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Find your beach, my friends!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQoRmy9G864&feature=related

Fall in Vegas!

Jodi and Rob spent the weekend in Vegas. You might call us this our annual fall sneak. Trey spent the night alone for the first time, and then Krissy and Brian came and picked him up for the BSU football game. Thanks to them, plus Grandpa too for giving him a ride back. I know you are all dying for a rundown. Our plane landed on Thursday night, and we went to dinner and a little gambling. Started real slow on the roulette table. Friday, Jodi and Rob went to the mall together and went to lunch with Kim, Tanner and Cynjin. It was great fun seeing them. That night, a bunch of us went to a comedian, Vinny Favorito. He was an insult comic, no joke, he spent on hour going around the room asking people what there name was and then insulting them! Sounds wierd, but he was actually good. Saturday, Rob went golfing during the day, and got back to the hotel in time to go see Frank Caliendo. He was ok, but Vinnie was better and cheaper. Sunday, we went to our favorite Japanese restaurant and flew home. We stayed at the Mandalay Bay this time. The pictures are sparse, but are of the view from our room on the 30th floor and Jodi. Sorry, too busy having fun to take pictures. I know most of our relatives are reluctant to go with us, but an open invitation to any readers of the blog: if you want to go to Vegas, count us in! Remember, it really not a vacation, just a weekend! Look us up and lets go!

For Trey!

Its been a long time since we posted, and we don't have many pictures. Those we have, we are having trouble uploading. We will work on it. Trey wanted to report he played in his first varsity football game! He played in two JV games and dressed for one of the two previous varsity games. He is mad because we did not take pictures of his big debut, but in our defense, we had no idea he would play! (Frankly niether did he, it was a surprise to everyone) He said we missed pictures of his "pancake" blocks he allegedly made. We did not see them, but he swears coach will see them when he looks at the tape. For now, we will have to take his word for it. You can read about the 3-0 Shoshone Indians and their spunky freshman offensive and defensive lineman here: http://magicvalley.com/sports/high-school/article_e486e38d-b277-5c51-ad06-974cb37f6d77.html Sadly, the paper did not notice the "pancake" blocks either :(

Story time

About 20 years ago, Rob and his friend Clint woke up one morning and decided to drive to Seattle. They were poor college students with spare time in the summer. They were at Clints apartment in Portland. He had lived there for months and it had literally no furniture, not even a bed. They saw Nolan Ryan was pitching against the Mariners and decided to drive on up to see him. Here is the approximate budget for the trip. Bleacher seats in the top level of the Kingdome looking down on home plate, $2 a piece. Kingdog $2. (Ok, maybe two kingdogs) Gas, maybe $10. They drove back after the game and solved lifes problems. Of course, life was much simplier when everything you own goes in the back of your car. The whole trip was less than $20. This weekend, our family kind of at the last moment decided to do the same thing. We got up and said lets go to a game. It was great, and with all due repect to Clint, we had fun as just a family. The parking alone cost $25. We sat in the "club" seats behind home plate next to the press box. The food choices are much better and they have waiters come to your seat. If you get tired of your seats, you can go sit at tables to eat, or in big comfy chairs. Its much better than Kingdome. We forgot camera, but have a phone picture. Jodi kept asking how far we were from where the "vampires" are from, but eventually got into the game.

We have been doing some neat things lately, just keep forgetting the camera. Trey has started and finished basketball in Shoshone. He also went to football camp at Idaho St. with his new team. He did not want to go, but had fun. We have been looking for a house, and have found one we like, we just need to negoiate on it. We spend a weekend in Sun Valley, with Trey playing basketball literally all weekend. We did learn about our new area. Jodi and Rob went to Wallowa Lake for a day trip with Ron and Gwen. Gwen took some pictures, she will need to post them. It rained, so we just drove up and came back. We kind of have a month off with basketball over. Don't know what we will do, but we will try to remember the camera. We are getting pretty excited to move and get settled. These are the only pictures we have. So, enjoy.

Movin on....

Are family is moving to Shoshone, Id. Rob and Trey are going in August and I am going in September. We are really going to miss our friends and family in Eastern Oregon. But, we are really, really excited to start a new life and meet some new friends. We have included some links to our new city and links regarding how our current cities feel about us leaving! Enjoy!

www.city-data.com/city/shoshone/idaho.html

www.you-tube/watch?v=AFVIJAi3Cso

More Arizona Details

When you go to Arizona, and you should, to watch baseball games each park has a different atmosphere. Some are like a bar, no one watches the game and its really just a party. Some are more family orientated. This time, we went to the Angels and the Mariners. The Angels is more of the party atmosphere and the traffic was terrible. The Mariners were a great family night. I would also recommend going at night. The Arizona nights this time of year are great, 80 degrees. Spring training you are so close, we sat three rows in and right by the field all for less than $20 a ticket. Already planning for next year!