The Games Have Begun

All of our Tributes (even honorary Max) are decked out in orange and ready to begin

District Foster has begun and we are well into the competitions! Hope we survive!

Katniss Stewart takes this seriously!

The food challenge - they loved it!!!! Pickled herring anyone?

The Tribute Parade

Winners of the Tribute Parade

Feeling their new cousin enjoy the fireworks

Max loved the fireworks at the Lake

Summer is here and the fun begins...

Becky had a few furlough days and wanted to go someplace so I found a great deal in the Palm Springs area. We had a very relaxing 4 days. It was wonderful

The gorgeous MiraMonte Resort in Indian Wells

We loaded up my car with 4 bikes and had some great bike rides!

The bike trails and water features in Indian Wells are so gorgeous! Almost makes the 100+ weather enticing!

We biked 4 miles to register for baby goodies at Babies R Us. On Monday Bec and I biked 12 miles to a great quilt shop to try and figure out bedding for our new little girl!

We enjoyed the wonderfully cool pools - and Becky's Baby Bump!

We played croquet in the shade of a giant olive tree. Ask the boys who won!!!

Jen came down for a few days of beach and pool and we went to The Wild Animal Park on Friday.

The weather was actually perfect but you know kids and water! The park has great cooling stations!

It was fun to watch the trainer feed the cheetahs - just another housecat!

The elephants put on a cute family situation at the end of the day - check out Jen's blog for the details!

We try to take this picture every visit just to see how old these darling kids are getting!

A fun trip to Northern California

We decided to take a little trip up to see my sister in the Sacramento area and really enjoyed that beautiful are of our state.

We enjoyed walking the boardwalk in Santa Cruz - what a fun place!

We fell in love with the Venecian Village in Capitola and would love to take the grandkids there if it wasn't so far!

We strolled the wharf in Capitola

We had a nice dinner and visit with Terrys cousins, Julene, Marlene, and Greg

We were lucky and got to see my cousin, Tarea, and her husband, Willy, for a few hours. They were camping at New Brighton Beach just down the road.

We stayed at this wonderful Bed and Breakfast (The Inn at Depot Hill) in Capitola outside of Santa Cruz

Our sitting area - it had a fireplace but the weather was way too nice for it

We ate our delicious breakfast here everyday

Our private patio and soaking tub (behind the fence)

When we were with the Mitchells in Europe we took lots of food pictures so here is one in the states! This was a new burger joint by them called the Squeeze Inn. This burger was delicious and had a cheese "skirt" - Yummy and definitely not on my diet!

We went to see Terrys Aunt Peggy and had a delightful visit with this spunky 87 year old

We took a day trip on Memorial Day to the Napa Valley and timed it just right for a great little town celebration in Napa. It was very patriotic and we were glad we stumbled upon it.

We went to one of Californias best wineries in the cute town of St. Helena. We were probably the only non-wine drinkers there but had a great picnic on the beautiful grounds.

Eric and Terry checking out the grapes

We ended the trip with a great meal at Buca di Beppo. We had never been there and were lucky enough to eat in the kitchen. We ate way too much on this trip but boy was it good!

Mothers Day 2010

Remember this? Well check out what I got for Mothers Day!

Terry and Brad starting my Mothers Day gift! (Thanks for the nice watch too Terry!)

Wow! I love my yard! Thanks Terry for a great Mothers Day present that will last for a long time!

Willy relaxing after killing two rats under the deck in less than 15 minutes. Not bad for a blind and deaf 15 year old dog!

Things are really growing well in this area.

Our very small backyard - we're hoping these plants grow tall to give us the privacy we need.

Hope this tomato plant has lots of tomatoes cuz it sure looks healthy now!

Becky's Baby Bump! My baby really is having a baby - what a great Mothers Day!

A fun trip to Provo just for the heck of it!

I took a few days off and drove up to Provo with my friend, Sueann Bullock. Thursday we woke up to 2-3 inches of snow!!!

It was the end of April!!! Friday it rained all day and then Saturday was beautiful. It is hard for a California girl to understand snow in April!!! It was fun to hang out with Max. He is getting so big and still the worlds best baby.

I got to go to all the kids soccer games (sorry no pictures of Tanners). Notice the snow on the mountains in the background! I love going to their games!

Ellie taking a break from her awesome soccer playing. Max can't wait to join in the madhouse of Openshaw games!

Porter and Zane are on the same team and they won their game. It is really fun to watch them - they are so good.

We girls (and Max) took off Saturday afternoon to go to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Gardens. It was beautiful and the weather was perfect.

I love tulips!

I loved these trees - kinda Dr. Suess trees!