety of size 10 they had (because most stores pretty much only carry one style in that size and it's usually ugly!) I haven't purchased shoes in over a year (save only flip flops and wedding shoes) so it's kind of a big deal that i got TWO pairs and that they weren't purchased at Target or Payless. i got beautiful shoes - Kenneth Cole wedges for $20, Steve Madden pumps for $14 - total steal!!

Sunday 9/6 - we went to San Pedro to visit mama Linda (gabe's mom). She was in a car accident a couple weeks ago and it messed up her neck/back. She's doing better now and it was nice to visit her. we also went to Mission Viejo to see Judy and visit her 3-legged cat.

Monday 9/7 - We spend LAbor Day in LA! We went to the La Brea Tar Pits (aka the "The Tar" Tar Pits). It was so much fun! i vaguely remember going as a small child, but what i mostly remember is my family complaining about how lame it was. (in fact, upon hearing that gabe and i had visited the tar pits, my mother and my brother laughed and asked if it was lame!) Gabe and I did not find it lame. we enjoyed it. here are some pictures:

oh no! stuck in the tar!!

roar!!!

not all animals there are dead!

after the tar pits, we went to lunch at Roscoe's. mmmmm. Carol C. Special.

after lunch we drove around beverly hills/bel air, admiring the homes of the filthy rich and celebrity hunting. our hunt was unsuccessful.


when we came back to anaheim, we went grocery shopping and picked up some food for a nice picnic in the park. we watched the sunset and enjoyed the cool breeze. it was the perfect end to our labor day fun!

Tuesday 9/8 - after work, i went over to my parent's house to make cards for the RailPros birthdays and Baby Shower. below is the baby shower card i made...

they're having a boy...

Wednesday 9/9 - We had RailPros Angel's Night and gabe and i went to our first ball game this year! the last two years we went to much more baseball games, but with the wedding/honeymoon/moving/etc, we hadn't gone yet. we were glad RailPros gave us an excuse to go! wish we had been invited to RP Dodger Night though...

We had a great time and the Angels won.

Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!!