My Little Sax Player

Now that Gregory is in the FOURTH grade, he gets to play an instrument!  He chose the alto sax (along with 25 other 4th graders!!)  

My Little Chefs

Since I've been sick my babies have really stepped up to the plate and are just so helpful.  Bailey has been dying to cook dinner for the family and since Clark is just swamped with work, tonight was her perfect opportunity.  She has been looking through recipe books for the last couple of weeks and decided on sloppy joes.  We've never had sloppy joes so it was something new and she found it in her allergy free cookbook so no revisions needed to be made!  AND she even got Gregory to help her out!  Everyone gave it 5 stars and Bailey said the only thing was she wished Grandma was here to enjoy it too!  

My Babies Took a Vacation ~ WITHOUT US!

Last Wednesday, Bailey and Gregory flew into Long Beach airport to spend some time with Clark's family.  They had the BEST TIME EVER!! Thank you Bachan, Auntie Lynn, Uncle Denis, Ryan and Lauren for the best vacation ever!!

Oakland Airport

On the plane (ALONE)

Here's their flight

First stop ~ Fullerton!

Lunch at Bachan's house

Snacks before the game

Dodger GAME!!

Disneyland!!!

CA Adventure

They tell me this was their shower for the day?!?!

Working on a puzzle

SHAVE ICE

Water balloons

BBQ

Bachan and Auntie Lynn

Movie day

EARLY this morning, ready to come home

Busy Weekend

We overdid things this weekend, but we had fun!

Friday we went to Farmer's Daughter to pick apricots for our jam

Picked about 30#s.  They are YUMMY!

Saturday we went to Stockton to watch Oliver play at UOP.  He played six games this weekend!  

After watching one game the kids and Emma decided to spend the rest of the afternoon in the pool.  I slept

Sunday ~ HAPPY DADDY'S DAY!!

Kids made apple pie, creme brûlée and chocolate pudding for Daddy's dessert buffet!

Celebrating My 50th

Tonight Mom got our family all got together to help me celebrate my 50th birthday!  We had the most delicious dinner at Esin in Danville followed by chatting, playing and cake at home.  I had a great time ~ it was nice to be able to get together and have some fun.

For my dinner I had a caesar salad

I shared a bit of Mrs. Nitta's salmon

AND a little of Daddy's prime rib!  Everything was SO DELICIOUS!

Ryan and Lukie enjoying their fancy drinks.  We missed Joey and Camryn who had a dance recital tonight

The kiddos

Adult section

Cake time!

Family Photo

Me with the kids

Da boys

My creme brûlée 

Mom and Mrs. Nitta

The ladies