My mother-in-law came into town to visit this last week and we had so much fun!  I do believe that we saw just about every caged animal in the San Diego area.   Tuesday found us at the San Diego Zoo.  Annie kept informing us all that she is “My Nana!”  Throughout the week she [...]

We decided to do our own Easter Egg Hunt for the kiddos this year.  In the end, I think we hid over 200 eggs.  Unfortunately, the rain got the better of the day so we did an indoor hunt instead.  The kids didn’t have any problem finding the eggs, but since there were so many [...]

Often times, I find myself with grand dreams and schemes.  My schemes to the real thing ratio is actually pretty high.  Unfotunately this time, it just didn’t happen.  Thinking to myself I say, “Hmmm, we need snacks at the Egg Hunt.  Let’s make them healthy.  How do we make veggies fun?  Veggie men on skewers, [...]

Oh traditions…  Now that my kids are getting a little older and are finally at the point where they remember holidays, I find myself pressed to make final decisions in the tradition area of holidays. I have really struggled with the whole idea of Easter this year. I didn’t want the Easter bunny and his [...]

Will and I attended the opera last night to see Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto.  I haven’t been for quite some time and Will has never had the experience so I surprised him with tickets.  I got balcony seats thinking that if  he didn’t like it I wouldn’t have wasted hundreds of dollars.  I thought I bought for [...]