Easter

Easter dawned bright and early this year.... and blistering hot! Weatherman reported a high of 93 degrees in Anaheim - not bad for the 3rd day of spring. The boys quickly gathered their eggs so they could jump into the jacuzzi.

Some pics from the day:

Sunday, Mar 2

The weather is actually feeling a little spring-like, so we took a short outing to Santiago Creek in Orange. Found some walking sticks and we walked under the 22 freeway, under some railroad tracks, through 3-foot high weeds, and in and out of the riverbed.


Found this really cool oak tree that Jacob immediately climbed up like a monkey. Kevin and Sam had a little harder time of it, but they climbed up, too.


Decided that we ought to get out in nature more often, so we will be back again. We will either come back here and stay longer, or check out the bike trail along the Santa Ana river.

President's Day Weekend

In a move to solve the never-ending problem of crap, I mean clothes, overtaking the boy's room, and to help stimulate the economy just a teensy bit, we went out and bought two new beds for Sam and Kevin. It also served as an exercise for them in learning to read vague directions (written somewhere in Asia) and put furniture together, so that one day when they get married, they can build shoe trees for their wives.

Matt and Kevin discover the versatility of allen wrenches
Matt wielding the drill that weighs as much as he does
Build one, start all over and build a second one
We also pulled up the last remaining piece of carpet, swept up the last of the kitty litter from the previous cat tenant, and moved the computer desk into the closet - guess painting in there will be the next project! Well, maybe after moving clothes around, taking out a dresser or two, and recuperating in general.

January 24

Quiet the last few weeks here in the ol' household. Lots of rain (even hail!) since the beginning of the year, a burst pipe under the house, and wet cats make for some lovely smells... so we are buying lots of air freshener around here.

Matt had a birthday on the 15th, one he shares with like six others in the family. Here he is checking out the new wallet to hold the big bucks he got from his two "good aunts". He loved it as much as the new pairs of jeans he got - the ones he tore the very next day on the swings during recess. Sigh...


Now here's a car that was parked next to Soak City - I passed it one morning while going to the pharmacy, and I had to turn around and go back to check it out again!! (Randy, are you missing a neighbor?) These folks have solved the problem of needing a trailer to haul all their junk - they just glued it to the sides of their truck!!

I Spy, with My Little Eye: a bicycle wheel, a hedge trimmer, a fan, a mirror, a crutch, a flourescent lightbulb, a steering column, a mirror, a ceiling fan blade, an inner tube, a bottle cap, a red poker chip, a halogen lamp, a Santa Claus, a jack-o-lantern, a jello mold, a rubber ducky, four table legs, a LP player, two computer motherboards, a desk lamp, and Minnie Mouse.

Can you??

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The End of the Year

It's the end of the year, and that can only mean one thing: we are fat, dumb, and happy. OK, and tired. Oh, and sore. And so, so ready for 2008. . .

The boys pose for their Christmas Eve picture in front of the tree.

Jacob asked Santa Claus to do another scavenger hunt for them on Christmas morning, and to "make it harder". Here they are solving it together before they got their clues to the location of their big gift. It required a calendar, a calculator, a world map, and a dictionary. Hard enough for you, Jacob?

Sammy and Tracy during the cousin gift exchange in the afternoon. The white elephant exchange was rousing good fun, too.

On the 27th we trekked up to Azusa. Kevin was jazzed because he is finally old enough to decorate floats this year. He and his friend Thomas thought climbing on the scaffolding and getting glue on them was totally cool. Until night time when the temperatures dropped...

The detail area is for those of us who want to stay a little closer to the ground (and closer to the heater). A tedious job that only those over the age of 20 actually ask to do. This ball will be on the China Airlines float - it's only halfway done in this picture, and I don't mean the front half.

Judy, Andrea, me, and Cindy. Cindy and I are smiling cause we get to leave prior to midnight, the other two are smiling cause they're only in hour 10 of their 48+ hour shift.

Tonight we bang pans outside, and will listen to the fireworks from Knotts. Tomorrow we root for USC, and pig out on junk food one last time before heading to Curves. Right, Cindy??