Life Complete.

I encountered my long time hero and love of my life Alex Rodriguez on Sunday, September 20th approximately 30 minutes after the Mariners beat the Yankees. Expect our wedding announcements shortly....

Happy Birthday Chelsea!!!!

Chelsea and I were born exactly a year and a day apart which means we are bonded for life....haha..Ive known Chelsea oh... forever. We became friends though while playing softball at IHS together and then when she transferred to CWU her Freshman year. We've been roomies for 3 school years now and she is one of the best roomates Ive ever had (Shh...dont tell the others). I can never truly be mad at Chelsea and I love her down to earth personality, her humor and that she is a clean freak! We've thrown some legendary parties together and can always laugh and have fun..no matter what the situation might be. I know we will be friends forever. Thanks Spud for being a great friend!

Other Randomness

Lets see....

• Survived my second 10 game homestand in a month. It was long (and Boring because of Boring teams) but nontheless always a good time in the end. The Mariners came away 7-3 and thats always fabbity fab fab!
• Watched a piece of History with the death of Edward Kennedy. I find it interesting that I started reading The Kennedy Women and two members of the family die as I read it...hmm eerie. I finished and am now onto Mrs. Kennedy about Jackie-O (I will post more about this later I just dont have the energy to do so now...)
• Cannot believe summer is winding down! Trying to fit in as much as possible in what little time I have left...I ordered my school books already and am looking forward to school starting
• Went to my first Tacoma Rainiers Game Friday Night...which, was very interesting. The Rainiers won and Christina, Christin and I enjoyed watching the action in the bullpen over the actual game. We braved the rain, wind, and traffic and heck even got lost and had a very fun time!
• Having tons of fun with old and new friends and feel absolutely blessed to have such amazing friends in my life. I love that everybody is different and unique in their own way and I absolutely love having a variety of friends!
• I have only 4 more Nanny Days, 1 set up day and 6 Mariner Games left before heading back to Ellensburg -- wow!

Happy Birthday Elena!!!

My new Buddy at the Ballpark Elena just turned 21. Elena and I share a love of the Mariners, The OC, and...laughing :) We had fun night celebrating Miss Elena! Happy Birthday Elena!! Im glad SO glad we've become friends! Here's to many more adventures! :)


The Mariner Crew (Ryan, Seth, & Elena) Toasting With Champagne

The Girls! Annika, Elena and Meghan

Last Stop of the Night!

The Whole Gang!

Me with the Birthday Girl having fun! :)

Saying Goodbye To Chrissy...

Chris, Chrissy, Seth and I at Moon Temple

Ive been working with Chrissy at the Ballpark for the past 3 seasons. We are the same age, and in fact, our Birthdays are only 5 days apart. It has been nice to have somebody my age to be friends with these past few years! Chrissy though decided to move home to Reno and with sadness we said goodbye to a great co-worker and friend! We celebrated with a Dinner with co-workers and a night (or two...) out on the town...We already miss Chrissy and her sense of humor - work just isnt the same!

(My Camera's Memory Card decided to be difficult and so sadly I lost all the pictures from Chrissy's going-away dinner...but thanks to Chris we have a few pictures of Chrissy's going away party she held)

In Loving Memory...

My Family First met Nellie when Jake first started at PLU back in 1997. Jake played Football and Nellie worked with the incoming Freshman (Bombers). Nellie was born with Arthrogryposis, a disease which locked his joints from the neck down. While he faced an extremely difficult life he finally found happiness with the PLU Football Program in 1989 working with the young men that went through the program.

I still remember my brother calling us and sharing that he had fed John and the two quickly bonded. I remember that Nellie never thought as himself as disabled. He always wanted to be one of the guys and had an amazing sense of humor and smile. I remember when the guys all camped over one time he wanted to sleep in the tent in a sleeping bag just like the others.

In our Family we celebrate Birthdays with presents, a special dinner, cake and decorations and we celebrated Nellie's Birthday too. I will never forget his smile as we presented him with a homeade Birthday Cake. Or the day when I got seperated from my family after an Post Game Afterglow he helped me to find them again. I remember running to him crying because I knew nobody else and he calmed me down and told me we would find them. My Mom always brought John a Pepsi every game it was his favorite. Everytime I see a Gordita from Taco Bell I think of Nellie and how he would say GORDIITAAA like they said in the commercials. Silly, I know. At weddings he would be bop in his chair and the women would gather around him.

Rain, Snow or Sun he was on that sideline watching his boys play. He went everywhere, watched everything and greeted everyone. He carried a Blind's stick in his mouth and could type fast and extremely long emails with amazing spelling and grammer. He never forgot you and I would love when he commented on my facebook page.

But quite possibly my favorite John Nelson moment would be in September of 2001. Jake's Senior year and the team was playing Azusa Pacific in California. On Sunday we all went to Disneyland and Nellie got to ride Splash Mountain for the first time. His boat was behind us and I clearly can remember him laughing and smiling getting ready to go down the first hill and the happiness and excitement as he came out of his boat at the end of the ride. In a life that started with no promise these young men gave him the chance of a lifetime. They carted him everywhere they went and treated him no different than themselves.

Nellie was humble, thankful and a great man of God.His dream was to play football in heaven and I know that he has been living it up ever since he got there.

Rest in Peace Nellie. You will be greatly missed by all, but your laughter, smile, and blessings you stored upon all you met will be remembered forever. I feel so blessed to have even known you.

I encourage you to click this link and learn more about this incredible man.http://www.nwcn.com/video/sports-index.html?nvid=393850&shu=1

I will update with pictures and more deets soon! But for now...

• 18 Mariner games in August = Me extremely busy
• Saw Nomar Garciappara annnnnnd Joey Cora in the tunnel recently along with Alex Rios and Mark Buherlie these are really the only cool players worth mentioning. Said Hello to Felix Hernandez and also saw Griffey throwing a Temper tantrum. Good times.
• Attended my first and only game of the season...Had a mandatory day off and of course went to the game!! M's won! yay!
• Sad one of my favorite co-workers Chrissy is moving back to Reno but we have sent her off in style with a dinner and celebrating at her house!
• Reading some GREAT books. Finished all 7 HP books and reading a very interesting story about the Kennedy Women, as well as two very sad Holocaust stories
• Have had some fun days with friends....I truly do have amazing friends and am amazed and feel blessed that I continually maintain and meet awesome people!
• Summer is slowly or quickly winding down! I start my FINAL year at CWU in less than a month! WOW!