fun, fun and more FUN.

They say it's your Birthday

It's my Birthday too, yeah

They say it's your Birthday

We're gonna have a good time

I'm glad it's your Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

-Beatles

Yes we're going to party party...

HAPPY 26TH BIRTHDAY LOVEBUG! We celebrated with a quite night at home. Chipotle take out, March Madness play off game, and just trying to make it feel like a not so normal Monday night. I made Dave some yummy fudge brownies, which we topped off with ice cream. Thank you to those of you who sent David some birthday wishes in the mail, ecards, etc... You made his day that much more special. He is still looking to buy some music off of iTunes, use his McDonald's gift card for lunch during his work day, buy some tools (thanks mom and dad)...

I was commissioned to make a birthday card for a co-worker. This is just another creation...

I was also commissioned to make a Birthday Banner for my Aunt Cheryl. She wanted it for her sweet little angel, who will be turning one this year. I had a lot of fun with this one. Thanks Cher for asking me to do this.

Mariners game! Oh what a night... WE WON! They played against the Toronto Blue Jays. We enjoyed the company of our friends Kristen and Brett Smith who got their hands on some free tickets. We are very grateful they chose to take us. We had the best seats, 1st row right on the 3rd base sideline next to the visitor's dugout and the photographer's pit. You could reach over the railing and pick up fouls balls if they rolled by. They were awesome! Dave and Brett both caught foul balls. David snatched his ball from the hands of the girl sitting next to him but anything goes until it is safely secured in the rightful owner's hands. He leaped up from his seat at the last second like a crocodile waiting to eat a gazelle in African waters and grabbed it from out of her hands. It was a spectacular grab and it made the boy's night. We kept joking that we only needed two more for the girls so each of us could have our own ball. It was a cold night but we stayed warm with our cheering and hot cocoa. The game was 3 hours and 46 minutes. We got home way past our bed times but it was worth it!!! The Mariners were losing 7 to 0 in the 7th inning. The outcome looked very bleak. Everyone headed for the exits except for the large group of Canadians who came to cheer their beloved Blue Jays. It was cold and it was late so we too had thought about leaving early but we were so glad we stayed. We ended up rallying in the bottom of the eighth inning thanks to some terrible relief pitching on the Blue Jays part. It was fantastic. We were only down by one run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Only like 1,000 people stayed. We were one of the few Mariners fans left for this incredible rally because Brett kept getting text messages saying we were on TV three different times. In the bottom of the ninth inning the scoreboard operator put on some Irish leprechaun music with the words Rally Jig. All the Mariner's fans were doing their best Jig to help them pull out the win. It worked! The very first batter hit a lead off double followed by a sacrifice bunt that advanced the tying run to third base. The next batter grounded out but the tying run was still left at third base. After that Ichiro was intentionally walked. Two men on. Ichiro stole second base so a base hit would win the game. Luis Rodriguez a substitute third baseman who took over for the everyday third baseman who left in the third inning with a thumb injury came to the plate with the game on the line. Bottom of the ninth inning, down 1 run, base runners at 3rd and 2nd, and 2 outs. The Rally Jig was on! Rodriguez had a tremendous at-bat. The count was full, 3 balls and 2 strikes, and he kept fouling pitches to keep the game going. A couple of times it looked like he missed and struck out. Very nerve racking. He finally got a ball he could handle and hit a double to right-center field to win the game! All the Mariners fans were cheering and high-fiving everyone on the way out of the stadium. Very cool. Our voices were gone from all of the cheering and our legs hurt walking up the bleachers because they were so cold. David couldn't feel his left foot until the next morning. It was way too cold for baseball. Come to find out the next day that this was the largest deficit in the 7th inning or later that the Mariners have ever come from behind and win! And we were there! Mindi left singing Oh What A Night. We had a very fun time, much more so after the 7th inning.

I should have taken that white jacket off for the photo, it makes me look whiter then I am (at least that's my excuse...).

Our friends Kristen and Brett. Thanks again for taking us out to the ball game!