State Fair

Shannon and I went to the state fair this past weekend with Tom, and we met her sister Amy and her boyfriend there, as well as a couple other friends.

It was our first time to a demolition derby, and it was AWESOME! I'm almost embarrased to admit how fun it was.

I've put a few photos below, but for the full album check out: http://picasaweb.google.com/hurstdog/StateFair

One of the cars caught on fire:

We're going to buy this station wagon when we have kids:

One of the rides to make you puke:

And of course the ferris wheel:

Yummy things!

Here are some yummy things:

My new Kitchenaid Ice Cream attachment:

The 4th of July cake I made:

Jake (our 5 year old neighbor) wanted a Cars the movie cake:

Gracie (Jake's sister) got a birthday cake too, but it wasn't that pretty and I felt really bad for giving her such a lame birthday cake. There is always next year:

Andrew and I found a great cake decorating store in Stockton. The couple has been baking cakes professionally for 12 years now. She was very helpful and I wish I could take her classes, but she has 80 people on the waiting list.

Kyle Turned 1

I realized I haven't posted any pictures from Kyle's 1st birthday party. He is such a great guy and has such a personality now. The tattoos on his arm are from the public library. Both Aden and Kyle read 50 books this summer so they got their name up on the board at the library and got free tattoos.

Kyle in his new fishing pool:

Kyle receiving a birthday kiss from his friend Devon:

Big brother Aden and Devon's big sister Ainsley having fun in the whale pool:

Kyle getting ready for his first birthday cake:

Kids being kids:

Kyle trying his birthday cake:

Kyle upset at everyone cheering for him:

Opening gifts:

All the Dads wearing funny hats:

I can't believe Kyle is 1 already. He isn't walking yet, but when he does...Look Out!

Quilt #2

I finally finished the "Earth" quilt for my friends Carolyn and Dave who brought a beautiful baby into the world. Welcome Elaine June Llewellyn!

Here are pictures of the quilt. The pictures never show what it truly looks like flat. Carolyn called to say they cherish the quilt and Elaine June loves it. That is all that matters.

Heat, Heat, Heat

Well the heat here is going to kill me I think! So far the heat (or maybe my lack of watering every night) has only killed three plants. My bareroot hibiscus is making up for it! I bought this thing bareroot and it didn't do anything for 6 months. At the end of the rains it grew to almost four feet with humongous blooms. She's a keeper. The blooms are 9 inches in diameter.

We dropped the price on our house again! Now it is down to $480K, but the good news is we had two people come by today to look at it. For some reason I think things are rolling in the right direction and I hope we get an offer soon.

Hot Weekend

This last weekend we had another Open House so we went up to Sacramento to spend time with the family and then drove quickly away from the heat in Disco Bay to the Berkeley Marina with the dogs. Teenie and LuLu loved playing in the water and then we walked all around the Cesaer Chavez park and saw big kites. It was very fun and relaxing. A great end to a great weekend.

Ohh, and our Magnolia bloomed for the first time just in time for the Open House.

Kid Updates

I thought people may enjoy some kid updates.

1. Ty'Tiana and I volunteered at a guinea pig rescue (http://www.cavyspirit.com/) last month. She is getting a guinea pig so I thought we would kill two birds with one stone and get our volunteer hours out of the way (mandatory for Big Bros/Big Sis) and educate her on the care of guinea pigs. It was really fun for me, but Ty'Tiana didn't think it was all that fun.

2. Here is baby Kyle (Aden's brother) who is going to be turning one in July. Time flies! We made Father's day crowns for Kyle's dad and here are pictures before I put the crown on him and after. He put all the stickers on himself. He is such a cutie.

Just updating everyone.

His crown says "Father In Training" and Aden's crown said "FFA...Future Father's of America"