Rockstars

Okay so pretty much everywhere except for the US soccer players are considered to be rockstars, it's totally awesome. These guys have crazy skills and it's sometimes unreal to watch them play. This nike commercial has been on throughout the Euro cup and it's the coolest thing I've ever seen, it's a little long (2 mins) but soo worth it!

Dad's day

So my dad is retiring and Friday will be his last official work day at school. It was so cool to have my dad there at my high school, and my friends always loved his class, including Justin. With father's day and his retirement around the same time, I gave my dad this framed layout I made for him featuring some old pictures of my dad. They're from his mission application, his mission in Germany, a dance at my mom's high school, his early years as a teacher, and a picture of him and my mom after they had been married a while (it's now been 37 years). So I'm not a scrapbook extraordinaire, but I really wanted to show these cool pics of my dad, since I love seeing old pictures -not that my dad's old or anything, but they're not exactly recent!

Baking with Brody

So Brody LOVES to play in the kitchen! However, a couple posts back I mentioned he burned his hands on the oven, so obviously we've become a little more wary of his kitchen time (nice to know it took a trauma). He recently discovered the second drawer up filled with some Brody safe tools (except for the dough hook, but I've since moved it), so now he plays in there all he can. I hoping this means he'll grow up to be a wonderful chef who will cook lots of tasty dinners for me. Doubtful, but we'll see.

out of commision

This week I haven't blogged, or commented on anything, and I have a perfectly good excuse: Euro cup 2008. Two games every morning (and not as early as world cup games) make it quite hard to get going as usual. It's only the first round, so this could take a while. Live it up on espn 2.

Galaxy game

On Saturday Justin and I went to the LA Galaxy game, which was so much fun! We were so excited to watch Beckham live, rather than from our living room. We started out with some ok seats by a kid who was kind of obnoxious, not to mention that his big foam hand was being waved a little too close to my face, so the second half we stood down on the main level to watch, which was a great decision! The galaxy were down 1-0and that second half we saw Donovan make a pk to tie, then Buddle made another goal taking it to 2-1. The second to last play of the game was a corner on the Galaxy's goal, which brought the whole opposing team forward, including their goalie. Here's what happened when the ball got cleared (the last play of the game):



It was incredible! Everyone went crazy! The game was sooo fun! We definitely can't wait to go again! At the Home Depot center they have this cut out of Beckham to take pictures with, so of course we had to take a picture! Bytheway, the girl right before us held his hand in her photo, it was great!


After the game Beckham always cheers the fans as a thank you, which is pretty cool. I would post more pictures, but since I was overly excited to be there I have a huge chucky cheese smile in every picture, it's a little scary! Anyway, it was a great game, and thanks to my dad for watching Brody for us!

mama

Brody's been saying mama for a while now, which I thought would be really exciting. However I've had a slight suspicion that he doesn't really mean mom when saying mama. As a result I've been trying to note the situation he's in when he uses mama. On mother's day (of all the days) it was confirmed that his term mama is really his way to ask for more food. So I'm a little crushed that he's not really calling me, but it is helpful to know when he wants more food. My only other consolation is that his term dada doesn't really mean daddy -what a relief!

These last two weeks Justin had his semester break, so we really tried to make the most of it. Since Brody was back to normal (I feel like I have the funnest kid ever) we were able to get out a do some stuff. We took Brody back to the pool (this time it was a weekday) and he didn't cry once! I still held him the whole time but we were able to get wet up to his chest, I was so proud of him! I guess there's hope for the summer after all! We joined the Polson's at the wild animal park which was really fun, and hot, really, really hot! There were lots of baby animals at the park, they were all soo cute! We went to Disneyland with Justin's family, and even rode a couple ride (btw it is possible to get soaked on splash mountain, even at night), Brody and I spent a couple days at the park, we visited with family, and went shopping in Huntington Beach. Not that you'd believe me if I showed you, but we cleaned the house too. After we cleaned Brody added his own personal decor to each room, so it no longer looks clean. It was so fun to have Justin home these past two weeks, this break will hopefully keep him going through this next semester, which is a busy one. In august he'll take his first board exam so he can start working in the clinic, which is pretty exciting. So now that his break is over, let the studying begin.