Take us out to the Ball Game, again...

That's right! Sean and I got to go to another baseball game... Today we went with the Wests' to watch the Padres play the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park here in San Diego. AND... the tickets were FREE, again. Kent got 4 free tickets from work and they invited us to go with them. The seats were awesome! We were right behind home plate and just a few rows back!! The game was fun, the company was amazing, and the Padres got the trashed kicked out of them (10-1) let's face it, they just aren't very good.

the view from our sweet seats:

Benson is loving the Subway sandwiches

Kent, Anna, and Benson

Let Freedom Ring!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

I love this country and I love celebrating every July 4th!!

All of our friends were out of town this weekend... So Sean and I had our own little party today. We slept in (after getting to bed around 2 last night because we were driving back from LA after the baseball game.) For breakfast we made waffles with strawberries, blueberries, and whip cream (and I made Sean a flag waffle.)

We had a BBQ which included: hamburgers (with garlic, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and pickles.) macaroni salad, corn on the cob, and cantaloupe.

We watched the fireworks from the Navy base in Point Loma (this years theme was "Big Bay Boom") We saw seven different groups of fireworks on all sides of us over the bay, It was awesome!

For dessert we made Root Beer floats. Yum!

Angels in the outfield... and the infield.

Sean scored free tickets to an Angels game... yay for the military again! We got four tickets and invited the Coxs' (David and Wendy) to come with us. It was really fun! We brought Taco Bell food into the game with us, and Wendy brought some peanuts for us too. They had a firework show over the stadium after the game which was really cool! The Angels lost to the Orioles 6-4.

Ninetendo

We were playing "Mario Karts" with Kent and Anna... this is an awesome picture! They are in the middle of an intense game, I love how they are crowed on the couch with their game faces on!

Kent looks ticked. Sean is really concentrated. Anna looks excited. Benson is confused.

San Diego County Fair

Sean and I shared our first candy apple at the fair. It was pretty good. I like carmel apples better but I would have it again.

Home again, home again...

We went to Idaho for 2 weeks. We didn't take hardly any pictures. Lame. I know! But we had a lot of fun....

• We got to meet Cody, my sisters newest addition and completely adorable baby boy!
• We hung out with the other little Wallaces, Cade and Makinzi. They are so fun! and equally adorable.
• My younger (but bigger) brother Cameron graduated from good ol' Weiser High School. Yay Cam! (I can't believe he is 18!)
• We went to watch 'Angels and Demons' with my oldest brother Justin and his wife Tori, and ate at Wingers! Yum!
• We had some good times with Darin and Ethan which may or may not have included: bumping to music through Weiser, guns, and/or Mongolian food (and lots of it... you gotta fill those bowls up boys!)
• With the youngest Thomas we: played (horribly) a bucket (+ plus one bucket free!) of balls at the driving range... why is golfing so awkward?? Somehow there was only one car hit, and luckily they didn't stop, yell and/or turn around and come back to beat us (Ethan) up!
• We ate too much (amazing!) homemade Mom food... I don't know how we were able to still walk!
• We got to do a marathon at the temple for my great grandma and grandpa with my dad, step-mom, and sister which happens to be one of the greatest experiences I have had. Ever.
• We ate Papa Murphy's pizza with a bunch of Wallaces and loved every second of it!
• We slept on the trampoline. With Darin and Ethan.
• We made dinner for the Thomas family Sunday after church, with help from the boys and managed to not burn down the kitchen and/or send anyone to the hospital.
• We had a "camp-out" with Tifani and Brad's family and made s'mores.
• Sean went golfing with my mom and Justin (and the rest of the huge golfing gang). I went shopping for slushies with Kim... with no luck.
• I went couponing (yes. That's what they call it.) with my sister and got lots of groceries for FREE!
• We had stick and leaf races with Cade and Makinzi at "the small ponds" that we rode bikes to.
• We had Jeb's ice cream shakes and homemade pie from Judy's... it's a local thing. Mmm. Mmmm!
• We went shopping at a flea market thing-y that was going on at the Ontario mall with my dad, Brenda, and Ethan and I got a shirt for .50 cents. it's awesome. We also went to 2 thrift stores to look for treasures. That was a fun time!
• We watched Darin (from the top of folded bleachers... a production to climb up!) dominate during his basketball game... and cheered loudly for him everytime he stepped on the the court (I'm sure he loved it.)
• We saw 3 amazing sunsets (one in Nevada on our drive there), commented 70 thousand times on how awesome the mountains are, actually saw the stars, and counted at least 2 shooting stars and 1 UFO (not even kidding!)
• We watched 'Mall Cop' with the Wallaces, 'Valkyrie' with Darin and Ethan, and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' by ourselves.
• I got two bags full of clothes (+ 2 headbands) from my sister. Thanks Tif! And a sewing machine from my Aunt Sandye. Yay!
• We stopped in Salt Lake City for two days on the way back and went to the temple there (wow! it's pretty!), shopped at Down East Outfitters and got a ton of stuff for a small amount of money, and ate at two awesome restaurants until we were sick: Rodizio Grill and Buca di Beppos. We also stopped in St. George and took pictures of the temple there. That is a cool town!
• We laughed too many times to count and had a lot of fun with all of the people mentioned above. We already can't wait to go back!

** this is not a complete list... I would be typing for a very long time! And all incriminating activities were left out, on purpose... these will be left to the people involved. Thank you.

• I cried when we left... Sean did not.

Darin, Melissa, & Ethan

Sean and Melissa

Arizona

Flag at the St. George Temple

Cody and Aunt Sua

St. George Temple

Driving... blah!

Arctic Circle shakes! Mmm!

Salt Lake City Temple

Melissa speaking from the model Tabernacle

Sean and the model Conference Center podium...

... and Melissa

This is the Place monument

Melissa too full after Rodizio Grill...

... and Sean

Us and the doors of the Salt Lake Temple

Doing the work for my Great Grandparents in the Boise Temple

Sean was playing with the color settings on the camera

picture taking binoculars

Cade and Makinzi at the small ponds

Nevada sunset... driving at 70mph (which explains the blur)

Welcome to San Diego...

Traffic. Every day.

I wish I could get a picture from above so you could see how long the line of cars goes on for. It is seriously insane! Every freeway looks like this...

Red Bull Air Race

We went to check out the airplane race in the San Diego Bay today. We got to watch for free on the base. It was kinda cool. We didn't stay very long. There were SO many people there so we couldn't see the planes very well. We could see them start off but couldn't see the course at all. We are more excited for the air show later this year, that is supposed to be awesome. That is when they do tricks and write stuff with the exhaust trails and things like that.

Here are some pictures and a boring video of our air race experience: