Opening Day!

 

 

Hard to believe with most of the rest of the country under snow and ice that we enjoyed Opening Day this past weekend.  Emily is on the Wrecking Balls and Ellie is on the Sandstorm. 

Opening Day also happened to be on my Birthday - what greater B-day present than watching both girls play ball.

The best part is that Ellie made her pitching debut!! The Sandstorm were pretty far ahead of the other team so they brought in Ellie late in the game. I guess she did all right, considering she had never pitched before. The official stat line for her outing was 1.1 innings pitched, 52 total pitches (35% of which were strikes), gave up 2 hits, walked 6, and struck out 1.  

I was coaching Emily's team who had a double header but between games I was able to take a peak for a few minutes! It was little hard to watch but I was def. proud of her.

Emily won both of her games and pitched well! 

So a 3 win / 0 loss day where both girls pitched and got some good hits on my B-day is a pretty good birthday gift.

 

Universal Studios

 

Over the 22nd and 23rd we took the kids up to Hollywood and visited Universal Studies and Griffith Park and Observatory.  Hard to believe we have been 6 years and have really never gone out of the OC bubble. We had fun though over about 48 hours riding the rides at Universal and exploring Griffith Park, home of the famous Hollywood sign and the Observatory.

The girls really enjoyed Harry Potter land and even I was impressed with the detailing and the castle.

Me with my Hero

The girls with a Minion

We caught the Animal Actors show that featured animals of Hollywood doing tricks. Amazingly Darcy got picked out of the crowed to have a parrot take a dollar bill out of her hand, fly back to the trainer, and then return the dollar bill back to Darcy.

On Sunday we drove to downtown Hollywood and had a great breakfast at a trendy diner and then drove over to Griffith Park. From Griffith Park you get a great view looking west out over the greater LA area.

We happened to be there over noon and so got to see the The Gottlieb Transit Corridor, a working Meridian Arc, in action! That circle / spot in the picture below is the sun making its way across the North / South Meridian marking the exact time we go from A.M (Ante meridiem) to P.M. (Post meridiem).

Next weekend is Opening Day in Softball so our weekends are going to fill up quick!!