Go Jazz!

Last Friday night Brad and I went to 'Mormon Night at the Warriors'. That's the Golden State Warriors (for those non-NBAers out there...cough cough... Dad Urry) and they were playing our favorite team: the Utah Jazz.

We got to enjoy the game with our favorite Alameda pals, Bret and Whitney. I was surprised at how outnumbered we were as Jazz fans! If we weren't surrounded by Bret and Whitney's ward members, we probably would have been heckled or something. Okay, probably not, but I was still surprised!

The game started off with it the missionaries performing the National Anthem. How cool is that? And to continue with the 'LDS' theme, our halftime entertainment was provided by the local LDS 'East/West' 10-12 year old league. We were rooting so hard for those boys! The final score of their 10 minute game was 2-0. Guess that basket is a little high when you're only 4 ft tall.

Besides the 30 minute wait at the concession stand for our complementary dinner (our tickets came with it!) and a sluggish 4th quarter by the Jazz, it was a great evening. Oh yeah, and the Jazz won. But did you really think the #3 power ranked team would lose to the 16-40 Warriors? Not a chance.

(The lighting isn't the most flattering, but it's the only picture we took)

Weekend of Ross

(All pictures in this post courtesy of Ross Urry... budding photographer!)

My brother Ross came and visited us over the 3-day weekend in January. I was bummed that the forecast called for rain everyday, but luckily it held off Saturday so we jetted into the city for some exploring of Point Reyes, the Lands End Trail, Ocean Beach, and China Town.

It was pretty foggy, but we were just happy there wasn't any rain!

Beautiful Northern California coast line.

The Golden Gate Bridge behind us.

After a long day in the city, we headed to the Oakland Temple where we performed living ordinances for some of Brad's ancestors. When we were done, Ross pulled out his sweet new camera and snapped some pictures of the temple. Absolutely beautiful!



We headed home for some homemade Korean BBQ. Except for absolutely butchering the mandu potstickers (my fault), it was a great dinner. We followed it with the highly anticipated ChocoPie.

Ross was slightly disappointed that it didn't taste a little "sweeter", but to Korean's this treat would be too sweet for some. For most Koreans, dessert is fresh fruit, not the cookies/cakes/pies that we have. Must not have been too bad, because he still ate a 2nd one :)

Monday we spent the morning at the California Academy of Sciences and explored their planetarium, aquarium, rainforest, and natural history musuem. It was interesting, but just a one time thing for me. It did, however, give us an indoor activity to shield us from the buckets of rain outside.

After the museum we headed to the famous Fentons creamery- the same one mentioned in the recent Disney movie "Up!".
After lunch we drove to UC Berkeley and explored campus before heading off to the airport. Poor Ross ended up having a 2 hour delay, but with the internet and homework, I'm sure the time passed quickly! :)

It was a fun weekend, and we sure do LOVE visitors!