Signs

These are some of the signs that hang at our house.

Straight to the Point

Max did his hair today.

Krista Plays Softball

Well Krista finally had her first softball game. She is pretty happy about that because she has been waiting and waiting for them to figure it out. They are short of girls who signed up so it's taken them awhile to make a team.

They didn't win but they did well. Krista stole home and scored a run.



I like this picture. It shows how cute she is.

Goodbye Molly

St. Patrick's Day Dinner

We went to Eric's parents house for corned beef and cabbage. It wasn't really on St. Patrick's day but it was close. Here is the menu.

Eric talking to his dad. They are pouring black and tans for everyone.
My kids in Nana's kitchen.

Eric, Ed and Tricia.
The table before glasses and food.
Here are the kids arguing about where to put the name tags. They always change them from where Nana had them. And they always fight about it too.
Peace...
Max and Kassidy.
Jennifer and Kassidy.
The girls are dancing to Momma Mia.
Max is fixing the skateboard that Neil rode into the pool last summer.

Nathan is checking out the Big 5 ad.
Yeah I got this picture on the first shot. It's cute huh?
"I want to look at the camera too auntie"...
Outside on the rocks.
It's time to head home.

Krista Does a Jig

Krista loves to listen to her i-pod. She has the red one. She got it for Christmas.

Here she is doing a little jig.

Building a Skateboard Ramp

So Max decided to build himself a skateboard ramp. He he is working on it. He likes to build stuff so he had fun making it. He has been using it a lot ever since then.

Let's Plant a Veggie Garden

So we are going to plant our veggie garden so we went to Home Depot to get some more stuff that we needed. Eric came with us. Really he is going to do most of the work so he knows what he needs. I know that I needed cages for my tomatoes, sugar snap peas and green bean. Below is Max in his new retro polo shirt.

Eric deciding what he needs. It could be awhile. 

Let's take it home and plant it before we go to Nana and Popies for Saint Patrick's Day Dinner.

Our Bounty...

Eric's is getting his workout.

The final product of our labor. We planted tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, sugar snap peas, green beans, cucumbers and chilis. We also have in pots, bell peppers, lots of herbs and strawberries. Eric is going to plant an artichoke plant on his day off but we did not have room in the new garden.

It's Our Backyard!

Here are some pictures of our backyard. Right now it looks alright because it's green, at least as green as it's likely to get before summer. Once summer arrives it will be hard to keep green. San Diego summers are too hot for lawn. Here is T-Rex. She found the brown spot and sat right in the middle. She is a killer cat (get it?).

Popcorn's popping on the apricot tree.

Our orange tree and lemon tree really don't do that well. Nothing like my moms' trees

Eric loves picking up the dog doo doo. Can't you tell?

Flashback Las Rocas

Let's go back in time a few years okay? The year is 2003 and the place is Rosarito, Mexico. We are staying at the beautiful Las Rocas hotel with two pools and three Jacuzzis overlooking the ocean. This was before you needed a passport to go down there. This was the view from our room.

This is my little Maxwell when he was obsessed with dinosaurs. REALLY obsessed!  Dinosaurs were all he talked or thought about. He could name every dinosaur there is and owned a million (still does - he's a packrat) plus tons of dinosaur books, dinosaur clothes, dinosaur TV specials and more. I took him to the dinosaur museum for his 5th birthday.
Isn't he cute?
Here he is in his car seat. I can barely remember when he use to have to sit in a car seat. I miss this little boy. He was so sweet. He still is,  just bigger.

Oh here they are, brother and sister.  Hanging out together in Mexico. If I remember correctly, this was right after Max had left the room and was hiding in the hallway almost giving me a heart attack. You do not want your children to go missing in a foreign country. I think that Krista kinda looks like Chloe in the top photo. And look at how light her hair is compared to now. Max is four in this picture and Krista is seven.

"Look Ma we found dinosaurs!"
Oh, he feel down and scraped his lip. Poor baby. Let me take a picture of it, that will make it feel better.
I love this picture of Eric holding Max's hand. "Hey Krista, wait up..."
We are shopping. Max took this picture.
I don't know why this picture came in sideways but I'm leaving it in because I like it.
Goodbye Las Rocas! It's been good knowing you. We will return to you three more times before passports and a wave of violence stops us from coming back but perhaps we will meet again in the future.