Spring Fever

Andrew woke up with a serious bout of Spring Fever. He's had enough with me asking him to put up more shelves around the house, so it was time for him to play outside.

We spent our whole March "gardening" budget this weekend installing a side garden. Andrew worked so hard building the boxes and transferring the pea gravel from our backyard to the side yard. We planted flowering kale and parsley in the first box. The second box houses peppers, garlic, and roma tomatoes. Homemade salsa here we come!

I planted a running zuchinni in the back planter along the back wall. Hopefully I will pay attention this year and won't let my zuchinni get so big they need a new zip code.

Everyone is always welcome to stop by for some chips and salsa (hint, hint to those of you who reside in Stockton).

Weekend visitors

Our friends Nick, Lavender, and Kylie (Lavender's daughter) came up last weekend to check out the new house and go bowling. We had a great time with them up, and hope you come back soon!

A fun bonus is that Kylie makes taking good pictures easy, and Nick and Lavender let me run around the whole weekend acting like Poparazzi.

Here are a few of the better ones:

They brought tulips...

which Kylie seemed to enjoy...

We walked to the park (Nick and Kylie in the picture)

Kylie enjoyed the playground

Nick and Lavender taking a break

The walk home

Calling All Craigslist-A-Holics

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Check it out:
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Watch the trailer!

Visitor

My friend Jared came up this weekend to hang out and play video games.

And we did pretty much that, plus terrorizing the dogs with large flash bulbs and shoving camera's in their faces. They really are good sports for putting up with us.

Teenie got tired of it after a while...

And this is one of the few clear pictures of LuLu. She doesn't like to pose for the camera.

Another Birthday to Celebrate

Happy Birthday Grandpa. We hope your day is special. We love you.

Aden Turns 2

Aden's 2nd birthday happens today! Although the terrible two's seemed to have popped up around 18 months, Aden is in another angelic stage where he is cute as can be. I guess I have a whole year to experience the wonderful tug-of-war between a two year old and their independence.

Aden's party was a blast and he loved all of the attention. Here are some pics:

The party's themes were The Wiggles and Barney

From left to right (an 8 month pregnant Andrea (Christy's best friend), Aden's Grandmother, myself, and Aden baby)

Pinata time! See those raisins fly out.

Time for cake. Homemade, yummy, and peanut free.

A man who likes frosting, my kind of guy!

Aden's Grandmother (Gra-Ra) and I take Aden around the block in his new golf cart from Christmas.

Presents.

Aden loves to vaccum so he got his own. Yesterday he told me, "Aden clean, Nanny go play." Wow, role reversal. This could be fun.

I bought Aden a solar powered cash register. Pretend play here we come. No batteries required either.

Last but not least, Brush Your Teeth Barney.

A Great In-Law Weekend!

I was lucky to be hostess for my In-Laws this weekend. We had a great time. Here are some pics:

It took Jessica 2 1/2 hours to drive from San Francisco to our house on Friday night. That was exactly how long it took David, Ellen, and Walter to drive from Fresno. Crazy Bay Area! Jessica enjoyed hours of the Gamecube while teaching her father the ins and outs of MarioKart.

Walter and David enjoyed our cozy fire. We use recycled coffee ground logs that are more eco friendly than wood. They are warming up next to the fire because they spent the day touring San Francisco with Jessica and Garrett.

A great dinner together. There was only one "burnt" incident, but hey we are still newlyweds.

Andrew and David traveled down the road to take some pictures. Here are some of the pictures: