Baby Shower Part 1

My sister Kristine, is pregnant, and my sister, Jessica, and I are planning her baby shower. She is having a little girl and the theme of the baby's room is going to be butterflies so we decided to keep the same theme for the shower. So far we have completed the invitations and the some of the decorations. It has been time consuming but fun. And if anyone knows me...they know that I have big ideas and then realize afterwards that maybe they might be a little too big and usually take more time then I actually planned. That is still the case with the baby shower.

Here is a picture of the invitations and the insert. They were fun to make especially making different styles but took a little longer than planned...will I ever learn? (probably not)


















These are some of the decorations that Jessica and I did. We took clay pots and painted them, added a touch of ribbon and placed flowers and butterflies in the pots.

It is fun planning the shower. I will post more later on the shower activities

Robert's Birthday

With all the craziness of getting ready to move and only having one car I wasn't able to go all out like I normally do for Robert's birthday. So instead this year was kept simple. I decided to do something we wouldn't be able to do for a long while since we will be living in Utah. Balboa Park. Robert and I both really like going to Balboa park and the museums. Plus it is where we took our engagement pictures and wedding pictures. We got the Day pass and was able to pick 5 museums to go to and it included one IMAX film.











We decided to start at the Museum of Man. It is one of my favorite buidlings. They currently have the Mayan exhibit there and it is amazing to see the casts of the Stela's that the Mayan's built.

Here is Robert reading about on of the Zoomorphs found.
They are boulders carved to depict their Gods and history.

This is a Stela. Pillars carved detailing the rulers life and accomplishments.
There are usually five Stela's per ruler.



My future backyard :-)

The Stelas in the museum are actual casts of the originals. They are amazing and beautiful to look at. And even more amazing what great condition they are still in. The detail is incredible.






Next we went to the Japanese Friendship garden. It reminded me of part of the Butchart Gardens (a place we visited during our honeymoon). There was a beautiful Koi pond with different colors of Koi fish.


After that we went to the railroad museum. A favorite of both of ours. It is so cool to see what people can do. There was even model trains of the model trains that worked.

Then we ate lunch at the Galileo cafe and rested while watching the IMAX film Born To Be Wild. It was a neat film of two different women who adopt orphan elephants and orangutans and prepared them to return to the wild. I didn't realize how smart these animals are and how elephants really do have great memories.

The Reuben H Fleet center...another favorite...was packed and we didn't spend much time there, but while there Robert made a cool design on the Klaidescope maker.




Lastly we went to the Museum of Natural History. We enjoyed seeing the different animal figures. We picked some of our favorites.

My baby elephant

Robert's dream pet



This was too cute not to include

Overall it was a fun day at Balboa Park. Afterwards we went and bought Robert his birthday present (a 3DS game) and got Sonic slushies....thanks Rob and Katie for getting us hooked).

All in a Weekend's Work

This past weekend was extremely crazy hectic but extremely productive. I had an opportunity at the last minute to go up and look for housing which was an enormous blessing. After looking at a few places on Thursday I was slightly bummed because none of them had what I wanted. They were all nice places and would have suited us fine...but they didn't feel right. Friday morning I had two more places to look at and then behold I found the place. Of course my friend Shellie had to talk me through it so I would accept the fact that I found the place that I wanted, and then Robert also had to talk me through it. But I feel great about the place. I think the fact that we found a place kind of has me freaked it. It makes the move more final (and scary). Funny thing about the apartment....it was the very first place I found on craigslist. Here are some pics of it (obviously non of the furniture is ours since we haven't moved yet).
Here is the kitchen. With lots of cupboards, which we need.

This is the living room when you walk in the door. This will most likely end up being the "greeting room" and "library".











And my favorite room so far. The Loft. It is bigger than it appears in the picture and it has a room off to the side that is perfect for the office. That will be our family room with our couches and TV.





The apartment has two bedrooms and two bathrooms,  a washer/dryer, and plenty of storage (another must for me).
Needless to say the trip was a success. But even better...I got to hang out with Shellie for two days and to see my great friend Liz (actually I surprised her). It was great being with friends. It gets me even more excited to move to Utah.
And of course another highlight of the trip...I got to eat at BAJIO!! Yum. Yum.

From Utah, I flew home Friday night (got home finally close to midnight).
Saturday was another productive day. The Honda Fit is sold and gone! Another huge relief.


We were able to get more than we thought we would for it which was a blessing and since we sold it to CarMax they handled all the DMV paperwork which took a pile of work off my plate. I will miss the car since I liked it's features and the roominess of the car. But it was for the best. My car is paid off, is cheaper to maintain, and will do better in the snow. So today I saw good-bye Honda Fit. You will be missed....a little bit.

T-Ball Season

My nephew, Gabe, has started T-Ball this year and last Saturday (the 10th) was his first game. Of course everyone who could make it came out to support Gabe. THankfully it was a beautiful day. Sunny with a nice breeze. When we got to the ball field the parking lot was full so Anthony (BIL) dropped us off and parked back at the house which is just down the street. The new baseball field is brand new and super nice. They have 4 fields.


                           Here is Gabe in his uniform. His team is the Phillies.





Gabe wanted his jersey number to be 5 because he is 5 (and tells everyone he sees that he is 5).
















At the beginning of the game both teams lined up and said the pledge of allegiance.

The game consists of three innings. In each inning both teams have a chance for all the kids to hit the ball. Since they are still young they don't keep score.

This is Gabe at bat.

In each inning the kids play different positions. Gabe played in field between first and second base, second base, and between second and third. His favorite past time during the game...drawing in the dirt. The kids were a bit restless and antsy.

Gabe sliding into home. (He loves to slide into bases. He practices at home.) It was a great day and a lot of fun to see Gabe play. It will be fun to go to more of his games.