So...I wanted to post some pictures of the super fun Dodger's game we went to for my birthday (a couple months early). The game was September 23. It was our last game till next season to attend, and it was great! The seat Travis got were FABULOUS!!!!!
View from our seats.
More of the view from our seats.
Russell Martin!!!
Me, obviously.
Nomar Garciaparra
I haven't had time to post these yet. I took them on the 12th, but posting them on the 14th. Anyway...here they are. (time stamp is 2 hours later than it actually is)
A tiny pepper plant.
Travis pretending to juggle.
'Shrooms.
Us.
Overpriced produce.
My drug of choice.
Tilt your head to the right. I forgot to flip this. A display of tortillas.
Overpriced alcohol.
Lamp post, and tree.
So, blogger won't let me post the rest of my pics. I will make another post for those.
12 of 12 is the newest Internet Craze Swiffering the Nation! Take 12 pictures on the 12th day of each month and post them online, so here it goes my first 12 of 12. BTW the time stamps are all 2 hours off for some reason.
I forgot to take the camera with me today so I didn't start until almost 5 o'clock, here's the first one: Jeri curled up in "Her" chair with her beloved Dodgers Blanket.
This is the autograph card I pulled out of a pack of Baseball cards I bought today, It's a player for the Phillies (John Krug I think) and it's his actual autograph. I've gotten back into collecting cards since we started following the Dodgers.
Another card, this one came out of a topps pack I bought today, for some reason Topps has "Signers of the Declaration" and "Signers of the Constitution" cards randomly inserted in with their Baseball cards, maybe as a way to educate the nation.
Bonus Picture: This months Bonus theme is Halloween! This is the Halloween decorations outside of our apartment.
I captured this pic of the sunset from the steps outside out apartment. I like the way the sun and the clouds mix.
Another Sunset this time with a pit og the hills surrounding Pepperdine and the Ocean in the Picture.
Jeri as we get ready to head to the grocery store and to get some coffee.
Some Car's Head and Tail Lights as it passes by the intersection we were sitting at.
Ahh Ralphs, the local (Overpriced) Grocery Store!
I took this Self Portrait in the Rear View Mirror, hence the strange reflection of my hand across my face.
The Sign outside the local starbucks, and incidentally Planet Blue Kids, apparently in Malibu there's enough kids from this strange "Planet Blue" that they have their own store!
Jeri taking the first sip of her Mable Machiatto, this was her first time to try it and apparently it wasn't good. I think this might by my favorite of all the pics I took today!
And Finally a group of deer! These deer are constantly roaming around outside our apartment, at least until you want to take pictures of them, luckily there were several walking around when we came home from Starbucks. This was the best one I got. I really like the intensity of the Glowing eyes, it's slightly spooky.
So, not many of you, if any at all, probably caught last night's Dodgers game or scores. Did you hear about the game? If not...it is a GREAT story. I have come to love baseball. My poor husband has been dragged to game after game...he does enjoy them, but I am sure not as much as I do. While the Dodgers are my number one team, I have found myself flipping channels and stopping on a baseball game - that wasn't my Dodgers. Now, anyone that knows me at all knows that me and sports of any kind (with the exception of soccer) were never pals. A live football game can be fun, and a live basketball game can be fun too. But I would NEVER watch a football game or basketball game on TV. You could not pay me enough to waste however many hours of my day watching those two sports on television. Until a few months ago...that is how I felt about baseball.
Whatever it was that changed my mind (Travis will tell you it was Russell Martin) it is just fine with me. I LOVE baseball. LOVE IT. It is so much fun. I don't know a bunch of baseball history and I am still learning the game, but anytime you want to go to a baseball game I'm right there with ya. My second home is Dodger Stadium. Last night's game just made me a BIGGER fan of baseball, if that is at all possible.
I won't bore you with all of the moments that I thought were exciting in the game (even though I didn't see every minute of it) but I will tell you that my boys hit 4 Home Runs in a ROW. That was a very exciting few minutes, and I could not believe it. They made several good come backs in that game against the Padres (San Diego), with whom they are neck and neck for their division spot in the playoffs.
If you want to watch this game I am talking about...come on over. I am happy to re-live every beautiful moment with you.
Travis is out tonight, I'm watching the Dodgers on TV. They are winning, of course, thanks to my boy Russell. We are going to one game for sure on Friday and possibly another game either on Saturday or Sunday. We finally got our t-shirts to support our favorite player...yes you guessed it....Russell Martin. We will be wearing those this weekend. Dang, the Reds just scored. Okay okay, I better write this and get back to the game.
Saturday night we went to AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE concert!!!!!!! WOO HOO!! It was AWESOME!! We didn't take the camera in, but we had great seats. Thanks to Travis' job we got FREE tickets!!
We have a couple pictures from before the concert, but of course blogger isn't letting me post them. Oh well, I'll post them tomorrow if it will let me.
Travis is in his second week now of his second year. Things are going well. I only have one week left of my job and then I have 3 whole GLORIOUS days off of work before I start my new job! I am excited. I can't wait to get back to doing what I know I am good at.
Ok, I have to get back to my game and my trail mix. It is an exciting night here in our apartment. I was hoping I would find the Dodger's game on TV to watch while Travis' was out. Quiet night. I need one of those every once in a while.
That's all folks!
Ok, so, it has been a month since we posted. I decided to update. My mom will be glad since she reads this thing 100 times a day. Hi mom (becky mom).
So we have been busy. Our friends Kenny and Jennifer from ACU ame to visit us the beginning of this month. It was fun. We did a tour of Warner Brother's studios and saw some filming of the Gilmore Girls.
We also went to a very strange play called Lobster Alice. It stars Noah Wyle and Nicholas Brenden. Travis and Kenny really enjoyed it, I think me and Jennifer we a little confused. Noah Wyle played Salvador Dahli, and he was PHENOMENAL. Seriously, he can act.
Last week Travis' parents came. We went to a taping of a new sitcom called "The Class." John Ritter's son Jason Ritter is in it. It was pretty funny. I reccomend trying it out when it starts in a few weeks. We also went to a Dodger's game. I have to say that I really like going to Dodger's games. Yes, I like Russell Martin, but he is not the only reason I like going. The game was boring for the first 9 innings because NO ONE scored. They played the Giants. Bottom of the 10th inning my boy (RM) gets up to bat and hits a walk off homer. Awesome.
Last night we went to a Law School BBQ. The new 1L's (first year law students) finished thier orientation and we met some of them at the BBQ. TONS of them have children. It is crazy. I mean, the ones that do have children have at least 2. It is hard enough without kids, I don't know how they do it. Better them than me. (I am sure that is a relief to several of you reading this, my sister, our parents-- no worries. We have at least 2 more years without em.)
At the BBQ I met one of Travis' professors from his first year. He could not say enough good things about Travis and kept going on and on about how he loved having Travis in his class. He told me that Travis was one of the most hilarious people he had ever met, and that we must laugh all the time. I told him he was not the first person to tell me that we probably laugh all the time. We do laugh a good bit of the time, and I think that is what helped us through his first year of Law School. His prof told me that it looked like Travis had his priorities straight because we seem to have a good relationship and he was proud of Travis for making it through his first year keeping our marriage first. I told him he was not the only one!! :-) But, I never doubted.
I was glad to hear that this professor liked Trav so much. I too, think he is hilarious. I am glad when others think so too. Travis starts his 2nd year on Monday. I am proud of him.
You're way more Texan than average. You're parents were probably from here too. We're glad to have you. You probably go to the border for Christmas shopping and are well versed in BBQ, Mexican Food and .. well thats pretty much it.
How Texan Are You?
Philippians 1:3 "I thank my God every time I remember you..."
I made this in photoshop from several pictures I took in front of the Bellagio. It's sort of a panoramic, hope you enjoy it. The next one is the same thing, but I used some pictures taken after it got a bit darker.
And here's a video of the fountain show we watched at the Bellagio, it's a bit shaky, but still looks great.
We went to Vegas for a few days this weekend for our anniversary. It was tons of fun. The following few post are just a few pictures from our trip, for somereason it wouldn't let me put them in one post. If you want to see more we have tons...just e-mail us. We didn't have time to do everything. We went to the shark reef and up the Eiffel Tower and the Stratosphere tower. We went to M&M world a couple times...bought a few things for the neice and nephews. The Coca Cola store was cool, too. Since we were only there a short time, we didn't go to any shows. 
At the Belagio right before the water show. We will post a video of this later...very impressive.
These next pictures are all from the Shark Reef aquarium at Mandalay Bay...the blue blobs are jelly fish.. 
This was a real woman in the Venetian. Creepy. The only thing moving was her eyes.
Paris Hotel.
View of the Strip from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
These are just some silly pictures from M&M World and the Coca Cola Store. The picture by the window is up the tower in the Stratosphere (where we stayed).
Well, our anniversary is coming up one week from today! To celebrate...we are going to VEGAS! We leave tomorrow. I (Jeri) have never been there, and Travis went when he was like 12, so it should be a great time!! Vegas is about 4 1/2 hours from us...so if we like it, it makes for a cheap vacation! We will post pictures when we get back.
In 3 weeks we are going on a camping trip to Santa Barbara! We are going with a couple that lives next door to us and another couple that lives in our building. We are SO excited about that! Camping virtually right on the beach. Santa Barbara is beautiful...believe it or not, more beautiful than Malibu.
The weekend after our camping trip Travis' parents are coming for a few days. We are going to do alot of fun stuff...hopefully Jay Leno, Wheel of Fortune and a Dodgers game. That will be a fun weekend, too.
Labor day weekend one of our bridesmaids is coming into town. We will be going to a Labor day Dodgers game with foreworks!
Summer is lots of fun here!! I do not want Travis' school to start back up!
