Randy and Caitlin....

So, the real reason we went to San Diego was for my Brother-in-law's Wedding...Below are a few pics from the wedding, I am still playing with most of the photo's in Photoshop and still am converting some to Black and White, but here is just a taste of some of the pics. Also click on the link --------> http://www.blvddrive.com/wedding.htm for more...

PINKS...

So, Katie really hates it when I watch Food Network(mainly "Diners, Drive-ins,and Dives") because I begin to get ideas on either what to cook or places to eat at...We actually had three places lined up to go eat during our trip to Southern California(1)Hoodad's (a fairly normal Burger joint owned by a surfer in Oceanside) (2) Tioli's Crazee Burgerhttp://www.tioliscrazeeburger.com/ where I was ready to either eat a Kangaroo or Alligator Burger,but we went on a Saturday night and there just wasn't room to eat and we did not feel like waiting (3) Pinks http://www.pinkshollywood.com/, we're in luck,we were able to hit it on the way back from Hollywood...


69 years and still going, constant line of customers...



That's my girl...10" Chili dog with mustard and saurkraut...none went to waste!!!

Mr.Plain Dog...Still polished of a 10" dog and some fries...

California...Land of the Fruits and Nuts

One of the reason I like going to Santa Monica and especially Venice Beach is because of all of the street performers on Venice Beach and the boardwalk. Even though we didn't get to make it to Venice or Santa Monica, we did meet some interesting characters in Hollywood...


Getting ready for Christmas a little early....Notice the elf in his lap...

Elvis Lives.....and wait, Peter Parker isn't the only one to catch Spiderman on film....

Yoda challenging Logan and Jake to a Jedi Dual to the Death...Sorta unfair since all they had were balloon swords freshly made by Captian Jack Sparrow just seconds earlier....

Talk about weird, for Two days we just kept hearing this woman talk about here obsessions for a cartoon mouse....

We're going to Hollywood baby...

So,a few days before our trip back to Southern California for my brother-in-law Randy's wedding, I get a phone call from Jakob and he says,"we're going to Hollywood BABY!!!! So here are a few pics of the kids in Hollywood.

Overall it was a good trip, except for hitting a snowstorm in Flagstaff while driving back. We saw most of what we wanted to, Disneyland, Hollywood, some friends, some family. The only thing we missed out on was a trip to Santa Monica and Venice beach, we just ran out of time, an extra 2 hours in L.A. Traffic put us behind schedule one day...maybe next time...

Logan and Kellsie saw a few names they recognized and had their picture taken by the stars, so Jakob kneeled down and said, "Dad, take a picture of me by this one" It was Britney Spears...only Jakob would randomly pick that one.

Logan next to "Vinnie Mac" owner of the WWE

Jakob in Donald Duck's footprints in front of Mann's Chinese Theatre

Bills -vs- Cardinals part 2

So after all the anticipation, the Bills got their butts handed to them by the Cardinals, 41-17. But we still had a blast. The Stadium was awesome, there were a lot of Bills fans there. Besides getting beat, the only bad part was all (3) of the Bills scores were at the other endzone. We were seated (2) rows from the field at about the 10 yard line. Oh well, I was hoping for some good pictures, but unfortunately, due to the Arizona heat, the roof of the stadium was closed and the artificial lighting made actions shots a little harder to take than sunlight would have...Oh well, still got some good shots...

http://www.blvddrive.com/bills.htm

Bills -vs-Cardnials...part 1

So right after the Balloon Fiesta, me and Logan jumped in the truck and started our 6+ hour journey to see the Bills/Cards game in Phoenix. It was cool to spend some time with Logan and we had a great trip.

We arrived in Phoenix and found our Hotel, then we went to a Buffalo Original, Ted's Hot Dogs. Phoenix is the only location outside of Buffalo. http://www.tedsonline.com/ After stuffing ourselves we headed back to the Hotel. Logan wanted to go swimming...Unfortunately, even though Phoenix is still in the 80-90s during the day, it gets a little cooler at night. Logan got as far as putting a toe into the water before coming to the conclusion that swimming could wait until next summer, the pool was ice cold.

We woke up early the next morning, got some breakfast and headed to the Stadium. To my surprise, there were a ton of Bills fans, everywhere...

Below are a few pics of Logan. Both the statue and memorial pool were dedicated to Pat Tillman.

Balloon Fiesta...

So,we woke up early, 4:30am early, on Saturday to go to the Balloon Fiesta...This is one of the one bright spots of living in New Mexico. Every year it amazes me how many Balloons are in the air at one time during the mass ascension. Anyways, below area few pics. This was just the start of an action packed weekend for me and Logan, we drove out to Phoenix immediately after this event to go to the Bills game.

If anyone decides to visit us, the first week in every October is the time to do so...

http://www.balloonfiesta.com/

Some of the First few Ballons to take off as the Sun is coming up

Just a small idea of the how many Balloons take part of the Mass Ascension

If I owned a Balloon...