Cooperstown: Day 1 & 2

So I really should finish blogging about my rad trip to Cooperstown... I'm sorry that I am so lame when it comes to blogging...

Cooperstown is amazing! We drove about 4 hours from Niagara Falls to Cooperstown on Friday July 24. The drive was beautiful and we got stuck in a HUGE THUNDERSTORM! I couldn't see out my window which was a bit scary!

We finally got to Hartwick which is about 10 minutes away from Coopertown. This is where we were renting an upstairs apartment of a house. It was a GREAT place to stay! We really liked being in a small town. In fact, I want to move to a super small town!!! I loved it. The only thing I wouldn't like is the winter times... I don't really like to be cold.

Then we drove into Cooperstown, after we had unpacked and rested (well after Ryan took a "nap"). We explored the town a little bit. It is a CUTE town and I love it! We ate dinner at a REAL New York Pizzaria :) Food was good.

Saturday July 25, we went into town again and found the media center, where we were given a parking pass and tickets to the ceremony. I did an interview with Jane, who works for the Oakland Tribune. She did the video that I had posted earlier... Click HERE

She then introduced us to a guy she had meet that said he was Rickey Henderson's number 1 fan. My first reaction was that I would have to beat this guy up because that was my title :) His name was Steve and a super nice guy. Apparently he ran into Rickey's brother in Cooperstown and Rickey's brother started talking to them (Steve and his Dad were the only ones wearing A's hats - lots of Red Sox fans there) anyway - Steve told Tyrone (Rickey's bro) that he was Rickey's number one fan. Tyrone looked at him and said: No you're not :) Isn't that funny! We took the Media bus to the downtown area of Cooperstown. There were about a gazillion more people there on Saturday than the night before. It was totally crowded and of course we were trying to maneuver a stroller through the madness! We had a fun time though. That night they had a red carpet ceremony. We didn't stay for all of it because of the mass amounts of people and it was like a 3 hour event!
The Hall of Fame and the massive amounts of people. Most of which were Red Sox fans (which I prefer over Yankee fans... although one guy tried to get Ryan to say Yankees and I tried to joke with him and he was not amused...)If I ever need a cane... I want this one :)This guy recited the poem "Casey at the Bat" one of my all time favorites and he did a fantastic job!

COMING IN MARCH 2010

Baby #2 is cooking in the oven :)

Palymra

We drove from Niagara Falls to Cooperstown. It was about a 4 hour drive through BEAUTIFUL upstate New York countryside. Gorgeous! We decided to make a little detour to Palmyra - only like a 10 minute detour :) We went to the Sacred Grove. Ben and I have been there before and it's so freaking cool! I, of course, got bit by 2 mosquitoes - one on my elbow and yes, one on my forehead! For those of you who don't know, when I get bit by a mosquito I swell up HUGE! Way bigger than normal so the forehead one was a major bummer! Say: "Cheese" - We need to work on this still :)

Niagara Falls

So our grand adventure started on Wednesday July 22. Ben, Ryan and I flew into Buffalo and stayed with Ben's amazing Aunt Lois! The woman just turned 80, but looks and acts like a youngin' - she is wonderful! We visited a lot and on Thursday, I had planned to spend the day at the Falls (Aunt Lois lives in Niagara Falls - about 10 minutes away from the Falls) but the weather had other plans for us. There were intense crazy thunderstorms on and off all day long. I was super surprised that Ryan was able to nap through one of them because it was so loud! And, of course, very COOL and SCARY at the same time! The weather finally cooperated with us that night and we were able to go to the Falls. The weather was WONDERFUL! When Ben and I went 3 years ago it was super hot and muggy and a little bit miserable (weather wise), but this year was PERFECT! Ryan had been asking all day to see the "wa-wa falls" and he LOVED IT! He loved the river and when we got to the Falls he could not stop saying "Wa-wa falls" so dang cute!

We went with Ben's cousin's Family - they are awesome as well! L-R: Me, Ben, Ryan, Dorothy, Val, Rickey, Dan

We went on the Cave of the Winds - it so cool! You take an elevator down like 17 stories and it's really scary! Then you get off and you are RIGHT ON THE FALLS! We walked on some stairs and got really close to the falls - It was awesome. Ben stuck his head in the Falls. :) VERY FUN!

Cooperstown: Part 1

I'm still trying to wrap my head around what happened this last weekend and while I do that here are a few pictures. More to come :)Rickey with Jeff Idelson - President of the Hall of Fame. This was during the actual induction ceremony.

Me, Rickey, Mom, Ry-Guy, Dad - This was right before Rickey did this cool Legends press conference. Lots of Random people wanted to take my picture. It was weird and flattering. This is me giving Jeff Idelson my very first Hi Rickey sign (20 years old!!!) Jeff offered to put my sign in the Hall of Fame with Rickey's display!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?!?!?

Oakland Tribune Video

When I saw the A's banjo playing guy at the induction ceremony I totally started laughing! I remember him from my days back in the Oakland Colosum! Very cool - Also, we have been friends with Fred Adkins for a while and it was great to see him as well!

COOPERSTOWN!

So we're in Cooperstown right now and I thought I would give y'all a quick update! Cooperstown is awesome - so beautiful. If you don't have any idea what I'm talking about click on the following links. :) EN-HOY :)

http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_12887351?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com

This one is a little bit embarrassing! :)

http://www.bay-area-sports-blog.com/2009/07/22/rickeys-weepy-superfan-is-all-grows-up/

This one is in the local Cooperstown Newspaper

http://thefreemansjournal.com/2009/07/henderson-rice-heroes-in-eyes-of.html

Anyway - Enjoy the articles. I will post pictures soon :)

So You Think You Can Dance Top 14

Here are my favs from last night's show... I can't stand Cat Deeley...

This one is weird, but I really liked it for some reason :)



They are dabomb.com at Hip Hop - Love Tabitha and Napolean's chorography!!!



I can't stand Kupono... But this was awesome! And more Twilight music PLEASE :) This might have been my favorite of the night.



I love Brandon and Jeanette!!! They are probably my fav couple. (just watch the dancing... the commantary is long... and Cat Deeley BUGS THE CRAP OUT OF ME!!!)

Girls Camp 2009

I went to Girl's Camp for 1 day this year to spend some time with my Beehives. THEY ARE AMAZING! And I love them! Here are some pictures. :)Katie!Niya!Nora!Amy!

Maria!Maria did the ropes course - she was a total pro at it!

Amy and Niya climbed up Jacob's Ladder - that was tough! But they made it all the way to the top!!!!

Coach Purses :)

Hey Friends -

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I LOVE SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE

My Little Brother Graduated from HIGH SCHOOL!

So Brettley Simper is my adopted little brother. He has all the qualities that I always assumed a little brother would have... ie: annoying, follows me around, etc. Just kidding! Brettley is dabomb.com and I was SOOOO GLAD that he saved tickets to his graduation for Ben and I. We love you Brettley!!!!

I also love all my inside jokes with Brettley... I want to remember them so I'm writing them down on my blog. I'm sorry for those of you who do not know what I'm talking about

Be proud of your dawg

I'm a pr prrro professional pho phhhhh phhoo

Rad

Brettley Simper-Fi

dabomb.com/diggity

Lame.org

DP (or DP.com/Ben hahaha)

The Band DP.com

Read your notes

Throw something at Ben

Hot Dog song
(P.O.T.A.T.O.E.S)

etc...

Lately

We went to Disneyland last week for Brettley's birthday - it was fun! Ryan loved the water. Ryan also likes to talk on the phone. He is getting so big and I keep telling him to stop growing up so fast but he doesn't listen...

NEW MOON BABY!!!

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Edward, but Holy COW... Jacob was cast well!!! OMW - My 13 year old girlishness is coming out in full force!

YES!!!!!!!

Order Cable TV today!!! Will cancel said TV when this show is over :)

You are Great... YOU are Amazing!

My dad emailed me this video. It's about 15 minutes long, but it's SOOOOO GOOD! So take a minute and relax and watch this video - I promise it will make you smile :)

VEGAS BABY!

Had quite the exciting weekend. Thursday ended up being my last day of work and it was bittersweet for me. I'm glad that I'm not working anymore, but I'll miss it too.

So Ben and I didn't really get a chance to celebrate my birthday because of work and church stuff so this last weekend was my birthday extravaganza! We were going to go to Harrah's Rincon and just stay one night and go swimming, but apparently Memorial Day weekend hotel prices are ridiculous! They wanted $450 for ONE night! That was just stupid. So we decided to go to Vegas! It was so much fun!!! We left Friday after work (We left Ryan with Nana and that was hard for me! Ben and I missed our little boy!!) we got into Vegas about 11:30p. We stayed in the Hilton - which was nice, but nothing exciting. I think I expected a little more out of it. But it was still cool!On Saturday we played :) We had brunch at the Excalibur buffet (it was gross!) Then we walked around the strip. I have decided that the Belliago, Ceasars and the Venetian are the COOLEST hotels on the strip and I want to stay in each of them at least once! We loved the Belliago because of it's cool/rad/spectacular water fountian show.

I loved the Venetian for a few reasons - The Grand Cannal Shops (I love to shop - even thought I didn't get to go into any of the stores), the Gondola rides

Our Gondola driver... he was well... I may be in like with him! He was such a cool guy - from Italy and sang amazingly - obviously :)

We saw Streetmosphere - which is a little preformace inside the Grand Cannal Shops. It was pretty cool. We didn't do a whole lot around Ceasars - The bathroom was nice :) But I loved the huge mall-like thing they had. :)

This would be so cool in a HUGE nursery :)

I had a great time - And can't wait to go back in the NEAR future!!!

Just Kidding

So I found out yesterday that my last day of work is actually THIS Friday! I'm excited, scared, nervous, happy, sad, etc :)

So next week I will be doing this...

And sometime in the near future I plan on reading this...

Remember Me?

So sorry for my complete lack of posts lately. I have been overwhelmed with "stuff" - mostly work. But I have good news! May 29th will be my last day of work! Sorta... I will still go in once a week to do billing, but for the most part I will be a full time stay at home mom and I cannot wait!
Haven't taken any pictures lately - sorry! But for now there is one thing you should know... I have found the world's best mascara! I've been trying a few out lately and I really liked this Body Shop Volumizing mascara, but then last night I bought Cover Girl Lash Blast because the brushes looked the same, but Lash Blast was about $7.00 cheaper (only $6.50 at Walmart) and luckily it is dabomb.com of mascaras! I LOVE IT! Try it - It's worth it!

Ryan is doing good - getting so big. But we've got a problem. Ryan loved Nursery in the beginning, but the past couple of weeks - he has refused to go to nursery and when I leave him in there one of the leaders always comes to get me because Ry is inconsolable! I don't know what to do - Any suggestions from you moms with kids in nursery???

Well I will try to blog more in the future and comment more too!

Easter

So Easter was 2 weeks ago and I finally have a moment to sit down and write a post! I have been crazy busy lately and my blog has seriously suffered because of said business :)

Easter was great - went to church... Ryan had a hard time at church because he was so tired (we have 1p church so ALL the kids are tired) He wouldn't go to nursery and fell asleep with me in Young Women's. Poor lil'guy!After church we headed over to Shane and Melinda's for an Easter egg hunt! Ryan and Olivia had a great time search for eggs :)

Silly little faces - they are so darn cute!!!After that great egg hunt we went to my parents house for dinner and it was fantastic! Our friends Gary and Bliss joined us and we were really glad that they could come! I made the BEST dessert EVER! It was called Fruit pizza dessert and it was AMAZING! :)