Happy Birthday Grammy!

So this Saturday was my mom's birthday. We decided to take a little break and go to the beach (Seaside to be exact). As we were leaving it was actually snowing in Aurora. They told us to expect hail and snow all weekend, thankfully it turned out to be chilly BUT gorgeous! So here are a few pics from Seaside...

























Then we took a little drive to Astoria... we just had to take Audrey to The Goon Docks (FYI from the movie The Goonies)! We actually toured the house Mikey's dad worked at... and then we made our way to the Column. Here are some fun pics, enjoy!

Look at all these tulips!

We just had to show you how beautiful these flowers were and how much Audrey enjoyed them!

My best day ever....

Today mom and dad took me to the tulip fields... the sun was shining, birds were singing... and I got to wear my new sunglasses. what a day!

Rubber Ducky

The Wave

Yes, that's 115,300 people.

Dodgers come home to the Coliseum

When the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles back in 1958, they played three seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. To commemmorate the anniversary, they played an exhibition game against the Red Sox in front of a world record 115,300 people (the most ever to see a baseball game).
John and Dave get in on the media frenzy: Seriously, from the opening pitch to the end of the game, there were CONSTANT flashbulbs. Incredible.

Hello Hollywood

Part of my Christmas present this year was a plane ticket down to LA during my spring break so I could see the Dodger's 50 anniversary of moving to LA. So I flew down and got to do some touristy LA things since our friend Dave Bush from the East Coast came out. It's funny how sometimes you never get to see some of the more touristy areas until you show someone else around. In fact, after going to college and living in LA for 6 years, I had never been to Venice beach. Well, here is my "Sidney Dean" pose with Dave (if anyone gets the "White Men Can't Jump" movie reference).

We also did a little cruising (well, ok, a LOT) down Hollywood Blvd. I think we figured about 4 miles of walking, just so I could find Johnny Cash and Audrey Hepburn's star. And my dad had his life in danger by some road-rager, but he was able to dodge the on-coming traffic. All that to say, I got my pictures:


In my searches, I came across the great Vinny:

And I'm sure this isn't the same guy, but I thought it was funny:

(Clyde Cook is also the former president of our alma mater: Biola University, so I thought Shatrine might get a kick out of this)