Family Fun...Mariners Style!

This past Saturday we headed over the mountains after soccer. We had the opportunity to hit a Mariners game on Sunday and jumped at the chance. Jen and Willie Bloomquist.

I've always liked Willie and he is a favorite of my dad's. He looks so much like my cousin Heath that it's almost creepy.

Lauryn & Ichiro

Lauryn decided to smile next to Ichiro before the game. We took bunches of pictures before we entered the stadium.

We were so lucky to be able to watch the Mariners beat the Yankees on a beautiful sunny day. It is so hard to explain the atmosphere to those that have only watched a game on T.V.. It's a blast! If you go just make sure to plan on things being a tad more expensive than you expect. We are so spoiled over here. It blows my mind that we have to pay $35 to park our vehicle in a super narrow parking space. Blake and Lauryn ran up to get 2 fries and 4 pops and came back with $35 less dollars. It's all worth it though...part of the Safeco experience.
All smiles...yep we're having fun! That girl behind us drove us nuts though. Her boyfriend was one of the cotton candy vendors and she was soooo annoying. Every time I looked back she was taking a picture of herself with her phone and trying to look sexy. I wanted to let her know that no matter how hard she tried...it wasn't happenin'. Every time A-Rod came up to bat the crowd booed. She would scream a shrieky "A-Rod, A-Rod" just to be a rebel.
We had great seats! They were 13 rows up from the field between 1st base and Ichiro...I mean right field. It seemed like a bazillion balls were hit into the crowd around us but none right in our section. It's a good thing because a lot of the time I was spacing off people watching.

Poor Jen! She woke up with a sore throat and I told her it was probably allergies. We stopped at a grocery store in Issaquah and bought some allergy medicine. Well Dr. Mom mis-diagnosed because it did absolutely nothing for her. As the day progressed so did the bug that attacked her. She felt like a big pile of @#$% by the end of the game. She is such a trooper though. Here she is with her 1st pack of tissues.