Spring Break in San Diego

We finally finished our winter term at Oregon State and were definitely ready for a break. My family was planning on going to San Diego to watch Sarah in a soccer tournament (Nomads), and had invited Rob and I to come along. Rob is in the middle of season, and there was no chance that he was going to be able to go, so I was faced with the choice of leaving him behind or staying in Corvallis. After some persuasion on his part, I decided that he would be so busy that I would get to see him, so I should go and spend some time with my family. San Diego here we come, 12 hours in the worn down suburban that is pushing 200,000 miles, crossing our fingers it doesn't break down on us!

One of the first fun things we did when we made it down to Southern California, was go to Knotts Berry Farm...a classic amusement park our family has been going to since I was 5.

My moms favorite ride (as seen above) is the Silver Bullet, shes turning 49 in a few days and still rides the roller coasters! My dad was a good sport too, however when he finished the ride he looked queasy and sat out for the next hour ;) We laughed when he told us, that when he finally felt the ride stopping the first thing he looked for was were people vomited cause he felt extremely sick.

Every park has the classic wooden roller coaster that jerks you around until you have a head ache (unfortunately you always seem to go on them), this is mom and dad before the Ghost Rider. You can also see that my mom is working a new hair style, the first time in over 20 years and looking pretty dang good if you ask me, hott mama. What a cute couple.


This was a classic ride and fun that we could do it all together. It was also a nice break from the fast pace roller coasters.

Out of every ride we went on we this was the scariest! I see pure terrior on my face in the above picture. A plug to the death. I need to give a shout out to Sarah and Sydney, because they were troupers the whole day and we had a blast facing our fears together.

In San Diego we got to see Sarah play a lot. She is a feisty little forward and her team won two shoot outs to make it to the finals, good job fury! This trip was especially fun because I got to spend time with a lot of extended family. Both sets of grandparents came down to watch Sarah play and spend time with the family. I count myself very lucky at how big of a role my grandparents have played in my life, I love them, and appreciate all they do. I love to reminisce and laugh together, which is something we continually do when we all in the same room. Many times I want to take a snap shot so that I can remember these moments forever because they are truly the best. John and Amber drove from Arizona and it always fun the see the cuddliest couple I know! I was named the cuddle police because I gave them a hard time the whole weekend, but maybe they just haven't heard the term PDA? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Love you guys anyways. All in all I believe my family is the most important thing in the world to me, and although I am glad to be back home with my lovey, I miss them.

Getting Ready for Finals

Ive recently put pictures of Rob playing baseball, but when I was playing soccer we didn't have a blog so here is a recap in some fun pictures from my 09 soccer season

Vs. Washington

I love this Picture of the team

My Amazing Class of as Sophomores top row left to right Seal, Kristen, Mel, Shef and bottom row left to right Lindo, J, Colleen, BC and me

Game faces before the Arizona game

Starting line up for our Pink game supporting Breast Cancer

After Beating USC at there home Field

Rob and I after we lost in the sweet sixteen to Notre Dame

You know its going to be a great week when your husband mentions that he has a 10 page paper, 1 final to study for, many little assignments, and statistics problems (which take forever) all due before the week is over. He said that he has come to the point where he must weigh what is important to complete and what he can get by without doing because he just cant get it all done. Just what a wife wants to hear after hes been gone for a 5 day absence playing baseball :). I really am not complaining though, I just honestly feel really bad for him. He has done an amazing job lately of concentrating on his studies and getting good grades. To show what an amazing guy I think he is, even with such a busy schedule, he took yesterday night completely off and we got to go on a date. Applebees 2 for 20 followed by Sherlock Homes! I am grateful for these nights in particular, when we get the chance to reconnect and just focus on being together. We always talk about how important it is to get a date night in once a week (even if the schedule is busy) and I cherish these nights the most!

When my soccer buddies Justyne and Sierra realized that I had a blog they insisted that they make it on. I figure that I can share how my past winter semester Tuesday and Thursdays have been spent. We had weights early in the morning and then had a period of time in between the end of weights and our first class. A couple of us got into the morning routine of bring our breakfasts to the locker room, where we would shower, put on sweatpants and a sweatshirt (athletes what can we say), and eat our breakfasts. We have a refrigerator that enabled us to buy milk and we had bowls, and cereal we kept there. When the Olympics started curling was on everyday during this period of time, and we had many laughs of the prospects of developing our own curling team and then being able to go to the Olympics. When it was time for Biology 102 we would go to the shuttle stop. The OSU shuttle runs all day and is free to ride, something I did not know before this term but use all the time now! You would think being athletes we'd like the chance to walk and the exercise but not a chance. During Biology lecture I would have to endure endless comics by the creative Justyne, as well as going over the latest FML's on Sierra's I-phone. Good times :) When class was over it was back to the locker room for a quick nap/lunch/unfinished last minute homework before catching the shuttle to our next class. After this we would reconnect for Bio lab where we would sit next to smart kid, who we never figured out his name but always sat by us and we always talked to him. Justyne would remind Sierra and I how much Erin (our grad assistant) liked her and how close they were to a handshake...a way Justyne marks if you are a good friend or not depends if you have a handshake with her. We tried to finish as quickly as possible because we only had so much time before the shuttle comes around again and its a long walk back to the locker room for another break. This is how Every Tuseday and Thursday of my winder term was spent, thanks guys for a blast of a term and a million of inside jokes!!

I am excited to announce that a book has finally caught my attention (I don't ever find books that can really spark my interest). I have recently started reading a book by the oh so famous Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song, and have not been able to put it down...Literally! Which is a problem when I to need to be gearing up for finals. I recommend that people go out and read it asap because commercials for the movie are out already.

Short and Sweet

Now that baseball has started, you can call me a single. Let me give a little recap about how the seasons gone so far.

Week one was in the beautiful Oahu, Hawaii, not going to lie I was totally jealous because that week it never stopped raining in Corvallis. The Beavers when 3-4 and Rob in particular started all four games and had just an okay weekend at hitting. It was a rough start for him but who cares you got to go to Hawaii.

Week two was here in Corvallis, Oregon...YEAH!! Dave and Kate both came up for the Friday and Saturday games and I was so much fun to see family. The beavers when 2-3 winning the series against Tennessee University (thank goodness they had the most obnoxious bench, they needed to be shut up). This week Rob was also named Everyday Champion for Oregon State athletics, and we got to go enjoy dinner, while I got to meet the infamous Mike Parker (he announces all the games for OSU athletics), kind of a celebrity in my mind since he is my man when Rob is on the road.

This week they have traveled to Sunnyville Arizona and defeated UC Riverside 10-3, and Rob got his first triple of the season!

Our weekdays have been marked with movies, making dinner, and trying to spend as much time together as possible. We recently watched (Well Rob only watched half before he was asleep, Duh) was 2012 and I thought it was great and would recommend going out to rent it. We need to give a shout out the the people who invented red box movies. What a genius you are! Who know you could rent a movie just like buying a candy bar out of a vending machine. I also got to teach our Sunday school class for the first time all by my lonesome. Public speaking is not my favorite thing and I was definitely stressing hard Saturday night, but I made it through. You will never appreciate the lessons Sunday school teachers give until you have to take the time to prepare one on your own. We teach the 16-17 year olds' or juniors and seniors in high school, and they are one chatty bunch. I often feel a bit unqualified for the job since I am practically their age, but we must be there for a reason, and I hope we can be a positive impact in our kids lives. I need to mention a recent accomplishment for the Folsom family, which is our undefeated season in bowling with our good friends Mark and Hannah. We accidentally missed our last game so we were disqualified from the tournament, but hey we never "officially" lost.