Happy Anniversary

June 12, 2008

Today is our 6th wedding anniversary! To celebrate we went to the Pantages theater to watch Wicked. Before we left we went to Costco to get gas, check the tire pressure and also eat pizza. It was great. Wicked was amazing. Cory absolutely loved it. And I thought it was even better the 2nd time. I hope we do go back. The drive down to LA was my favorite part. I loved being alone with Cory, just talking and laughing. It feels like such a sacred thing to have a few moments, let alone 2 hours to just be by ourselves.

Short but Sweet

June 6 - 8, 2008

This weekend we went down to Ventura to spend the weekend with my parents for a much needed vacation. Saturday morning Nono took Cory and Caleb to the beach at low tide to look for shells and to check out the tide pools. Noni (Caleb calls her NiNi - sounds like "Knee knee") Hillari and I went to the Farmer's Market to buy strawberries and other such delicious goodies. HIllari bought some jalapeno/cheese bread, fresh honey and flowers, Noni bought 3 tamales, kettle corn, strawberries and lavender, I bought 3 baskets of strawberries to put on top of a lemon cheesecake we were going to have on Sunday. The rest of Saturday was really casual. Cory, Caleb and I went for a walk and soaked up the cool weather and sunshine. On Sunday morning mom made scones, scrambled eggs and cut up some fruit. I thought the colors of breakfast looked striking next to the deep purple of the lavender so I just had to get a pic. After church we met for a BBQ lunch back at the condo, cleaned up the place and headed back to reality. It was a short trip but sweet.

To the Park

May 29, 2008

Cory met us at the park after work today, just to mix things up a bit. Caleb was very excited to play with his Daddy. We spent most of our time at the park looking at the water fountain. Caleb quickly pointed out the "night-night" bird floating face down in the water. He was very concerned. Daddy did his best to distract him, even pretended to thrown Caleb in a few times but somehow Caleb found the bird and reminded us that it is "night-night."

Daddy's Guitar

May 28, 2008

This afternoon Caleb REALLY wanted to play Daddy's guitar, so I said, "ok, but only with Mommy in the room." I just wanted to make sure he didn't get popped in the face with a string. Not only were all the strings left in tact Caleb had a great time strumming the guitar and singing. His big number was "E.I.E.I.O."

Memorial Day Weekend

May 26, 2008

This weekend Ben, Jenae and Sara all came to Bakersfield to spend Memorial Day weekend with us. On Saturday Patrick and Caleb stayed with babysitters and all 9 of us adults went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. What a nice break that was for Cory and I. For dinner we ordered Mexican food and then went home. Sunday was awesome because we filled up an entire bench in the middle section of the chapel. Monica Ward choir was singing in church so Connie was up front facing us. It must have been really cool for Connie to look down and see all of her kids on the same bench again, even if was just for one Sunday. Monday morning we all ate breakfast together at Loraine's to say goodbye.

Potting the Plants

May 22, 2008

This morning Caleb helped me plant the flowers I bought at Walmart yesterday. He was a big helper. I think he just liked getting dirty and playing with the dirt. The end result was one of my favorite things: Flowers.

Self portrait

May 20, 2008

This morning Caleb decided to paint himself and not so much the paper. He was a mess but oh well. He was very happy. Connie told me that Walt Disney's mom would let him paint however he wanted and let him be creative. And he turned out just fine.