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Take me out to the ball game! Take me out to the crowd! Buy me a big hot dog or I'll never come back, and Joey has peanuts and he's so happy! We got to go to a Major League Baseball Game! Mets vs Cardinals. The guys spent the first 30 minutes looking for scalpers and tickets and we ended up getting great seats! $65 tickets for $12 each! Unfortunately Ice got a ticket from someone else and had a hard time getting to sit by us. A nazi usher had his eye on him and kicked him out the first time! Finally he snuck in.

Cheese! This place was HUGE! and pretty much full. My favorite thing about baseball games is the field. It is so pretty! And 2nd favorite are the hot dogs, and third favorite is singing during the middle of the 7th inning. Our visit was also historical because they are going to knock down Shea Stadium and are building a new one.

"Beautiful Like the Darkness Between Fireflies"

Every evening on Richmond's boulevard, our front yard, between the hours of 7:oopm & 8:30pm, the sidewalks are filled with the magical glow of fireflies. There are so many that it is almost as if walking in a fairy-tale. Joey and I try to go on a walk every night at this time and we just watch and enjoy the glow. It is fascinating. I feel like a child again. Last night we were sitting on the couch and Joey caught my eyes following a flying bug. Joey assured me it was just a moth, when suddenly it lit up and glowed! It was a firefly in our house! It must be good luck.

WHALES!

I love whales. Why? Christmas 2006 we woke up to sunshine and glassy water on the west side of Maui. I don't even remember opening presents that morning. We were out on the boat as a family and ready for a Christmas packed with tropical adventure. I was wakeboarding when I noticed that everyone on the boat had become disinterested in me and were anxiously looking to my left. They signaled that they were going to drop me. I thought I was left for the sharks and was less than calm until finally they turned to pick me up. It was a family of whales they had spotted. We watched as they sun bathed on the surface, a mother, a calf, and an escort. I think it was my dad who jumped in the water first. Then several of my siblings followed with their snorkles and soon the adrenaline was pumping as we were swimming with the whales! We were screaming and scared and so excited. I have never experienced anything more thrilling. The calf kept trying to swim closer to us, and he was easily bigger than a car! At one point the escort was about 30 feet under us and we starred him in the eye. You could see every detail. Breathless is the only word to describe it.

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