Ski Beach

Mark and I went with the youth group kids to Ski Beach on Tuesday night. There were a couple of ski boats and wave runners, food, volleyball and lawn bowling. Mark and I battled it out on the volleyball court and are happy to say that the leaders beat the kids in the last game...whew! The best part about that was when someone asked me what side I was playing on! 30 year old women LOVE to be asked that :)

Mark forgot to bring a sweatshirt, so here he is trying to stay warm with a towel.

BTW...did you know they sell Snickerdoodles at Costco now? I believe Mark had two at the beach. They are pretty tasty, but still don't compare to his mom's homemade Snickerdoodles. :)

Pacific Crest Trail

Mark and I were invited to hike with a woman from church up in Big Bear. She has a goal to hike all 2650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail which extends from Mexico to Canada crossing 3 US states. We did a 15 mile leg with her on Saturday. [Actually, only I did the hike with her. We got all the way up there and then Mark realized he left his hiking boots at home. Luckily one of the other husbands was able to entertain him in Big Bear for the day, so it wasn't an entirely wasted trip for him.]

So, the hike ended up being me and these 3 ladies. It was pretty fun and I would definitely do it again. Eventhough I am so sore today!!

Mark & I at the end of the trail.

I'm a Target-Addict Addict

I just found this new (to me) blog and I love it! Its called Target Addict. She writes about great finds, rants about annoying Targetisms and allows me to shop vicariously through her Target experiences. Give it a whirl for yourself.

P.S. The Target mascot's name is Bullseye. You all know how much Mark is opposed to our pets wearing costumes, but maybe he'd let me paint Pige white with a red bullseye for Halloween this year?

Meet Uncle Richard

Curious to find out who Uncle Richard is? Check out Gwen's blog for a Becker family update.

Happy 23rd of July!!

Its been a while friends. Here are the only pics I've taken in the past few weeks (except for the bazillion pictures I took at girls camp last week).

My family went up to Pomona for 4th of July to celebrate the holiday at Gwen & Gabe's house and to meet most of the Ruiz clan. It was a hot one! But it was fun and we even saw some fireworks. (I must say that the Santee fireworks show is still tops in Mark's book)

Here are some pictures of us waiting for the show to start.

Becker Tidbits

We got together at my parent's house last night to celebrate Father's Day since my parents just returned home from their trip to Ohio & Canada. It was a pretty fun evening, but there aren't too many pictures to share.

My Dad was a little camera shy last night. He's so coy, isn't he?

Mark took this photo of Gwen right after saying, "Don't worry, we're family"....

Only 9 more weeks until Baby Ruiz makes his appearance. We're all waiting for him!!

Toot toot!

I'm about to toot my own horn, so get ready for it. Actually, I'll be tooting mine and Mark's.

I was wrapping a Father's Day gift last night when I had a flash of genius. Mark helped me turn plain old ribbon into a miniature tie for the gift I was wrapping. How cute is this?! (toot toot!!)

(It's a CD...shhhh...don't tell. But that gives you an idea of the scale of it. So tiny and cute! Toot toot!)

I wish I would have taken a picture of Mark with the ribbon around his neck like a real necktie, but you can just use your imagination for that. :)