Nine is Fine

This month, Pat and I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary. Interestingly, we were not much struck by the fact that we have been married nine years. However, what did strike us is the fact that we have been together 14 years. Now, that just seems like a very long time. Now, I am sure that all of KUWK's faithful readers are thinking "Fourteen years? How can Pat and Katie even be old enough to be together 14 years?" Funny, that is pretty much the same thing we thought. Okay, I probably am not fooling anyone. We thought exactly the same thing you did: Pat and Katie are OLD! Even if we are not quite sure where the years went, we are sure that they were happy and full of adventure. We wouldn't have it any other way...

Before we went out to dinner on our anniversary, we amused ourselves by taking a family picture like the ones our friends with kids are always sending us. Aren't our kitties the cutest thing ever?

Spur of the moment trip to San Diego

A few weeks ago, Pat and I decided to take a spur-of-the-moment trip down the coast to San Diego. Our original plan was to head down Sunday morning, see a baseball game, and then drive back. However, we decided Saturday to go down and spend the night. We got a nice hotel room in Old Town and had a nice dinner but I wasn't much for taking pictures that night so no evidence.

We stopped for bagels Sunday morning and then ate them at the convention center next to the baseball stadium.

Here is the view from our breakfast spot. Every time I go to San Diego, I think "this is a much nicer place than Long Beach--I wish Pat would get a job here."

Then we headed to Petco Park which is right downtown and easily accessible.


Here is the scoreboard in the first inning.

Our seats were very nice--just 15 rows up. Seats are cheap in September when the home team is way out of the pennant race.

It was a very beautiful day although we kept hoping those clouds would cover the sun--it was HOT!

I was rooting for David Eckstein of the Padres--one of my favorite scrappy players.

And Pat was rooting for Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies because he went to Long Beach State.

But, neither of us really cared who won. We just had a nice time watching the game. There is something about baseball that always makes me feel relaxed and nostalgic...