Two Sundays ago we had our annual church picnic.  It was sunny, but not too hot, as it has been in years past.

Food is a big deal at our church.  The main course was hamburgers and hot dogs, but there were plenty of Asian (American) sides, such as spam musubi, pot stickers, Chinese chicken salad, somen, and jujubes (Chinese apples). 

The cookie pops have now become a tradition.  The kids go to the dessert table early so they are able to snag one.

Here are some highlights:

We went to Red Robin so that D and I could both redeem our free birthday entrees: Bruschetta chicken sandwich and Oktoberfest burger.

k had her last Little Hoopsters practice.  She played half-court 3 on 3 since it was so hot outside and actually seemed to be enjoying herself!  She made three baskets, and had a steal and a block.  This is quite an improvement from last year.  We will be glad to have our Saturdays back.

We had shave ice sponsored by a neighbor real estate agent from Wiki Wiki Shave Ice.  They had a lot of flavors, including “dill pickle”, which we didn’t try.

We went to the Orange County Museum of Art and saw the controversial “Bad Dog” installation.  (There is also yellow paint on the building which is not captured in this picture).

We walked around the museum and finished in about ten minutes (plus one minute for the gift shop).  I guess we don’t get/appreciate modern art.

Next we ate at Mozambique Peri Peri, which serves South African cuisine.

We ordered Mahi Mahi and the Chicken Plate with our BOGO coupon.  I’m not sure how South African the food really was—the coleslaw had pineapple in it?  It was tasty, but we must note that the fish portion was tiny compared to the chicken, even though the plates were the same price, $12.95.  In the end, both dishes were enough for the four of us because the chicken portion was quite large. 

This Lotus was one of the cars in the parking lot.  Yep, I guess we are in Newport.   

The OC Register was giving away LA Galaxy tickets to 7 day subscribers, so I requested some for Saturday night, against the San Jose Earthquakes.  On our way up to Carson, we stopped in Cypress to visit Frostbites.  We had a BOGO coupon, so we ordered two sorbet creams—one with mango and passionfruit, and one with mango and cherry sorbet.  The “cream” was vanilla frozen custard.  It was a refreshing treat, especially during this hot weather.

The game started at 7:30, but we arrived early.  This was a good thing, because it was quite a trek from the parking lot to the Stubhub Stadium.  The tickets were free, but we did have to pay $15 for parking.

Soccer players certainly have a lot of running around to do on such a large field. 

We received Robbie Keane bobbleheads at the gate.  (I told them we only wanted two.  Four seemed like overkill.)

The sun went down, and the weather was actually pleasant. 

The bleacher section had some rowdy fans.  They played drums, sang, chanted, waved hug flags, threw streamers and smoke bombs throughout the WHOLE GAME!  At least it was entertaining.  We didn’t stay until the end, but LA won, 3-nil.

Since it was a shut-out, all ticketholders were entitled to five boneless chicken wings from Buffalo Wild Wings.  So, the next day, we redeemed our tickets in Irvine for 20 free boneless chicken wings:

These were a bit disappointing.  We ordered lemon pepper and sweet bbq for the kids and jalapeno and Asian zing for us.  The flavors seemed artificial, and the boneless are just not as good as the bone-in.  Oh well, they were free, so we shouldn’t complain, right?