The Island

Several people have asked me to post a picture of my new island. I would like to say it is finished, but there are several finishing touches that we need to make. Here she is though in her clean glory. I love it! 11 feet of counter space is a bakers dream. I found some really cute cherry print fabric at Joanns on clearance and so I made the little curtain towards the end. The curtain hides my kitchen aid pop out shelf. It is an appliance lift made by rev-a-shelf. The shelf is big enough for my blender to be on it also. We had an outlet added so it can be plugged in at all times. Perfect. I have so much more drawer space than before. And all of my food and appliances are in the kitchen instead of some being out in the gargage. Thanks Babe! You are an amazing handy man!

Spring Break 2009!

Coffin laying

Coffin leaning

Coffin chilling!

Cliff Dwellings

Working Hard

Kite Flying

Off and Running

Fishing

Fishing some more,

More fishing, hiking, movie, exploring, game playing, relaxing, visiting.
Thanks G&G For a great week in Sedona.
The kids had a great time and great memories were made.

CamelBack Ranch

After a year and a half, CAMELBACK RANCH, the new spring training home to the LA Dodgers and Chicago White Sox, opened to raving reviews.
The day before opening game we were invited to come and experience a mock opening.
We flushed toilets, checked seat numbers, checked seat functions, ate the food and walked around and checked everything out.
It was really fun.
I am very proud of all the people who worked long long hours
and many days in a row to get it finished.

(Shh! Don't tell anyone but the kids were most excited for the "Great Flush."
When everyone went into the bathroom at the same time to flush the toilets! )

I am so proud of you baby!
We are so proud of you!
Thank you for all the hard work and sacrifice to support us so well!

The Climb to Conquer Cancer

James was least excited about this 5 mile walk up South Mountain. We started at 6:30 am and got to the top just before 9. Not too bad for our first year.

The kids at one of the stops. They had stops set up at 1/2 mile and then each mile after that. There were radio stations blaring music, companies giving away things like gum, chocolate, water, bagels and coffee. It was definitely a leisurely walk.

Another stop that looked over the valley!

I even went along!

Bill and James at the top. We basically took turns pulling James to the top. He wasn't as excited as the other two. We kept telling him if he put half of his energy into walking instead of talking... Well, you can probably guess how well that worked. He had great stories though. And better ideas of what he could have been doing.
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It was a great event!
It is one we will plan on attending each year that we can while we live in Phoenix.
As Cancer is such a prevelant disease in my family tree,
it is a cause we feel very emotional about!

Random Moments and Bill's Birthday.

Our sweet doggies. Loving the perfect Arizona spring weather. This is when I love living here.
James: Blowing and Chasing bubbles in his favorite foot attire. His cowboy boots.
Grant "reading" to James while listening to his ipod at the same time. James didn't seem to mind though.

This week was Bill's 33rd Birthday.
We couldn't remember what we did last year so I decided to blog about it.
(Aren't you lucky!!)
I took 0 pictures of the event.
It was pretty low key.
The kids made him cards.
I made him my famous coconut cream pie cake.
This year I added a layer and it was 6 layers.
It was delish!
I gave him a copper magnetic bracelet.
Oh and we went to our favorite West Side Sushi restaurant for an early dinner.

Sweet and Swanky

A friend of my cuz is doing a cute little give away. She has the most darling blog with great tutorials and darling decorating ideas. So click here: Sweet and Swanky and check it out.