Where Did February Go?

 February went......(believe me, this is the short version! There is more to come.)

To Lake Havasu

In the rental car

Out to lunch

Through Joshua Tree National Park

Undersea

In the hot tub

Up on shoulders

To the aquarium

Beyond coolness

With sea lions

To the sea

Into caves of wonder

To see tractors

At the farm show

On the desert

Visiting horses

Visiting loved ones

To work

To mischief

To hang doors!

To see almond blossoms

To bury treasure

Christmas Eve Birthday

We have a very special Christmas Eve every year, because not only is it the Eve of Christmas, it is Grandma's birthday.  We've had a tradition of having birthday breakfast together on Helene's birthday, and this year we got to host it.  I put in several hours during naptime and got that birthday banner done in the nick of time!  We had a delicious menu, special request of the birthday girl!  Bagel, egg and bacon sandwiches (toasted with the personalized options of garlic cream cheese, monterey jack cheese, cheddar cheese, avocado, grilled onions and mushrooms and bell peppers), fresh fruit, and hashbrown casserole.  To top it all off we had strawberry smoothies (which we had to wait several hours to eat because we were so stuffed!!).  It was a wonderful way to celebrate a wonderful woman, my mother-in-law, my children's Grandma, and my husband's Mom.  Eating good food, visiting, playing dress-up, and watching the children pour smoothies on the dog...this rowdy party wasn't missing a thing!

The party party

 

 

The birthday boy:  Seamus
The birthday:  first
The weather:  perfect
The food: hot dogs
The cake:  chocolate
The friends:  talkative
The children:  sandy
The dog:  stealing food
The party:  the best

A (temporary) solution

Still looking for other options for posting photos, but in the meantime I deleted a bunch of photos from my picasa account to make room for the blog. Could I put the blog on my web address for A Tree to Call Home? Can I do that? Hm.

Oh I have SO MUCH to catch you up on! I'll have to do a little bit each day. Today you get to see some of the fun we had celebrating my father-in-law's birthday in the back yard. The two newest additions to the family side by side: Seamus and Cole. And some photos from a trip out to the Elias farm. There's many more from our trip to the farm, but I will save some for a post dedicated solely to that because the purpose for our evening out there was a going away party for some dear friends....that deserves its own post.