Birthday weekend trip - Day 2

Corrine and I have wanted to meet Todd in Oakland and see a game. With him deploying to the Middle East we decided to combine my birthday with a baseball trip w/his family! I wasn't going to complain! :) Todd and Chelsea met up with us today. Ty kept his coming a secret. He was so excited to show TJ and Jared he came too. We met up at In N Out Burger and enjoyed lunch together.

Todd & Chelsea wanted to go to the temple together and so Corrine and I told them we would watch the kids so they could go. Corrine hasn't been to the Oakland Temple for quite some time and so we all drove there together so we could walk around the temple and see the Visitor's Center. A few minutes after Todd & Chelsea left they walked back in. The temple was closed! Well, they tried at least!

Corrine and I were not planning to take any pictures but when the opportunity presented itself, we took it. The VC had Arnold Frieberg's pictures on display so we went and looked at them. Also we went through the special "Family" presentation as well. After the VC we walked around the temple including going up on the top of the temple. We were so excited when Lynette Williams with two of her children came and met us there! What a great birthday treat!



My birthday party was held at the Coliseum - home of the Oakland Athletics. Ironically, they played the Anaheim Angels. We bought the 'bleacher seats' and enjoyed the game and the party.

Ty's favorite player is Matt Holliday. He happens to play left field for the A's (right where we were sitting). After a few innings of Ty yelling to get his attention he turned around and threw one of the balls up to Ty. Wow! Talk about a special treat! He was so excited! The adults were all just as excited as he was!

Oakland lost the game - there were not very many people there but we certainly had a great time! Thanks to the Barlows and the Williams and Corrine for a fun birthday party!