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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Baseball and Birthday!

Shawn's name up in lights at Safeco Field!
We had a great weekend. It was Shawn's birthday weekend, and in his words it was "the best weekend in the world". It's always nice to see Shawn really really happy, so I was happy that we had the "best weekend in the world"! Shawn had Friday off, so we dropped the kids off at the Aley's home (some friends of ours) and went out wave running. I don't have any pictures of that, because it was way to crazy to take pictures. What I mean is that Shawn went crazy on the wave runner. We were going so fast and taking on huge waves that made us jump way out of the water. It was so much fun, but not a picture taking time. The camera would've been at the bottom of the lake. We stayed out on the lake for about two hours then got lunch and went and picked up the kids. It was such a fun day, and one of the best things was that Will did a super job at our friends home! I always worry about leaving him because he really is a homebody, but he didn't cry and apparently had fun with all of the girls. The Aley's have 3 girls plus Claire, so Will was surrounded by girls. I was so glad that Will behaved himself!!!
Saturday afternoon we went to Safeco Field to see the Mariners play baseball! It was so much fun! The kids loved it, and we loved it. We stayed for the whole game. Unfortunately the M's lost, but it was still fun! I had purchased a birthday package for Shawn, and they put his name up in lights on the big scoreboard wishing him a happy 33rd birthday! Here are some pictures of the baseball game!

Eating the million dollar hot dogs they sell at Safeco Field (really, they cost soooo much money)!

Claire loves taking pictures lately, so this is her perspective of us at the game!

Shawn with Claire and Will at the Left Field entrance after the game!

It was "turn back the clock day" at the Mariners game. They turned back the clock to the 1980's. They had a contest to see which fan came dressed as the best 1980's person, and the Mariners donned their old 1980's uniforms. This turn back the clock day was great for Shawn. Anyone that knows Shawn knows that he is partially suck in the 80's, at least when it comes to music choices! They played all the 80's greatest at the game and Shawn was in heaven! I couldn't have planned it better.

1 comment:

HeidiJuly 23, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Hey,
Jeff, my dad and brother and all the kids were at that same game! I'm surprised he didn't see it on the board. How cool! Happy Birthday Shawn!
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