The game started at 7:30pm, but I made Nicole go with me at 6pm to watch warmups. She was nice enough to play along.

The game was really great. Pretty close throughout and definitely a few highlight moments. It was so awesome to watch Kobe, Lamar, Pau and the rest of the guys. There is something about being there that is totally different. On TV they get really close to the action, but in person I could literally hear them talking to each other and see their eyes watching for screens. So much fun!

I think there were about as many Lakers fans as there were Warriors fans which made it a whole lot easier to cheer for the Lakers. Nicole loved the game too and said she actually likes basketball now. She said she doesn’t like the Lakers though…she’ll convert some day. Anyways, tons of fun and the Lakers won by three. Woo!

These are cellphone pictures, so they aren’t the greatest. I’ll try to download the pictures from our camera and see if they are better.

See how cute she is?

The rest of this month seems to be just as busy as our previous months. This weekend we head to Dream Mountain Christian Camp to support our friends Cheree, Marcos, Carl and Jesse as they have their open house for the camp they just bought. It’s so amazing to see how their dream of opening a camp has come to reality, all by the grace of God. It’s amazing how God can open doors when you just rely on Him and His provision. We are so happy for them! Then the following week is, of course, Thanksgiving, which we will be spending with Garrett’s parents. I’m excited for some good eats! After that, I will be going to see Wicked with my friend Brittany in San Francisco. Then Christmas is just around the corner….

We hope everyone has a blessed holiday season with family and friends!

The following weekend we had a bbq at a park in Pleasanton with the Graff’s, Oberg’s, Munoz’s and Jake. It was a fun time, James loved the water park area, and it was a beautiful day.

Gotta love Britt…

We are excited for our next adventure with our friends…a canoe trip in August! Should be a great time =)

Now we will be starting of July with going camping at New Melones this weekend…can’t wait!

Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
On Saturday, the Graffs, the Munozs and the St. Johns went to San Francisco to visit the California Academy of Sciences. I’d never been there before, but it was really cool. Not quite what I expected as it was mostly biological sciences, but still good.

First thing we did was tour the indoor rainforest. Definitely a cool experience with lots of butterfly, birds, bugs, and flowers…all inside of a dome. There was artificial UV light and misters to recreate the environment of the rainforest. It was a bit muggy and I think Nicole and I pretty much decided that the Amazon is a “no go” for future travels.

After that we toured the aquarium. Tons of people and felt like Disneyland. I’d say it wasn’t the best aquarium I’ve ever seen, but not too bad either. There was a good variety of fish, penguins, eels, etc.

We cut out of there around lunch time and had a picnic lunch in the park by the Academy of Sciences. It was so-so outside, but warm enough. We sat around a group of people and found that it was the regional yo-yo championships. Pretty bizarre really, but they do some crazy stuff with those things! We did not partake, but we did throw a football around and played games.

After lunch, we walked through the gardens and saw the flowers. There weren’t a lot…maybe too early in the year? Nicole went into the Japanese gardens and said it was a lot better.

Memorial Day
For Memorial Day, we went up to a park in San Ramon to hang out with friends. It was a great time and there was way better weather than what I had planned. It was potluck so we brought some sides and ate our faces off…at least I did =). I think we played about every sport that exists yesterday…squash, softball, volleyball, frisbee, football. I’m feeling it a little in the back muscles today. It was a lot of fun and good to get out and get some sun. After our party, we both relaxed and enjoyed the long weekend.

We have a ton of stuff coming up in June. Trips, graduations, birthdays, Doug’s bike race…more fun posts to follow!

I personally was really struck about the reality of abortion in our country (and world). There were several families that came forward to express their thanks to Barbara Saba and the pregnancy center for helping them heal post-abortion, preventing them from having an abortion, and several kids thanking them for helping their parents avoid abortion. It was a very powerful presentation and a great celebration of the 20 years that the center has been opened.

Nicole and I really enjoyed it though as well because it was our date night. We got to dress up and have a nice dinner. We just really liked being out and being able to support such a great foundation.

We also played a few games and just hung out. It was cool to have friends over, but we definitely realized that our townhouse isn’t too large. We rearranged a lot of the furniture so people could actually sit in a circle. No matter though, we had a good time.

Ben and Tiffany’s son, James, came and hung out too. I love that kid, but as you can see…he got the best of me.