Since you probably won’t hear about it on the news, or on the homepage of ESPN.com… I’m here to tell you the FINAL 4 teams have fought their way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Once again one of those teams is the Carolina Hurricanes! They will be playing the Pittsburgh Penguins and it should be a serious fight. I wouldn’t miss a single game if I were you, unless you have kids, then you’ll probably miss a lot of games.
…That’s my nickname for her, even though she’s not exactly a doctor or dentist. But close enough– Rachel (one of my sisters) will soon be a dental hygienist. Isn’t she so cool?!? She is working very hard and I admire/envy her for studying something that will get her into a practical, secure, and lucrative career right after she’s out of school.
I forgot to post these photos about a month ago when I took Chase in to Rachel’s school for a cleaning. It turned out to be more of a “brushing” because he didn’t want to conform (surprise, surprise). But it was worth the trip just to see how utterly sexy/sleek/intimidating Rachel looked in her white lab coat (not to mention her goggle things).
Mom, thanks for bringing me into this world. You’re the best!!
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UPDATE: ALL FIXED, Joy go ahead and publish
Have you heard about Obama’s plan to build highspeed rail all around America? I just heard about it today. Seems really cool even though it’s probably 75 years away from being complete and 250 years before it’s paid for.
What we’re talking about is a vision for high-speed rail in America. Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city. No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. (Laughter.) Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination. Imagine what a great project that would be to rebuild America.
Imagine, now keep imagining b/c I predict it won’t happen. If we can’t even roll out a digital tv transition without delays… how’s this gonna happen?
You are our rambunctious, energetic, smart boy and we love you so much. Life would be boring without you in our lives!
Yesterday we had a Thomas the Tank Engine birthday party for Chase and 7 little friends. It was a beautiful day outside, and the party was so much fun! No tantrums or fights! I know that was a lot of kids we invited, but Chase named like 30 kids he wanted to come, so having him invite only a few neighbor friends was fine with me. We were really glad to have 3 adults there, especially having Charlotte to tend to in addition to the party kids. Pace and GG did so much to help out! Pace even drew train tracks going up to our front door, which was so cute. The kids got Thomas party bags and we were glad when they took their high-pitched train whistles back to their OWN houses!
Hopefully Pace will post a funny video of himself beating up the T-Rex pinata after all the kids had tried unsuccessfully to hit it open! Luckily no one got hurt…
In the evening, we had a little family party at the park with Pace’s fam (visiting from NC!) and Rachie and Jess. Chase got even more presents! Thanks everyone!
So a while back Gino mentioned he wanted to go camping during his spring break. I commented I would come with him, really joking b/c we weren’t planning on coming out to CA. Well Grandma T saw it and wanted it to come true. So THANKS Grandparents T for the trip. Gino planned a rigorous 4 day hike over 30 miles of rough, enemy ridden terrain. Luckily that trip got postponed and we planned a nice overnighter on the beach of Tamales Bay.
We had to grab some permits from the ranger station and then we were off. We grabbed some lunch from the Tamales Deli. We parked the truck and unloaded. We made the mistake to throw the gear into the canoe and walk it down to the beach. I think I got a hernia. Anyway we got it into the water and packed evenly then got in one at a time. Everyone recounted the last time they had been in a canoe, except me, I didn’t want to ruin the success rate. After about a 30 minute canoe ride we were across the bay. We scoped out Tamales beach and Marshal beach, ending up at Tamales beach b/c the wind break and better sand. Then we decided to go hiking up the hill that kept us from the ocean. About 1/3 of the way there Gino wimped out and went back to camp to nap. Good thing that 4 day hike got changed. 🙂 Dad and I went to the top and saw the ocean breaking and some cows. We went back down to join Gino for some relaxing. A camp fire, some chili, and some 20 questions later and we were ready for bed. Sleeping for Gino and Dad was great, they were snoring in 5 mins. I however had forgotten to pack a mat, and was not enjoying the ground we picked. I also kept waking up b/c the lack of air in the tent caused lots of condensation to build up and fall back on us. LAME. We woke up, Gino did some sort of hike by himself, I think he walked up half the hill and took a nap. Then we broke camp and took a nice slow paddle back. Grabbed some breakfast at Tamales Bakery and took the shortcut home. It was great. Very relaxing. Thanks for a great trip!
I love it that she chills in her crib for a few minutes after waking in the morning, just gurgling & erratically flailing her chubby arms and legs. When she hears me enter the room, she pauses for a moment… Then as soon as we get a glimpse of each other, she starts back up again, smiling all the way! Sweet, yummy baby.
P.S. That’s Chase’s big boy hand in the photo, not hers! 🙂
It was fun to have my big bro Ryan and his wife Tina here for a quick visit this weekend! Among other things, we went to Sundance on Saturday to walk around and enjoy the scenery. Here are some pics. I realized that I don’t have any of Ryan and Tina actually looking at the camera, but that’s because I took those photos of them with Rachel’s camera, so check out her blog too! We had a good time and the kids were well-behaved. Thanks for visiting, you guys!
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