Feel The Excitement

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.

American Idols Live!!!

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!

It's been a while!

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.

What?

You are 73% REAL Texan!!

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?

That seems low for me. Very low. I am doomed.

Three Years

Three years ago today I married my best friend.

Philippians 1:3 "I thank my God every time I remember you..."

More Vegas

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.

Viva Las Vegas

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..

vegas pictures

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.

more vegas pictures

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).

Summertime

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!

4th of July Post #2 (read down for first one)

Left: During the game

Right: Waiting for fireworks

The crowd waiting for the fireworks show.

We will post some videos of the fireworks as soon as Travis gets that together. We hope you all had a great 4th of July!!

4th of July

Well, for the last 2 years we have celebrated the 4th of July with the L.A. Dodgers and 55,000 of our closest friends. :-) Last night was a fun game against the Arizona Diamondbacks....which we won! We went with the church on campus. Our good friends the Parmelees got tickets from his parents for us. There were alot of Pepperdine folks. After the game we got to go down to the field and enjoy a fireworks show. Here are some pictures from last night. We will post a couple videos later.

There were over 55, 000 people at the game last night. My favorite player is up to bat in this picture.

This is our friend Hannah Parmelee and Jeri (left). She and Jay (below) live next door to us and are expecting a baby in November.

This is us and the Parmelees on the field before the fireworks.

Jeri's favorite player. #55.

Funny

I just thought this was funny. I was on a website and these are answers that kids gave on tests and quizzes.

The future of "I give" is "I take."

The parts of speech are lungs and air.

The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosqitoes.

A census taker is man who goes from house to house increasing the population.

Define H2O and CO2. H2O is hot water and CO2 is cold water.

A virgin forest is a forest where the hand of man has never set foot.

The general direction of the Alps is straight up.

A city purifies its water supply by filtering the water then forcing it through an aviator.

Most of the houses in France are made of plaster of Paris.

The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 oppossums.

The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top and you sit on the bottom.

We do not raise silk worms in the United States, because we get our silk from rayon. He is a larger worm and gives more silk.

One of the main causes of dust is janitors.

A scout obeys all to whom obedience is due and respects all duly constipated authorities.

One by-product of raising cattle is calves.

To prevent head colds, use an agonizer to spray into the nose until it drips into the throat.

The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

The climate is hottest next to the Creator.

Oliver Cromwell had a large red nose, but under it were deeply religious feelings.

The word trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom.

Syntax is all the money collected at the church from sinners.

The blood circulates through the body by flowing down one leg and up the other.

In spring, the salmon swim upstream to spoon.

Iron was discovered because someone smelt it.

In the middle of the 18th century, all the morons moved to Utah.

A person should take a bath once in the summer, not so often in the winter.


Hope you all have a good day!! :)

Some Pictures

We just wanted to post a few pictures. Nothing really to say.

Two of the nephews were here not too long ago (we aquired a new nephew almost 2 months ago). We went to Disney Land while they were here.

(Jana Kay, I will e-mail you all these)

Also, today is our neice Anna's 2nd birthday!! She's been sick, we hope she had a good day!

That is one good looking shirt, Anna!! :-)

And last, but not least....the newest Tidmore....

Mason Reed

Hope you guys had a great Sunday. We will post again soon.

Welcome!

We decided to do a blog instead of a website because it is easier to keep up with.
Here's a little about us (in case for some strange reason you do not already know this). We live in Malibu, California right now as Travis goes to Law School at Pepperdine University. He finished his first year (WOOHOO!!) which they say is the hardest, and in August he will begin his second year. This time he got to choose his own classes, so he should enjoy them all. I (Jeri) work at Pepperdine in the Dean's Office, but not for much longer!! I will be taking a job teaching preschool at Malibu Presbyterian Church in September. I am also in grad school (online, convenient) for my M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education.


Malibu is a nice little town to visit, but after Law School we will be moving to a bigger city, (L.A.? Austin? NYC?) Malibu is too small. But, in the mean time, the celebrity sightings make it alright. Travis sees most of them actually, and I only see them if I am with him.

More updates with extra pictures coming soon!