Life of a Dolphin

Monday, September 28, 2009

Bingo

So thist past Saturday, 6 of us went to play Bingo for the first time. We didn't really know what to expect since it was our first time. We all got there before 6:30 and got our cards. We paid $16 which gave us 26 games and that lasted until 10:15pm. Each game was worth at least $250. When we all sat down we must have look like "newbees" since people kind of starred at us. We were probably the youngest ones in there, so they were probably wondering why we weren't at the bars or clubs. But we wanted to try something new and thought that this would be fun. We played several different games, and we had to catch on pretty quickly since the games changed pretty fast. The games were all a little different. We each had a different color dobber, and so after each game we switched so we all got to use different colors. We noticed that they sell all different colors and sizes in a vendor machine, so the next time I'm going to get me a different color. There was this couple that sat behind us that helped us through. It was nice of them to offer because there were a few games that we might have got lost. By the night end none of us had won but we had a GREAT time, and were definetly going to go back again. Some of us got close to winning, like only needing one more number. I think the people around us might have gotten upset if we were to have win since we were new. But oh well, we paid our moeny like they did so we deserve the right to win as much as they did. I only played once and I'm hooked.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Great America

Another day when we were in San Jose a group of us went to Great America (myself, Brandon, aunt, uncle, cousin Rich and Emi). This was Emi's first time at Great America and she had a blast. She loved riding the roller coaster, she has no fear. She went on several rides and couldn't get enough. She enjoyed meeting her favorite cartoon character Dora and Diego. She took pictures with them a few times. Rich and Brandon went on several rides together. The 3 of us went on Invertigo, luckily the ride did not break down when we were on it. This past Saturday I heard people were stuck on this ride high in the air for up to 4 hours. That's just crazy! Brandon won 2 basketballs and Rich won 1. Emi even won a Dora ball in the kid games, so that was cool. That's the best prize she could have won. We went to see a Ice Show while we were there, that was cool too. We stayed there from open to close, I didn't think we were going to stay that long. Emi took her nap on time and so she was good to go all day. By the time we all got home after we had dinner at Boogie's, we were all exhausted. Oh and by the way the weather was perfect. Couldn't have been better, it was overcast when we go there and warmed up a bit after. The rides were not that crowded I think that was due to the weather and also that we went on a Thursday. Overall a great trip.

Brandon on her 1st ride of the day

Me and Brandon waiting to go on the "Psycho Mouse" ride

Brandon and Emi on the "Taxi Jam" roller coaster

Emi with Dora and Diego

Santa Cruz Boardwalk

The 2nd day we were in San Jose Brandon and I went to Santa Cruz with my aunt, uncle and cousin Ron. We went to the Boardwalk. Brandon and I went on one roller coaster "Giant Dipper", the roller coaster was cool. Of course I screamed while on the ride like always. Brandon and my cousin Ron played video games in the arcade for a while the had a blast like always. My uncle played the chicken in the pot game and won 2 cute monkeys for his granddaughter Emi, she loved them of course. Brandon won a glass and a shot glass at the dime toss. I love winning cups. We have a collection of them at home from their. The weather was nice and we had a good time.

Giant Dipper Ride

Brandon and I going on the ride

The Beach

Monday, August 10, 2009

Trip to Monterey

Last weekend Brandon and I went to Monterey for Jill's (my cousin) birthday. We started off by going to her house in Oakland early Saturday morning to meet her new dog Lucky. She is adorable, but did not warm up to us as we hoped. She is really attached to Jill. We stayed there for about an hour and then headed to the Oakland airport to pick up Jill's best friend Monique. Then we went to Mountain View to eat some delicious ramen. We went to a store afterwards then we went to my cousin Rich's house in San Jose to drop our stuff off since Brandon and I were going to stay with his family for a week after our trip to Monterey. From there we went to Monterey, and checked in our hotel when we got there and then did some site seeing before dinner. We had dinner reservations at Passionfish, food was excellent. For dessert we went across the street to an ice cream shoppe. Brandon of course got some but I was too full from dinner. It was pretty late by this time so we all went back to our hotel and rested for the next day.

Sunday morning we all got up early and went to eat breakfast at Toastie's. They served delicious breakfast dishes. I will definetley go back the next time were in Monterey. Then we all headed to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and had a great time. We split up into groups after we saw the tuna and baracuda feedings which was cool to watch. The seahorse exhibit was one of the coolest exhibits at the aquarium, they did a good job putting this exhibit together. We met for lunch afterwards and had some delicious Clam Chowder in a bread bowl. That is one of my favorite dishes. We all split up again when it was time to go home. Brandon and I stayed in Monterey for a 1 hour and 1/2 since he wanted to climb on rocks. He loves to explore and climb on rocks, so I figured we had time so why not. I on the other hand is not a big fan of doing this so I watched him and took pictures until he convinced me to join him. I was scared but did it anyway. By the time we got to San Jose it was after 7pm, traffic was really bad. But overall our trip to Monterey, was great. Too bad we couldn't have stayed longer. Thanks Jill for suggesting this trip hope to do it again soon.

Me and Jill

Brandon and I at the Passionfish Restaurant

Me and Brandon at the Outer Bay Exhibit

Seahorses

Me up on top of the rocks

Brandon on the rocks

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Keith Urban Concert 2009

Hi,

So last Thursday, July 23rd Greg and I went to the Keith Urban concert at Arco Arena. We had a blast. Keith Urban is such a great performer, and this was our 3rd time seeing him in concert and it was another GREAT show. LeAnn Rimes was the opener, and she was good too. I have never seen her in concert before but she put on a great show as well. It was like we got to see two headliner performers. Below are some pics from the concert:

Ticket to the concert

Waiting for the concert to start

Keith Urban performing

Keith Urban and his band

Keith Urban with his lighted up electric guitar

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Kenny Chesney Concert

Last Saturday, a group of us went to see Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and Sugarland (they didn't show) at AT&T Park in San Francisco. We had a blast! We left the Rocklin area around 11am and got to SF around 2 or so. When we got to the parking lot there was a bunch of people tailgating, it was crazy. I've seen people tailgate before but this time they brought gazebos taking up 2 or 3 parking spaces. They had bbq's, and lots of alcohol. After we got there we walked over the County Fair that they had going on and two of my coworkers Robyn and Regina went on the drop zone. They had a blast on that ride. Then we went back to the car to get our things and then headed to AT&T Park. When we got there and was waiting in line for the gates to open we saw a sign that said Sugarland wasn't going to be performing due to Jennifer Nettles losing her voice. I was bummed. Once they opened the gates we got through and headed up to our seats. Our seats were pretty high up there but they were good.

The concert was overall good and I think we all had a good time. The group that sat next to me was crazy thou, they were getting up every 15-20 minutes to get another drink. The drinks were so expensive there, they ranged from $8-$10 each. The guy next to me didn't take long to get drunk and was stumbling around next to me. At one point he dropped his sunglasses and was using a lighter for light to try and find it on the ground. I was scared that he was going to burn my feet since I was wearing flip flops. Crazy guy! The concert finished around 10:45pm or so and by the time we got back to the car it was closer to 11:30 or something like that. It took us forever to get out of the parking lot and to get home with all the traffic. I fell asleep of course. By the time I got back to my house after carpooling with some coworkers it was 3:30am. I was exhausted.

Well the next concert I'm going to is tomorrow, Greg and I are going to see Keith Urban and Leann Rimes. I'm so looking forward to this concert! Look forward to the blog post on Friday.