COME ON OVER
on Oct 15, 2009I’m up and running.  My archives are not and I still need to re-format and change links in just about every post seeing as I’m combining 3 blogs into 1.  So there will be a lot of changes happening each day until I have waded my way thr...

MOVING ON
on Oct 9, 2009

BABY ELEPHANTS
on Oct 7, 2009 in family The post where I bore you with a thousand (okay 9) photos of my baby elephant little ballerina.  See that’s what happens when after 9 weeks of classes the teacher FINALLY allows the parents to watch.  We go into a picture taking frenzy.

SAVED BY FLATULENCE
on Oct 1, 2009 in random stuff family Yes that’s right.  The post where I discuss farting.  It was bound to happen. It all started at the dinner table the other night.  Yes these are the kinds of conversations that occur at our dinner table when eating with a husband, a...

WEEKLY WINNERS
on Sep 28, 2009 in Weekly Winners friends family places to go+things to do celebrations hosted by Lotus All photographs taken with a Canon Rebel XT My sleeping baby Pampered princess  Buzz buzz Mr. Bumblebee Going for a wagon ride with daddy The twins birthday with Grandma & Pa  - more photos here...

DEAR MARISOL AND FLYNN,
on Sep 27, 2009 in family celebrations Just under 4 years ago I watched this on the screen as I lay on a bed at the infertility clinic. This was the day of implantation.   This was the day that we grew from a family of 3 to a family of 5.  Yesterday you turned 3 years...

336 MAN CAVES
on Sep 20, 2009 in family places to go+things to do Isn’t every man’s dream to have a ‘man cave’.  Well my husband has the best wife in the world.  I found 336 man caves for him.  I even offered to have food shipped to him every so often.  He didn’t find this terribly a...

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
on Sep 17, 2009 in family places to go+things to do The Monterey Bay Aquarium is by far the best aquarium I have been to.  There was no way we could make it all the way around in the half day we had allocated, but what we did get to see we thoroughly enjoyed.  They have a ton of interactive...

CARMEL BY THE SEA
on Sep 13, 2009 in family places to go+things to do It was drizzly.  It was cold.  It’s such a beautiful town that it didn’t matter.     What is it about drains?  My kids are fascinated with them. The lovely restaurant where we stopped for lunch.

FESTA ITALIA
on Sep 12, 2009 in family places to go+things to do If you live in, or are visiting the Monterey area this weekend be sure to check out Festa Italia.  It kicked off yesterday and runs until late Sunday afternoon. We had a blast there last night.  The music was fantastic, the Italian food de...