Earth Day

I love you, Grandma!

I'll never forget the 4:27am wake up call I received one year ago today. It was the news that my Papa had passed away. It was bitter, sweet. Bitter, because the man I knew and grew to admire wouldn't be here physically with me anymore. Sweet, in that he wasn't suffering any more pain. It's strange to think so much time has passed. I kidnapped my grandma today in order to keep her preoccupied and help brighten her day. We spent the morning shopping and then headed out to lunch to her favorite sandwich place, Paradise Bakery. I don't get the opportunity to spend time with her very often, so I am especially glad I could be there for her today.

And truth be known, I think she is about the cutest 81 year old lady you'll ever meet!

Friday Four

This is Weston's new cheesy smile. I have no idea what is up with the psycho eyes
(I guess that is better that Luke's popeye mouth)

1. I enrolled Weston in a three week preschool program called Apples to Zebras. The downfall to it is, it is only two hours which barely gives me time to do anything after dropping him off. (not to mention it's during his regular scheduled nap time). BUT, he really loves it and the other perk is 6 other of his nursery friends from church are doing it as well.

2. After a few weeks of dealing with our nasty HOA and several bids (5 to be exact) from various landscapers. We were FINALLY approved to go forth with our landscaping plans. We found out that they were pretty strict with what you could choose from (i.e. we only could pick from three types of rock---which totally stinks). You would think living in AZ they would want some diversity, but apparently the more brown the better. Ha!

This was just the view from inside of our front door. I am already giddy that my sidewalk is starting to look more homey. We decided to rip out the sidewalk to put in a curvy pathway from the driveway. As of today we currently have our sprinkler system in, and a few boulders. They are scheduled to put in the curbing, grass, rock and plants by the first of next week. I am thrilled that our front yard will no longer look like Iraq. More updates later......

This not only plays music and vibrates, but you can hook up your
car seat to it and and ipod. Fancy Smancy!

3. My grandma headed out the other day and she ended up bringing my sister's new baby swing to put together. Luckily, it wasn't too awful to assemble. I swear they come up with the neatest gadgets each year for babies. We also ran around to some home decor stores. Unfortunately we ran short on time (I had to pick up the kids) But, we were able to enjoy a nice lunch together at Dilly's Deli (I am becoming addicted to that place).

4. Since Doug is the new guy in town he is having to go around and visit various family practice offices to try and get his name "recognized" As you can imagine it's not really a fun process (especially since he feels like a bit of a sales person). I thought that handing out jars of candy may break that first impression tension a little easier. After a few Wal-mart visits and several large candy bags later I was able to assemble 20 jars to start with. I thought they turned out pretty well. Candy anyone??