Smackers are off to the Championships!

Here's the latest from the Smackers. We won a close game with the Giants by a final of 6-2. It was a great game with every run something we had to work for! Mikayla pitched two strong innings and got one of the first hits off the Giant's toughest pitcher.

Championship game is Thursday at 5:30 at Hall Park in Larkspur.

an LA Wedding

We spend the past couple of days in LA for the wedding of Cheuk Wa and Cliff. Cliff is my movie maker cousin, and so we had a mini Jones reunion. Sherri and Doug came up from New Mexico, Kris and Vic were down from Santa Clara, Mom and Dad made a breif appearance in their Chevy Airbag, and of course Chuck, Wendy and Susan flew in from North Carolina.

13-1 and Counting!

The Smackers continue to dominate the Marin Girl's Softball league these days. We went 11-1 in the regular season, our one loss being a close 4-2 game with the Ross Valley Giants. We're now 2 games deep in the playoffs with a showdown with the Giant's looming on Tuesday night! It should be a nail biter, as the Giants are the one team that can match the Smackers dominat pitching by Mikayla and Dominique Gold!

Check back Tuesday night and we'll have an update! Also, for information on the league check out www.maringirlsoftball.org.

San Miquel Vacation

Okay, so vacation might be a bit of a stretch, but we did take a couple of days to cruise into the heart of the Central Coast. Mikayla's class (and evidently every 4th grader in California) is studying the California Missions and they each have to write a report about one of them. Mikayla was given the Mission San Miguel Arcangel. So, off we went Saturday afternoon after all the softball games to San Miguel. Now those of you who have driven past or through San Miguel know it's not the best place to stay. So we were able to get the last room at the Parkfield Inn. Parkfield could be a story in itself. It's the earthquake capital of California, with lots of research happening there.

In Parkfield we got in just in time for the last rack of ribs off the BBQ and a late dinner. Mikayla and I were up early to walk the town and see some horeses getting fed. After breakfast it was off the the San Miguel mission to get some history. Turns out the mission needs a $15million upgrade and there's no access. So we walked the perimeter of the main church to get it's history.