Angels Game

We hadn't been to a major league baseball game yet this season, so that also made our "stay-cation" list.  We arrived early to catch batting practice.  Sadly, no one in our family caught a ball.  Great night cheering on one of our fav So. Cal teams!

Alpine Slides

While in Big Bear, we thought it would be fun to try the Alpine Slides.  I even conquered my fear of heights and tried it out.  It was a great ride!

Big Bear

This year for Scott's time off we decided to take a "stay-cation."  There is so much to see and do in Southern CA that we thought it would be nice to take advantage of activities close to us (and sleep in our own beds!).  We spent some time in Big Bear...

 No, this is not where we stayed :)

Cobi Gets A Haircut

Here are after and before pics of our dog, Cobi.  We decided it was time for a little haircut.  They ended up shaving her. She looked a little "out of sorts" for a few days, but it has to be cooler and it is less clean-up for me!

Summer Fun

We have a little regional park close to us that we have never really explored before.  There's a nice swimming lake with some water slides too.  We enjoyed a day out by the lake with some friends recently.    

 This is Troy and his neighborhood buddies playing their DS games in our garage. :)

U-14 Blue All-Stars 2013

Our summer of softball is now completed.  This weekend Kamryn's team had their last tournament. The tournament happened to be in place called Hemet.  Hemet is not somewhere you typically want to hang out mid-summer.  But we survived the heat.  It was actually the "world series" tournament and the complex where they played was one of the nicer places they've been this summer.  We did make the 45 minute drive 5 days in a row this past week which got a little old! Kam's team ended up playing quite well with some nice wins.  They finished a strong 5th in the tournament.  The final game was especially fun.  Coach finally gave Kamryn a chance to play in the infield.  (For different reasons, she typically plays outfield.) While she was at third base, the batters hit every ball to her. She handly fielded the balls and threw all three batters out at first base right in a row! Such fun!  Everyone was excited for her and it was so awesome to see that joy in her eyes.  She also had some nice hits and great base running.  We're proud of Kam.  This was not the easiest team to be a part of.  She had no really close friends on the team, was the youngest by far, and had to prove herself and work her way up.   Impressive!  Nice job, Kam...you rock!  (Btw, now I'll have softball chants in my head for a long time..."We love free bases"..."Kamryn is a friend of mine"..."Check, check, check her out"...