The World Series and a Birthday!

On October 24th, Clint and I flew out to L.A. for an adventure of a  lifetime...The MLB World Series!

This top picture is the view from our hotel Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica.

We got in a little late and went straight to the restaurant in the hotel where we sat in a cozy and romantic atmosphere cuddled up on a couch up to our table where we enjoyed a delicious dinner of steak and halibut.

Early the next morning we got up and went exploring down on the Santa Monica Pier!

There was a guy down on the beach blowing these ginormous bubbles from the sand below...they would get carried by the breeze up to where we were. It was so fun to watch!

We took a few fun pictures by the iconic Route 66 signs. :)

After exploring the pier and watching people and performers, and even a fisherman catch a sting ray (that got away) we went to Bubba Gump's and had the most delicious lunch!

And of course I had to add this hilarious picture of the burrito brothers picture that came through from Kierra while we were sitting at lunch together...;) I just love our sweet grandkids so much!

After we finished our lunch and walking around the pier, we went back to our hotel where we relaxed in the hot tub for a bit.

The water was SO nice and HOT just like I like it!

It was so nice to have the entire pool area to ourselves!  :)

This is what our room looked like...SOOO pretty!

I loved this beautiful feature in the bathroom where you could open the window and see into the bedroom to the T.V. while you soaked in the hot bath. ;)

We got cleaned up and ready to head out to Dodger Stadium!

We left the hotel at 2:00, 3 hours before the game started.

we arrived at the stadium about 2 hours later after making our way through so much traffic!

It was SO cool to see so many neat things!

They honored Fernando Valenzuela who played on the Dodgers, and passed away from cancer on October 22nd, just 3 days before game 1.

Party, party, party!!! It was a total PARTY atmosphere!!!

SO FUN!!!

I loved the giant flag they brought out onto the field!

Me and the ice-cream man ;)

The ball park at sunset...

Mookie Betts!

Me and my sweetie

And my cute and fun Dodger nails that Kambriella did for me before I left!

I snapped this picture of GAVIN on the jumbo Tron at the last minute just for MY Gavin!

Gavin Lux up to bat!

Shohei was up but couldn't get a hit...

But Freddie Freeman did!!!

A walk off Grand Slam!!!!

We witnessed a piece of history that night with Freddie's hit that won the game! We were there for the electric feeling of winning the game, the first time ever in baseball history to win with a walk off grand slam in the 10th inning!

And we were there!!!

The stadium erupted with cheers, and we instantly had best friends all around us!!

Everyone was hugging and high-fiving and Clint was even crying happy tears!!!

I LOVED being there with Clint for this once in a lifetime experience, but also to see him SO HAPPY in something that he LOVES SO MUCH!

BEST. DAY.EVER!!!!

For real!!!!

The news anchors were there sharing the good news, and people were NOT leaving!

Everyone wanted to celebrate this victory and piece of history together!

And although we thought it was going to be a horrible drive home, we made it there in less than 30 minutes!

The next morning, Clint and I were able to go to the Los Angeles temple where we did an endowment session together. It was so big and beautiful!

This temple also had extra meaning for us because this was the temple that Clint went through for the first time for his own endowment!

Going back there with me was only his 2nd time being at that temple, and it was so fun to be there together!

Then of course, we went back to Dodger Stadium earlier the next day so that we had plenty of time to tour the stadium and see all of the cool displays.

Bobbleheads and banners...

Larger than life Championship rings!!!

Clint sporting his World Series swag that they handed out as we entered the ball park...

Timeless tributes to Jackie Robinson...

Iconic pictures at Dodger Stadium!

This was a dream come true for Clint and I was SO happy to be there with him to experience it all!

Me and the mascot ;)

Clint and the Dodger firetruck!

The beautiful field before game time...

The Dodgers Ice-cream truck!

So many walls honoring past and present players...

Golden gloves...

Me and the most handsome and sweetest fan at the game... :)

Churros and ice-cream to top off a great night!

And a WIN for Game 2!!!

GO DODGERS!!!

When we arrived home we got to celebrate Clint's birthday all week too!

Kierra and ger family sent Crumbl cookies to my sweetie...

And of course I HAD to celebrate with baseball cakes for Clint and his employees at work!

Happy Birthday handsome!

I love you so much!

On the evening of Clints birthday it was also game 4 of the world series, and the Dodgers had a chance to win this game and sweep the Yankees for the World Series win. Unfortunately though, the Dodgers lost game 4 on Clint's birthday, but came back to L.A. and took the title and the win in Game 5!

It was a happy belated birthday gift for Clint which he was so happy to receive!

This will forever be one of our favorite celebrations of fun and excitement and most memorable happy times of our journey together in our marriage, that's for sure! These fun times along with the temple, our family, and our personal conversations that we are able to have in our quiet times alone are so good. We have come so far, we have grown so much, and I could not be more grateful to share every minute of it with Clint! I love you sweetie

Fun and Family

One of my callings is to be Kesslyn's activity day leader, and so guess what?

We had the best Halloween activity EVER!

We had the girls paint pumpkins and dip caramel apples, and they had SO MUCH FUN!!!

My friend Maggi was so kind and brought EVERYTHING to do the caramel apples!

It was such a hit that even all of the adults did it, and even the teenagers that came home from school joined in on the fun!

That same day before the activity I was also able to meet up with 2 of my sisters with my mom who came up to stay at my house for her brother Daniel's funeral. He was 95 and had lived such a good life. 

I was able to take my mom to Idaho for the funeral too, where we were able to see a lot of family that we hadn't seen in a while. That is the silver lining to funerals too. Getting to see all the people that you love.

We also took Kesslyn to see her friend Annie perform in the musical Descendants!

It was a fun time and I know it made Annie SO HAPPY to see Kesslyn cheering for her out in the crowd. ;)

So much good, and so much to be thankful for!

 

Raya Turns 3!

Our little Princess Raya is 3!!!

Raya celebrated her 3rd birthday by having a Moana party at the beach!

Her sweet momma planned everything just right for a fun celebration fit for any princess...and just look at that smile! Raya, I love you so much! I wish I could have been at your party, but I am glad you had so much fun and are getting SO BIG!!!

Happy Birthday Princess!

 

Rodney Turns 1!

Little Rodney turned 1 and we had a DINO-mite time celebrating this little dude!

I love that Kara and Carew threw a dinosaur party that reminded me so much of how much Carew loved dinosaurs when he was a little guy! ;)

It's so fun to see these little people growing and developing fun little personalities that make us smile and laugh and keep us on our toes!

Happy 1st Birthday Rodney!

You are Rawrsome!!!

I loved watching him blow out the candle! He had actually been practicing blowing the candle out, and it was so cute watching him taking his little puffs of air and blow! ;)

We were so entertained by lighting and relighting the candle and watching him blow it out over and over and over again! ;)

Rodney's little cousins Raelle and Willa also came to party with him!

Raelle LOVED him!!!

And although I am sad I don't have any better pictures, we went as a family to celebrate Kara and Rodney's birthday together at the Cross E Ranch!

We played yard games, saw the animals, played in the corn pit, went in the corn maze, and on a tractor ride, we ate dinner and sat around a cozy fire pit and had a really fun night.

I am SO grateful for family and all of the people we love and get to spend this mortal journey with!

I LOVE my family!

Happy birthday Kara and Rodney!

We love you!

 

An Hundred Fold of Thankfulness

  In D&C 78:19 it says, “And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more.” 

The blessings in our life have forever felt like "an hundred fold" because of our perspective and understanding of WHERE all that is good comes from, AND having GRATITUDE makes every little good thing in life an acknowledged blessing...health, family, testimonies, temples and opportunities to go inside of them, cars, employment, relationships, technology, modern conveniences, laughter, the ability to feel the Spirit and grace and compassion, relationships that can be perpetuated beyond the grave...

I could go on and on, but be it sufficient to say that I feel an abundance of love and gratitude daily from Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ.