A Very Busy Day!

Last Saturday we had a very busy day!

 Calissa had to leave the house at 6:45 am for her soccer tournament.  Trav went with her.  She had three games, and he reffed five games!  They won all three and will play for 1st place next Saturday.

 Parker had to leave the house at 7:30 to take the ACT test for the first time.  After the ACT test, he had show choir rehearsal until 2 pm!

Conner and I left the house about 8:00 to hit the donut shop, pick up some sandwiches at Subway and then head to his fields for three soccer games and three hours of field marshaling for me.  His team tied the first game (against the hardest team),  and then lost the 2nd two. He plays for 3rd place next Saturday. We all finally made it home about 5:00 pm exhausted.  The kids both played well and we're (mostly) sad that soccer is almost over!

The New Bishop

Trav came into his office on Sunday morning before church and found this sitting at his desk. Good thing it wasn't him or we'd really need a new bishop! It did give him a bit of a scare though and quite a few laughs from others!

 

Happy Halloween Bishop!

Beautiful Sunset

Had to take a picture of this beautiful sunset we had while waiting for Calissa's soccer game to end one night. We sure live in a beautiful place!

Dodger Playoff Game

I unexpectedly got an e-mail from Tim Score (Stake President of the Concord Stake and long-time Dodger fan) saying he and a couple others were heading to L.A. for game 4 of the playoffs between the Dodgers and Braves and they had an extra ticket with my name on it.  Didn't take long to realize it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so I decided to take a day off work and go on a road trip.

It was only a couple days after getting a tooth extracted and titanium posts put in my jaw for the first step in getting two dental implants.  So, I spent a fair amount of time icing my jaw on the way down to L.A.

Once we got there, we stopped out Outback Steakhouse to get a bite to eat before heading to the stadium.  I passed on the steak since my mouth hurt and had some yummy pasta instead.

We made it to the stadium very early and got to watch a fair amount of batting practice while waiting for the game to start.  We found out on the radio on the way down that Clayton Kershaw would unexpectedly be pitching to try to close out the series for the Dodgers.  We were pretty excited about that!

So, we weren't exactly right on the field but in Dodger Stadium, there really are no bad seats and we had a nice birds-eye view of the stadium.

The Dodgers fell behind in a close game and by the bottom of the eighth, they were still down by one run.  After Yasiel Puig hit a double to start off the inning, the crowd started going crazy.  Then Juan Uribe tried to bunt twice to move Puig to 3rd base and fouled them both off!  We couldn't believe it...  Then, instead of bunting Uribe swung away and hit a 2-run homer to give the Dodgers the lead!

Here is Uribe on the big screen right after the game-winning homer.  All that was left was for Kenley Jansen to come in and get 3 outs.  He struck out the Braves without a problem and the place went ballistic.  I got a video of the last strike but couldn't get it loaded on this post because it's too long.  It was pandemonium and it's awesome I can always say I was at such an epic game.  The Dodgers won the series and then ended up losing in 6 games to the Cardinals in the next round.

Hopefully, next year they can go even farther.

Best Friends

Make up pictures day when no one showed up but us!

 

These girls have been best friends since Preschool!

Ouch!

Poor Travis had to get two teeth extracted and bone grafts for 2 dental implants a few days ago.  It was not a fun procedure.  The surgeon took lots of pictures since it was unusual case and they thought they could use it as a teaching tool.  It's been tough to eat, but hopefully it will soon be feeling better.  Then ... he needs to wait for four months for his mouth to heal and the bone graft to take before he can get his permanent teeth.  That can't come soon enough!