pics from our weekend in LA

What a great weekend! We had a wonderful time in LA and for such a short trip, we did a lot! We drove up Friday and stayed in the Pasadena area that night. We went out in Old Town Pasadena and had a great time. The game was at 12:30 Saturday in the Rose Bowl...Fresno State fans travelled well and we came out with a big win...I think we are 21 in the polls this week. Coleman and I enjoyed our first experience in the Rose Bowl although it was so hot!!! People were passing out. But it was worth it as the Bulldogs came out with the win.

After the game, we drove to Hollywood and stayed in a great Hyatt hotel (thanks Priceline) near Beverly Hills and Century City. We were pretty tired that night so we drove out to Santa Monica where we had reservations at a great seafood place, the Lobster. After some much needed rest Sat. night, we tooled around the city Sunday afternoon...Mann's Chinese Theater, Bel Air, Rodeo Drive...we saw most of it....we decided to tour UCLA's campus in Westwood...they have a beautiful campus in a really nice area.

Oh, and we just want to say that we are REALLY enjoying the Garmin navigator Coleman got for his birthday! It came in so handy in LA and we got around so easily...it really saves time and we were able to get around and see things we were interested in so much easier....

Paul Newman's star on the walk

Fresno players waving the "W" for Win after the game


Harry Potter stars prints outside Mann's Theater


the Rose Bowl- about 73,000 fans in attendance

a close one...

Fresno State pulled out a win last night in double overtime! We were very excited and glad it went our way. The game was in Toledo, OH, and Coleman didn't make the trip....we had a nice enjoyable weekend at home...we were able to get some things done and made a new addition to our living room and rearranged a little....see below....

We are excited to head to L.A. this next weekend to play UCLA at the Rose Bowl...it will be my first trip to L.A. and the stadium...I'll definitely have to follow up after the weekend!

living room view from above

our new chair and a half and ottoman

living room and Coleman on the computer

more house pics

The backyard...large compared to some of the homes we looked at...our rent includes gardening so we don't have to worry about that which is nice. We have a sprinkler system that waters the lawn 3x a week at 5am and 10pm. It NEVER rains here (or at least it hasn't since we've been here....but we hear it does rain some in the winter months) We're working on some patio furniture...

TV and media area below stairs...the house came with a built in speaker system inside and out so we have enjoyed that...there are hardwood floors throughout the downstairs...a built in area rug (green carpet) covers part of the living room area..

entry way table at front door....the hanging frame is our wedding invitation....my mom gave it to us after the wedding...part of the matting is lace from her wedding dress.......what a cool idea...thanks mom!

house pictures

Thanks to a wonderful family, I had a great birthday! And thanks to everyone for your birthday wishes! On my birthday, Coleman brought home my favorite flowers, lillies, at lunch. He also gave me a card for my birthday. A sweet note was written on the inside along with a sheet of paper that was my gift....well, Coleman's gift to me was a new laptop computer! And it has a green cover....I was so excited! I got it in the mail yesterday and it is great! I am really enjoying it....ALSO, thanks to Coleman's parents and my parents and Ben I got a new camera (remember, my old one broke)...I have enjoyed using it as well and taking pictures of everything! I wanted to share a few with you now of our new house...we are still a work in progress, but I wanted to give you some ideas of our place...Enjoy!

buffet in dining room

dining room and kitchen

living room

outside and Coleman's new ride through Fresno State

Fresno State and Ole Miss Connection!

VS.

It was announced yesterday that Fresno State will travel to play Ole Miss twice and Ole Miss will make it to Fresno as well! That's pretty exciting news....the first game will be in Oxford in 2010.

Check out the Clarion Ledger article:
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080910/SPORTS030103/80910032

St. Lucia Honeymoon

Finally sharing some honeymoon pics!

update on pictures

I know I have promised to put up pics of our new place.....but, I just discovered that my camera is broken! I do have a birthday coming up, so hopefully I may get a new one then!

Give me a few more weeks and I should have some ready.

Fresno State's first home game is September 13 vs.Wisconsin. I hope to have my camera by then so I can take some pics. The game is on TV...ESPN 2.....7:30 PM Pacific so that's 9:30 and 10:30 for most of our friends...ouch! That's something to stay up for!

Did anyone see the stat on TV during the game Monday that Fresno State travels more miles to play games than any other school on the mainland? Probably because we played at Rutgers and later this season travel to Cajun Country to play Louisiana Tech....LA Tech? Yeah, that's right they are in our conference, the WAC....odd I know....I am most likely not going to the Tech game, if you were wondering. Not sure if Coleman is either.