The family excursion to Carlsbad was fantastic, even with me navigating.  I got side-tracked reading a book on the way up(I know, I’m a stellar navigator) and forget to tell Will to turn so we ended up in San Onofre before I glanced up and realized we had gone WAY too far!!  Either way, we [...]

6:30 am…doughnut pick-up…7:00 baking Quiche…7:30 hiding somewhere between 600 and 700 eggs(I lost count after awhile).  8:00…the kids begin hunting.  Even though we have a smaller backyard this year, it was actually easier to hid everything because of the plethora of plants and pots.  Obviously, both pictures are post hunting.  I was so sidetracked enjoying [...]

This was the first year I let the kids dye their own eggs.  They plopped, waited, scooped and glittered.  I appreciate the continuing road to independence.  All I had to do was mix the dye.

I love being together with just my family.  A couple of days ago we enjoyed Sea World together.  Despite the pictures it was a very calm and quiet day.  The most event we had was at the 4-d theatre.  Grace was in the Bjorn asleep and I forgot they sprayed water from the seats in [...]

Okay we have been moved in for several months and I totally forgot to blog about the house.  Admittedly I have had other things on my mind lately, but better late than never, right?  People keep asking me about the house.  I think I will probably do it in two parts to reduce the number [...]