Tiger to Wolf

 Friday Gregory crossed over from a Tiger Scout to a Wolf Scout!  And his first activity as a wolf was a 1.5 mile hike through the wilderness of Las Trampas National Park led by MOMMY!  (Well, I started out as the leader, but I had to give my job to one of the dads cuz I was pooping out!)  But, I made it and it ended up being a fun day!

His den was in charge of the flag ceremony 

Here they are walking back

Crossing over

Getting his new hankie

A shot of his den

Mother's Day Weekend

Yesterday we spent the day in Stockton with our cousins.  Swimming, playing basketball, running around, eating too much and just having way too much fun!  Today we spent at home ~ Mommy opened her handmade gifts, Daddy brought home tulips, we had a nice breakfast together, Daddy BBQd AND we went to ColdStone for dessert!  What a fun weekend!

The water (at the air) was FREEZING, but we all wanted to play in the pool

My beautiful bunch of tulips!

My kiddies

Bailey made me a ceramic cupcake!  Hmmm, what shall I put inside?

Gregory painted a flower pot for me!  AND planted some very pretty flowers inside

For breakfast, Gregory made pancakes to go with our sausage.  His usual Sunday job...

Happy Boy's Day!

Gregory had a happy day today!  Presents, dinner and dessert!  

Gregory requested mochiko chicken, rice, grapes and broccoli for dinner

And Georgia Apple Cake for dessert

Happy Cuatro de Mayo!

 Tomorrow is Boy's Day, so today we celebrated Cuatro de Mayo!  We dined al fresco on carnitas tacos, which I must say, were muy delicioso!!  Carnitas, lime cilantro rice, corn salsa, black beans & avocado dressing on mini corn tortillas (I've been cooking all day!) ~ I wish my tummy could hold more!  

Happy Cuatro de Mayo!!

The First Saturday of May

Today was the first Saturday of the month so Daddy took the kids to make their Home Depot woodworking project.  This months they made a flower planter.

We spent most of the afternoon working on our backyard

Gregory planted spinach

Bailey planted rainbow carrots in the tub and Mommy planted beans ~ Italian flat bush beans and blue coco pole beans. Can't wait for all our new veggies to be ready for harvest!  Tonight we had a TON of swiss chard for dinner.  SO YUMMY!

Also added an Indigo Apple tomato plant we got from one of Daddy's work buddies

AND we added a bunch of flowers to our cutting garden!  I CANNOT WAIT!!!  Black-eyed Susan, Hot Papaya echinacea, dianthus, alstromeria (sp), shasta daisies and more!  Gonna be beautiful

Zinnias, gladiolus, dahlias, lilies and hollyhock are all sprouting!  I'm so excited!