Best Seats at Angels Game

This is ironic. I decide to take Holden to an Angels game because he is starting to follow baseball. I overspend and pay $300 for tickets with a face value of $550 because I can't pass up a deal. Holden wants an Angels shirt to wear to the game, so we go to Goodwill and find one for $1.99 with no tax. 

The parking pass with its own entrance was way cool and the seats in the front row of field level were cool. The weather was not cool. The sun beat down on us the entire game. We brought food and water and Holden kept going to the snack bar for ice. Can't afford Cokes when we just spent a days wages on tickets, right? Holden did get a game ball when Eric Aybar tossed him one on his way into the dugout.

It's the most I've ever spent for a baseball game. Now I feel like I owe Riley and DJ an expensive outing doing something they like.

Pageant of the Masters

I brought the kids to Pageant of the Masters for the first time. Huong was travelling. We spent some time at Laguna Beach (which has two Starbucks but only one has seating) before having dinner and going to the show. Dinner was pita sandwiches from a popular place called Adonis Mediterranean Grill. At $10 each, they aren't cheap but they are overstuffed with the best ingredients you can get at a fast food gyro place. They have beef gyro and chicken only. Both meats are on vertical spits; the chicken one just stacked with a hundred or so marinated chicken breasts so when they slice it off it's against the grain and super tender white meat. Inside the pita is a delicious garlic yogurt spread, too.

The show itself was a little disappointing because the seats I got were too far away and we didn't bring binoculars. The scenes on the stage did look like paintings but anything at this distance looks like a painting. I wouldn't go next time unless I was near the front. 

Lifeguarding by Boswell

A month after DJ took a YMCA lifeguard class and was certified in lifeguarding, First Aid and CPR, he was hired by a family in Villa Park to watch their pool during a fancy party. If you're curious what his ad looks like, search Craigslist in Orange County for lifeguard. I think you'll know it's his ad.

Cafe M.Cutie

DJ, Huong, Uncle Paul and I needed place to watch the 3rd Place Match of the FIFA World Cup. In my quest to win Dad of the Year, I suggested we go to a bikini coffee place. If you have never been, Little Saigon has about 40 lounges that don't serve alcohol or food but they do serve iced coffee, smoothies and free iced tea. They have lots of televisions and the servers walk around in bikinis and negligees refilling iced teas. It was the perfect place to bring my minor son, my Christian ex brother in law and my girlfriend. The crowd was awesome and so were the coconut smoothies. #BecauseFutbol

Summer Begins

Summer is great; especially June. Not too hot to be outside and not too cold for shorts. Holden is in the pool the most of the day.

Holden Lipsyncs Grenade by Bruno Mars

Riley Makes Straight As

The kids get financial incentives to do well in school. At Riley's level, she gets $25 for each A in a non-PE class.  She gets nothing for anything less. Sure enough,  Riley managed to get all As to earn $125 to use as she wishes. And my birthday is coming up! Good job Riley!